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Bitcoin sextortion scams are so 2018, right? Well, there are some hackers out there that would beg to differ. It appears that residents of Norton, a small town in Kansas, US, are being targeted by scammers threatening to release sensitive material unless the victims pay a Bitcoin ransom.
2019-4-23 11:53 | |
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Meghan Markle’s designer friend’s Misha Nonoo’s fashion company has been targeted by a Bitcoin hacker. Nonoo, who is rumoured to have introduced Markle to Prince Charles, said she was “mortified” after a hacker gained access to her eponymous label’s email list and began sending threatening messages.
2019-4-23 11:30 | |
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According to an article published by Wired on April 18, 2019, a mystery hacker group for the last month has been divulging Iran’s top-level hackers’ secret data, tools, and personal identities onto a public Telegram channel.
2019-4-23 17:00 | |
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A new alternate reality game called Satoshi’s Treasure was recently launched for public use, as users have to bond together to find real-world locations that hold private keys. The game offers clues as to where these clues could be by distributing a newsletter.
2019-4-18 01:21 | |
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Bitcoin [BTC], the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, was recently in the news due to its association to the Swedish Government Party, Swedish Social Democratic Party. Earlier this week, the Twitter account of the Democratic Party was compromised, with the hijacker changing the display name of the handle to “Bitcoin Democrats”, according to a local […] The post Bitcoin [BTC] declared official currency of Sweden for ‘fun’, says hacker appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-4-18 20:00 | |
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A million-dollar scavenger hunt for Bitcoin commenced just a few days ago, but it only took minutes for one ingenious hacker to complete the first stage without actually going anywhere. Satoshi’s Treasure is an alternate reality game urging players to work together to find private keys hidden in real-world locations.
2019-4-17 19:22 | |
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Swedes on Monday woke up to the news that the Twitter account of the country’s largest political party and the party currently holding the premiership, the Social Democrats, had been taken over by a hacker who used the short-lived opportunity to publish fake bitcoin news, according to Sveriges Television AB.
2019-4-15 15:36 | |
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency related crimes are something heard about in a very scarce quantity. But this week, TheNextWeb uncovered the sentencing of a 37-year-old man from in the United States under charges of fraud and cybercrime, for which he was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Where this relates to Bitcoin is […]
2019-4-10 21:32 | |
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The CoolWallet S, made by CoolBit X, combines hot and cold storage solutions, blending the mobility afforded by software wallets with the enhanced security features offered by hardware wallets.
2019-4-4 00:05 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.
2019-4-2 21:54 | |
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A Staten Island man has been indicted for posing online as a masked financial advisor. He is accused of donning the infamous ‘anonymous’ hacker mask in a video and duping investors into his sham cryptocurrency firm.
2019-3-28 00:00 | |
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A hacker by the name of Gnosticplayers is trying to sell more than 26 million user records on the dark web in exchange for $5,000 worth of Bitcoin (1. 2431 BTC). This is the fourth data dump posted on Dream Market – an online darknet marketplace founded in late 2013 – by the hacker, who previously put up more than 840 million user records since mid-February.
2019-3-19 13:33 | |
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A prolific hacker, known as “Gnosticplayers”, has put the details of 26 million users of six companies from across the globe up for sale. This is the fourth round of stolen data sales by the cyber criminal via a dark web marketplace in exchange for Bitcoin.
2019-3-19 02:00 | |
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Netherlands seems to be the place to operate elaborate Bitcoin ransom schemes from. A man who extorted over $150,000 from several online services by DdoSing them and submitting a ransom request pleaded guilty last month and admitted wrongdoing.
2019-3-19 02:00 | |
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In this edition of The Daily we cover a planned U. S. regulated cryptocurrency exchange from Riot Blockchain, the arrest of a hacker in Japan who allegedly stole 15 million yen of monacoin, and a couple of new investors in Coinflex.
2019-3-17 15:01 | |
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It would seem that there are a number of unresolved issues with Trezor’s wallets as Ledger has revealed in a post dated March 11, 2019, which outlines five major vulnerabilities in their competitor’s product.
