Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker behind one of the largest Bitcoin thefts on record, has been released from prison just over a ...

Convicted Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein said a prison reform law signed by President Donald Trump led to his early ...

The hacker, who pleaded guilty to stealing and laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, said sentence-reduction ...

Netflix documentary part 2 in the works? Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges tied to the 2016 ...

On January 2, 2026, Ilya Lichtenstein, a man behind infamous Bitfinex hack, announced his early release from federal prison.

Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein gained early release under the First Step Act, highlighting shifting crypto crime ...

Bitfinex suffered from a massive security breach and theft in August 2016 The digital asset trading platform lost 119,756 Bitcoin worth $72 million at the time and has a value of roughly $3.7 billion ...

While the hacker will find selling their BTC difficult, the transfers may be contributing to a volatile day in the markets. A tranche of long-dormant Bitcoin seized in the 2016 hack of the Bitfinex ...

Two Israeli brothers have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the 2016 Bitfinex hack -- when hackers stole nearly 120,000 bitcoins from the exchange, worth $64 million at the time, and ...

Following the major hack of Bitfinex in 2016, US law enforcement has recovered 27.7 stolen Bitcoins and returned them to the cryptocurrency exchange. The returned funds, which will be distributed ...