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sources/hacks — index
Saved copies of public documents used by notes/2026-10-09-hacks-causes-defenses.md. All retrieved 2026-10-09.
Only public-domain, government, court or freely-licensed documents are saved in full here. Copyrighted articles are summarised in the note and linked, not copied. No keys, seed phrases or logins are stored here. The FBI notices name attacker wallet addresses as published by the FBI. They are kept as published, as part of the official record.
US government (public domain)
| Title | Author / issuer | Date | URL | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminals Increasing SIM Swap Schemes to Steal Millions of Dollars from US Public (Alert I-020822-PSA) | FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | 2022-02-08 | https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2022/PSA220208 | 2022-02-08-fbi-ic3-psa-sim-swap.md (text extracted from HTML) |
| Cyber Criminals Create Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Investment Applications to Defraud US Investors (PIN 20220718-001, TLP:WHITE) | FBI (coordinated with DHS/CISA) | 2022-07-18 | https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2022/220718.pdf | 2022-07-18-fbi-pin-fraudulent-crypto-investment-apps.pdf |
| Implementing Phishing-Resistant MFA (fact sheet) | CISA | 2022-10 | https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/fact-sheet-implementing-phishing-resistant-mfa-508c.pdf | 2022-10-cisa-implementing-phishing-resistant-mfa.pdf |
| Protecting Consumers from SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud, Report and Order and FNPRM (FCC 23-95, WC Docket 21-341) | Federal Communications Commission | adopted 2023-11-15, released 2023-11-16 | https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-23-95A1.pdf | 2023-11-16-fcc-23-95-sim-swap-port-out-fraud-order.pdf |
| North Korea Responsible for $1.5 Billion Bybit Hack (Alert I-022625-PSA) | FBI IC3 | 2025-02-26 | https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250226 | 2025-02-26-fbi-ic3-psa-bybit-north-korea.md (text extracted from HTML) |
| Hacker Com: Cyber Criminal Subset of The Community (Com) is a Rising Threat to Youth Online (Alert I-072325-PSA) | FBI IC3 | 2025-07-23 | https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250723 | 2025-07-23-fbi-ic3-psa-hacker-com.md (text extracted from HTML) |
| In Real Life (IRL) Com: Violent Subset of The Community (Com) is a Rising Threat to Youth Online (Alert I-072325-2-PSA) | FBI IC3 | 2025-07-23 | https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250723-2 | 2025-07-23-fbi-ic3-psa-irl-com-violence-as-a-service.md (text extracted from HTML) |
| Fictitious Law Firms Targeting Cryptocurrency Scam Victims Combine Multiple Exploitation Tactics While Offering to Recover Funds (Alert I-081325-PSA) | FBI IC3 | 2025-08-13 | https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA250813 | 2025-08-13-fbi-ic3-psa-fictitious-law-firms-recovery-scams.md (text extracted from HTML) |
| 2025 IC3 Annual Report (Internet Crime Report) | FBI IC3 | 2026-04 (PDF created 2026-04-16) | https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2025_IC3Report.pdf | 2026-04-fbi-ic3-2025-internet-crime-report.pdf |
US court documents (public record)
| Title | Court / filer | Date | URL | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order Granting Defendants' Motions to Dismiss, Baton v. Ledger SAS, No. 21-cv-02470-EMC (Doc. 77) | US District Court, N.D. Cal. | 2021-11-08 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-3_21-cv-02470/pdf/USCOURTS-cand-3_21-cv-02470-0.pdf | 2021-11-08-baton-v-ledger-ndcal-order.pdf |
| Notice of Filing First Interim Report of John J. Ray III to the Independent Directors on Control Failures at the FTX Exchanges, In re FTX Trading Ltd., No. 22-11068 (JTD), Doc. 1242 | US Bankruptcy Court, D. Del. (filed by the Debtors) | 2023-04-09 | https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.deb.188450/gov.uscourts.deb.188450.1242.0.pdf | 2023-04-09-ftx-ray-first-interim-report-notice-doc1242.pdf |
| First Interim Report of John J. Ray III … on Control Failures at the FTX Exchanges (Exhibit A, Doc. 1242-1) | US Bankruptcy Court, D. Del. (filed by the Debtors) | 2023-04-09 | https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.deb.188450/gov.uscourts.deb.188450.1242.1.pdf | 2023-04-09-ftx-ray-first-interim-report-control-failures-doc1242-1.pdf + .txt (pdftotext copy for searching) |
| Defendant Ilya Lichtenstein's Statement of the Offense and Related Conduct, United States v. Lichtenstein, No. 23-cr-239 (CKK), ECF 95 | US District Court, D.D.C. | 2023-08-03 | https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.257737/gov.uscourts.dcd.257737.95.0.pdf | 2023-08-03-us-v-lichtenstein-statement-of-offense-ddc-ecf95.pdf (scanned image; no text layer) |
| Opinion, Terpin v. AT&T Mobility LLC, No. 23-55375 | US Court of Appeals, 9th Cir. | 2024-09-30 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca9-23-55375/pdf/USCOURTS-ca9-23-55375-0.pdf | 2024-09-30-terpin-v-att-9th-cir-opinion.pdf |