2019-3-13 20:00 | |
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YouTube has launched an official trailer of the action movie dubbed Crypto, starring Kurt Russell and telling the story of a Wall Street banker, crypto and Russian hacker
2019-3-27 14:44 | |
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In this edition of The Daily, the creator of the in-browser crypto mining software Coinhive is closing down due to the low prices of monero and its forks. Also, $7.7 million of Eos has been stolen by a hacker and the crypto entrepreneur behind the money-throwing stunt in Hong Kong last year has been arrested […] The post In the Daily: Coinhive Closedown, Eos Heist, Crypto Entrepreneur Arrested appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-3-1 16:05 | |
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An unidentified hacker on February 22, 2019, made away with 2. 09 million EOS worth about $7. 7 million after a new active EOS Block Producer failed to update the mainnet account blacklist – typically, a decentralized platform should not be vulnerable to a single point of failure – but EOS seems to be wired in aRead MoreRead More.
2019-3-1 14:00 | |
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A hacker is claiming to have access to 620 million account details and is ready to sell it on the dark web for less than $20,000 worth of Bitcoin. It can be purchased from the Dream Market cyber-souk, located in the Tor network.
2019-2-28 03:00 | |
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Coinbin, a South Korean crypto exchange, declared bankruptcy on February 22, 2019, citing foul play from inside the company. Business Korea reported on Coinbin’s recent failure, claiming that the company had lost $26 million as a result of theft and the subsequent bankruptcy declaration.
2019-2-27 23:13 | |
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A prolific hacker who has stolen hundreds of millions of user records from a variety of websites has struck again. The Coinmania cryptocurrency exchange said it was one of the victims of the latest hack of user information.
2019-2-16 06:37 | |
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Cybersecurity firm JASK Inc. published a study on February 5, 2019, detailing the wave of cryptojacking attacks in November 2018 that mined privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) on target user’s computer system.
2019-2-7 21:00 | |
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According to a recent report, Joel Ortiz, the 20-year-old student from Boston who was indicted by prosecutors in Santa Clara, California, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in what is believed to be the very first SIM swapping conviction in the United States.
2019-2-6 01:17 | |
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While U. S. investors are waiting for a bitcoin ETF to be approved, American financial regulators are looking to make the market more transparent. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking a service that will identify the owners of wallet addresses for multiple cryptocurrencies.
2019-2-4 02:15 | |
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Although the Bitcoin price is declining, 9/11 Papers Hacker Group has received an impressive amount of the flagship Cryptocurrency. With the current Bitcoin prices, they have received a sum of more than $42,000.
2019-2-1 16:16 | |
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On January 26, 2019, clients of peer-to-peer bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins were the targets of a phishing scam which resulted in the theft of a handful of bitcoins.
2019-1-31 18:40 | |
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In today’s edition of The Daily we feature a number of stories about financial companies adding cryptocurrency-related services including a custody solution from Fidelity and new CFDs for trading BCH vs precious metals.
2019-1-30 14:02 | |
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According to a Wall Street Journal report on January 28, 2019, Chainalysis, a New York-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) firm has revealed that two expert hacker groups may be responsible for at least $1 billion in cryptocurrency exchange heists so far.
2019-1-30 02:00 | |
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A new report alleges that just two groups of hackers dominate the majority of cybercrime directed against cryptocurrency exchanges. Together, these groups have responsible for stealing about $1 billion of cryptocurrency so far.
2019-1-30 00:25 | |
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This is the seventh instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 , onDay 4, on Day 5 and on Day 6.
2019-1-29 01:51 | |
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It’s Monday Morning, you should know how this works by now. Dive in for a wrap up of the weekend’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news. 1. Peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading website, Localbitcoins.
2019-1-28 12:35 | |
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Attacker Bags Eight Bitcoin (BTC) In LocalBitcoins Breach The crypto market may have slowed, with Bitcoin (BTC) falling by upwards of 70% during yesteryear, but ambitious attackers have continued their attempts to breach industry upstarts.
2019-1-27 22:09 | |
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In this edition of The Daily, a video gamer streaming on Twitch has received crypto donations totaling over $70,000 and a hacker believed to be behind the 51 percent attack on the Ethereum Classic blockchain has reportedly returned $100,000 in ETC coins.
