2019-1-21 20:16 |
Over $200,000 worth of Ethereum Classic was stolen from Gate.io following a 51 percent attack. Learn why similar hacking incidences may still occur in 2019. The post Bearish Crypto Market Likely to Lead to More Hacking Attacks appeared first on CoinCentral. origin »
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A new report from Reuters published December 19, 2018, determined that the inability for Asian cryptocurrency exchanges and traders to insure themselves against cybercrimes like theft and hacking is also presenting fund managers with deep pockets to invest into the market.
2018-12-22 03:00 | |
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It is no secret that crime has moved online. Cybercrime has been identified as one of the biggest risks to society by the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2018. One of the primary drivers behind the boom in cybercrime is the ease of availability of hacking tools as well as a rising Crime-as-a-Service industry found on the dark web.
2018-11-23 00:00 | |
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In 2018, the cryptocurrency market fell victim to many hacks, thefts, and breaches. The thefts, hacks, and breaches put together have cost the cryptocurrency market a cumulative amount of $882 million USD.
2018-10-21 11:54 | |
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An exchange-traded bitcoin fund (ETF) would signal greater acceptance of bitcoin as a mainstreet investment, while also making it much easier for both institutional and retail investors to get involved.
2018-10-6 01:07 | |
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A major South Korean insurance company reportedly will start offering cryptocurrency exchanges insurance aimed at compensating for damages caused by hacking, according to local media. Currently, few crypto exchanges in the country are insured and hacking damages are not covered.
2018-9-7 03:10 | |
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One aspect of the cryptocurrency market aside volatility, which has been under immense criticisms over years is the hacking of crypto exchanges by cybercriminals. Criminals also want a piece of the crypto action and therefore pounce on any little chance they get to screw over crypto investors.
2018-8-14 02:15 | |
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The crypto market is among the fastest growing sectors globally. In Q2 2018, the industry represents about $250 billion in value. Along with the growth of the crypto market, new threats have presented themselves.
2018-8-12 03:11 | |
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Cryptocurrency crimes (i.e. money laundering, hacking, terrorist financing, etc.) have become a growing concern for the market, leaving many consumers and investors concerned about its future. As an effort to see whether such activities have a common trend on a geographical basis, software firm devoted to preventing and investigating online crime, Group-IB recently conducted a […]
2018-8-8 00:57 | |
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It opened at 0. 00002553 in 2018 and as of this writing, it is up by over 40%. This development can be jarring to market participants, especially after the pair recently pierced resistance of 0. 00004.
2018-7-29 07:58 | |
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Recent reports highlight how a renowned blockchain explorer, Etherscan. io was hacked on Monday, calling into question the potential that this style of hack could have in manipulating the markets in the future.
2018-7-25 08:00 | |
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After a week of positive developments and rallying crypto prices, the market closed at $6,600 mark. The main bitcoin-negative news this week was the announcement by U. S. Department of Justice that Russian intelligence offers, who allegedly tampered with the 2016 U.
2018-7-17 17:00 | |
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The Justice Department alleges that the Russian intelligence officers who were indicted today in the Mueller investigation used cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to purchase and fund their hacking operations.
2018-7-14 02:11 | |
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Hardware wallets are becoming the safest way to preserve cryptocurrency, rather than storing it through an online wallet that is at risk for hacking. To help appeal to an even larger market, major companies including Siemens, Samsung, and Google have expressed their desire to work with Ledger, which manufactures hardware wallets. They aim to get […]
2018-7-11 09:00 | |
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Litecoin Founder, Charlie Lee was on a telephonic interview with CNBC, earlier today. The techie posted a tweet carrying his interview, where he shares views on market risks, security, and crypto-prices in general.
2018-6-21 19:46 | |
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The Coinrail hack of June 10, 2018, led to the theft of more than $40 million in cryptocurrency. Although not one of the more prominent exchange platforms, the Coinrail hack is yet another reminder of the tenuous nature of the emerging digital currency landscape.
2018-6-12 23:00 | |
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Creator Or Dadosh says Venn creates a "completely new economy" for crypto security.
Crypto investors claiming “my coins disappeared suddenly” have been found to recently download crypto applications from unverified sources.
One of the core developers behind DeFiLlama, a portal that analyzes decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, believes that a hack on Friend.tech, a decentralized social media network on Base, a layer-2 platform backed by Coinbase, will be more “devastating” than the recent breach on Balancer whose front-end was exploited and over $238,000 worth of assets reportedly […]
It’s 2022, so naturally, the feds have brought down a Bitcoin-laundering power couple — one half of whom is a crypto wallet CEO who is also an extremely bad rapper. Heather Morgan and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein were arrested by federal agents on Tuesday for allegedly laundering $4.
Binance released a news item on its website regarding the Incident Resolution Plan for COVER. The coin fell victim to a contract attack on Dec. 28. A mining exploit allowed the hacker to create 40 quadrillion (yes, quadrillion) COVER tokens.
The cyberhackers used bitcoin to cover their ties to critical hacking campaign "infrastructure" such as servers and domain names, according to an indictment unsealed Monday by U.S. prosecutors.
More details emerge concerning the ongoing Electrum hacks.