Security News in Brief: Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Two individuals were arrested this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Thus far, law enforcement has seized over $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack.