Crypto scams are booming. In the first half of 2025, investors lost nearly $2.5 billion to hacks and scams—though wallet compromises and phishing led that wave, rug pulls and pump-and-dumps remain top ...

An X account hacking spree has fueled a successful pump-and-dump scheme for the $HACKED Solana token, with people rushing to buy the coin. The hacked accounts include ...

The Internet Archive is under attack. On top of multiple extinction-threatening lawsuits against the organization that created and maintains the Wayback Machine, hackers this week breached the ...

A pump-and-dump is an investment scheme that involves inflating the price of a penny stock or meme coin. Is TRUMP Coin an example? Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

Pump-and-dump stock scams are nothing new. These scams have been a mainstay of financial fraudsters for centuries. And while technology has changed the way they operate, the underlying principles and ...

Web3 pump-and-dump schemes thrive on hype, anonymity, and unregulated markets; understanding their playbook is key to avoiding costly traps. Pump-and-dump schemes in Web3 manipulate a cryptocurrency’s ...