| Memorandum Opinion (restitution), United States v. Lichtenstein and Morgan, No. 23-239 (CKK), Doc. 300 | US District Court, D.D.C. | 2025-04-04 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-dcd-1_23-cr-00239/pdf/USCOURTS-dcd-1_23-cr-00239-0.pdf | 2025-04-04-us-v-lichtenstein-memorandum-opinion-restitution-ddc.pdf (scanned image; no text layer) |
| Order Denying Partial Final Judgment; Certifying for Interlocutory Appeal, Baton v. Ledger SAS (Doc. 185) | US District Court, N.D. Cal. | 2025-07-07 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-3_21-cv-02470/pdf/USCOURTS-cand-3_21-cv-02470-4.pdf | 2025-07-07-baton-v-ledger-ndcal-order.pdf |
| Transfer Order, In re Coinbase Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 3153 (Doc. 68) | US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation | 2025-08-07 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-jpml-1_25-F-03153/pdf/USCOURTS-jpml-1_25-F-03153-0.pdf | 2025-08-07-in-re-coinbase-data-breach-jpml-transfer-order.pdf |
| Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation, United States v. 86.8684 ETH from ChangeNOW Account …, No. 3:25-CV-999-S (Doc. 12), an address-poisoning forfeiture | US District Court, N.D. Tex. (Magistrate Judge) | 2025-11-12 | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-txnd-3_25-cv-00999/pdf/USCOURTS-txnd-3_25-cv-00999-0.pdf | 2025-11-12-us-v-86-8684-eth-address-poisoning-ndtex.pdf |
Japanese trustee documents (Mt. Gox civil rehabilitation)
These were issued by the Rehabilitation Trustee, Nobuaki Kobayashi (attorney-at-law), for MtGox Co., Ltd. The lead's rules permit saving them as trustee reports. They are not US public domain, and no licence statement appears on them. The English versions are labelled by the trustee as translations "for reference purposes only".
| Title | Issuer | Date | URL | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustee's report to creditors (Japanese; section 第3 covers the investigation into how the BTC disappeared) | MtGox Rehabilitation/Bankruptcy Trustee | 2016-09-28 | https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20160928_report.pdf | 2016-09-28-mtgox-trustee-report-ja.pdf |
| Notice regarding Commencement of Repayments in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash | MtGox Rehabilitation Trustee | 2024-06-24 | https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20240624_announcement_en.pdf | 2024-06-24-mtgox-trustee-repayments-commence-en.pdf |
| Notice regarding Repayment in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash | MtGox Rehabilitation Trustee | 2024-07-05 | https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20240705_01_announcement_en.pdf | 2024-07-05-mtgox-trustee-first-btc-bch-repayments-en.pdf |
| Notice Concerning Change of Repayments Deadline (to 2026-10-31 JST) | MtGox Rehabilitation Trustee | 2025-10-27 | https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20251027_1cc36334-e8b2-4fe4-8135-97d9a149e4f7_announcement_en.pdf | 2025-10-27-mtgox-trustee-repayment-deadline-extended-2026-en.pdf |
| Caution: Please Be on the Alert for Fraudulent Websites and Emails Impersonating "MTGOX" or the Rehabilitation Trustee | MtGox Rehabilitation Trustee | 2025-10-29 | https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20251029_66da5e9b-d7d0-4ebf-9f33-fcc9207f34b7_announcement_en.pdf | 2025-10-29-mtgox-trustee-caution-fraudulent-websites-en.pdf |
Other government report (non-US)
| Title | Issuer | Date | URL | File | Licence note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuadrigaCX: A Review by Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission | Staff of the Ontario Securities Commission | 2020-06 (report published June 2020; exact day not stated in the PDF) | https://www.osc.ca/quadrigacxreport/web/files/QuadrigaCX-A-Review-by-Staff-of-the-Ontario-Securities-Commission.pdf | 2020-06-11-osc-quadrigacx-staff-review.pdf |
Ontario government (Crown) work, not public domain. No licence statement was found in the PDF or on the report site. It is saved because the lead's rules list government reports. Delete it and keep the link if the lead wants link-only for non-US government material. The "06-11" in the filename is an approximate publication date (unverified). |
Freely-licensed material
| Title | Author / issuer | Date | URL | File | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android Security Vulnerability (alert) | Bitcoin.org | 2013-08-11 (last updated 2013-08-13) | https://bitcoin.org/en/alert/2013-08-11-android | 2013-08-11-bitcoin-org-android-securerandom-alert.md (alert text only) |
Bitcoin.org content is published from the bitcoin-dot-org repository under the MIT licence. The licence of this specific page was not separately confirmed. |
| Known Physical Bitcoin Attacks (README snapshot) | Jameson Lopp and contributors | snapshot 2026-10-09 | https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks (raw: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks/master/README.md) | 2026-10-09-jlopp-known-physical-bitcoin-attacks.md |
Public domain (the Unlicense; see the repository's LICENSE) |