2019-1-14 14:15 | |
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After being removed from Twitter and Reddit, the Dark Overlord Hacking group’s account has been taken off of Steemit. It is unclear at this time if the decision came from Steemit or the group itself.
2019-1-10 14:44 | |
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Bitcoin often gets a very bad reputation because of its association with criminal activity. While no one can deny criminals have shown a clear bias toward cryptocurrencies, there is much more to Bitcoin than just that.
2019-1-10 12:05 | |
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The blockchain-powered blogging platform Steemit is being accused of centralization and censorship. On Jan. 7, 2019, the hacker group The Dark Overlord had its account banned from Steemit by a developer known as ‘Jredbeard’ for violating the company’s terms of service agreement.
2019-1-10 03:20 | |
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The Dark Overlord hacker group who last week grabbed headlines when it announced it was prepared to share 9/11 secrets in exchange for Bitcoin has released a second cache of information. The self-proclaimed “financially motivated” cyber criminals have also stated that they will continue to release more “layers” of information as they receive money from.
2019-1-10 03:00 | |
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Cybercriminal group “The Dark Overlord” has threatened to publicly release confidential files related to the 9/11 attacks if their ransom demands are not met, reports Motherboard on January 1, 2019. 9/11 Secrets up for Sale The hacker group tweeted on December 31, 2018, about their successful breach of the confidential database of law firms handling cases related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
2019-1-3 00:00 | |
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The hacker group called The Dark Overlord is threatening to release secret files related to 9/11 attacks. A few days ago, The Dark Overlord wrote on Twitter that they were able to have access to hundreds of classified documents related to the World Trade Center attack back in 2001. For future reference and pending any […]
2019-1-3 22:36 | |
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One hacker group claims it has access to thousands of “secret” documents revealing sensitive data surrounding the 9/11 tragedy. The group warned that it will make the documents public unless a hefty bitcoin ransom is paid.
2019-1-3 21:20 | |
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A hacker group called The Dark Overlord threatened to release insurance files related to the 9/11 attacks on New Year’s Eve. The group noted that they had received the files after breaching the security of a law firm handling cases related to the Twin Tower terrorist attack.
2019-1-2 15:29 | |
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Cybersecurity news resource The Hacker News (THN) has become the latest PayPal user to have its accounts frozen without warning, the company has claimed. ‘At Least One Valid Reason’ In a series of tweets December 28, officials reported that funds from “all” its corporate accounts with the money transmitter were no longer accessible.
2018-12-29 20:00 | |
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Electrum hacker stole 245 BTC Electrum wallet was yesterday compromised by a malicious phishing attack, which we wrote about yesterday. New details about this hack emerged today as the potential address of the hacker was revealed, alongside his potential loot.
2018-12-29 02:55 | |
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The hacker used a malicious update to steal users’ funds.
2018-12-28 02:16 | |
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Nearly $1M In Bitcoin (BTC) Stolen An anonymous hacker (or consortium of hackers) have purportedly stolen nearly $1 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC), reports technology media outlet ZDNet. Per the report, the Electrum Wallet, a popular open-source project founded in mid-June 2011, was breached in a “clever attack.
2018-12-28 23:09 | |
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Developers for Bitcoin Private have acknowledged a critical bug in the currency’s algorithms, enabling an unknown hacker to award themselves about forty percent of the BTCP total supply. You’d expect that to be the end of the currency, but the truth is it’s not even the biggest screwup in the past month.
2018-12-27 00:58 | |
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The Australian government has passed a controversial anti-encryption bill that allows law authorities to forcefully access sensitive consumer data encrypted by popularly-used technology companies and social applications, reported The Hacker News on December 10, 2018.
2018-12-11 20:00 | |
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What Is Crypto Work Place? CryptoWorkPlace is a digital blockchain-based system built on a personal computer with the aim of providing its users with the access to devices and systems that have the ability to protect the user’s finances and personal data from unauthorized third party access, hacker attacks, or malicious programs. While there are a […]
2018-12-5 11:38 | |
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