Most Significant Hacks of 2019 — New Record of Twelve in One Year

2020-1-5 16:32

In 2019, more cryptocurrency exchanges were hacked than in any previous year. The year saw 12 major cryptocurrency exchange hacks that resulted in the theft of over $292 million and over 500,000 pieces of customer data

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Источник: cointelegraph.com

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Chainalysis: Almost $2 Billion Have Gone To Crypto Hacks This Year

According to a report published on Tuesday by blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, a remarkable $1. 9 billion worth of bitcoin was stolen in hacks of various services in the first seven months of this year, representing a 60% rise from the same time in the previous year.

2022-8-17 00:36	solana
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Chainalysis claims contrary to reports, fake volumes went down in 2019

If you were about to write off 2019 as the year of "fake volumes," hold up. Cryptocurrency exchanges were at the center of the market, and not because of external agents funneling funds in hacks, aThe post Chainalysis claims contrary to reports, fake volumes went down in 2019 appeared first on AMBCrypto.

2020-1-1 18:30	Trading View
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2019: The Year Washington, Silicon Valley and Beijing Faced Off Over Crypto

Hacks, futures, settlements, flippenings, geopolitical conflict -- 2019 had it all.

2019-12-11 20:30	Year in Review 2019
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Billions of Dollars in Lost Cryptocurrency Could Be Saved as Coinfirm Launches 1st End-To-End Crypto Reclaim Solution

With over $4b in stolen cryptocurrency so far this year in hacks alone, the growing number of Hacks, Scams, Ransomware, Ponzi schemes and other nefarious actions call for the need of an effective system for victims to attempt to reclaim these funds.

2019-11-1 15:05	Press releases
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CEO of Beaxy Disappears As the Exchange Struggles to Remain Solvent

Ever since Beaxy’s launch in June of this year, it has struggled with persistent issues. From hacks to internal mismanagement, it now appears that the exchange is on its last legs with the CEO going dark.

2019-10-4 15:25
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7 Hacks to Minimise Your Crypto Tax Liability

Have you had a great year with cryptocurrencies? Made the right trades at the right time and seen some hefty gains? Unfortunately, come tax season and the IRS is going to want a big chunk of your gains – they are already sending out warning letters! Given that crypto trading hasn’t been around for too […] The post 7 Hacks to Minimise Your Crypto Tax Liability appeared first on NullTX.

2019-9-17 13:05	Taxes
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Analyst Claims Almost 3,500 Successful Hacks on Non-Crypto Companies in 2019

Popular digital currency industry analysis Twitter account @Rhythmtrader states that almost 3,500 non-crypto companies have had their security breached so far this year. Well over a billion user accounts have been impacted by hackers.

2019-8-17 23:00	security
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What Happened to the DEX? | Building in Secrecy or Just out of Steam?

Despite the continued vulnerability of exchanges, centralized crypto markets continue to flourish. This year has borne witness to several notable hacks and exchange failures at Cryptopia, QuadrigaCX and most recently… The post What Happened to the DEX? | Building in Secrecy or Just out of Steam? appeared first on CoinCentral.

2019-7-2 16:47	DEX
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Pre-FUD Announcement: Bitfinex and Ethfinex Going Offline June 26h to Upgrade Crypto Exchanges

With the skepticism of cryptocurrency exchanges in the last year going down for hacks or exit scams, Bitfinex has taken a transparent approach and announced the upgrade of their platform well in advance.

2019-6-24 00:44	Bitfinex
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Cryptopia’s Stolen Ethereum Funds to the Tune of 30,000 ETH Moves to Mysterious Wallet

Earlier in the year, Cryptopia – a cryptocurrency exchange based in New Zealand – was a victim of multiple hacks which caused the firm to lose over $16 million worth of Ether. The event, at the time, rendered Cryptopia inactive for a while until it resumed functionality later. Now, the firm is back in the […]

2019-5-20 18:50	Cryptopia
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Ill-Famed Cryptopia Exchange Appoints Liquidators, Community Suspects Exit Scam

Cryptopia, the New Zealand-based exchange ‘famous’ for several successional hacks at the start of the year, announces a halt in all operations due to liquidators getting down to work As 2019 began, Cryptopia had bad.

2019-5-15 09:00	New Zealand
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Cryptopia Exchange Appoints Liquidators, Community Suspects Exit Scam

2019-5-15 09:00	New Zealand
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Top 5 Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacks of 2019

Even though the year 2019 has been off to a good start price-wise, there have already been numerous incidents casting a dark shadow over this industry. The number of exchange hacks is quite worrisome already and it seems unlikely there won’t be further incidents.

2019-5-9 12:00	hack
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Crypto Hacks Are on Track to Eclipse $1 Billion in Lost Funds This Year

Crypto security and intelligence firm CipherTrace has published its Q1 2019 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report, revealing that exchange platforms all over the world have lost nearly $400 million as a result of hacks and thefts.

2019-5-3 17:40	Privacy & security
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Bitfinex hack: Stolen Bitcoin [BTC] funds make a move in the market

One of the main concerns of the cryptocurrency space has been hacks, which has resulted in several investors losing a significant amount of money. This year alone, several cryptocurrency exchanges have reported loss of funds due to a security breach, which includes leading exchanges such as Cryptopia and Bithumb.

2019-4-26 23:58	News
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Healthcare has a massive cybersecurity problem, and we’re not doing enough to fix it.

Not long ago, it was reasonable to think that financial businesses would be the most prominent and most profitable targets of criminal activity. After all, a successful bank robbery could score you tens of thousands of dollars (or more).

2019-4-23 17:29	Podium
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Adamant Capital: BTC Price Bottom Is Likely In, Accumulation Phase Has Begun

Bitcoin fund Adamant Capital is convinced that the bottom of the bear market is in, and true to its name, the firm has laid out an unwavering case for this position with some persuasive hard data and fundamental analysis.

2019-4-20 22:59	Investing
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Changelly Puts Stolen Funds Of $76,000 In XRP And $480,000 In EOS On Hold From Bithumb Hack

Changelly Hacks $76K In XRP And $480K In EOS Stolen From Bithumb For the second time in the previous year, Bithumb (a cryptocurrency exchange) has been hacked. According to several journalist reports, $20 million XRP and $13 million in EOS is said to be in the circulation currently. As a number of the hawk-eyed devotees […]

2019-4-1 23:14	News
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Lazarus Hacker Group Continues to Target Crypto Using Faked Trading Software

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	Privacy & security
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Cyber insurance for companies is overhyped — even though it may be necessary

For those following the information security space, it can feel as if the past year was just a series of announcements with one corporate security breach after another. Breaches like Equifax, Marriot, and many more have entered the general consciousness after the personal details of hundreds of millions of customers have fallen into the hands of hackers.

2019-3-31 16:30	Podium
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Cryptopia Exchange Relaunches Following January Hack

Following a January 2019 hack that cost them millions of dollars, Cryptopia has relaunched on March 19, 2019, With 40 Trading pairs. The History of the Hack In January 2019, Cryptopia experienced one of the first crypto exchange hacks of the year which led to the loss of millions of dollars and a second hackRead MoreRead More.

2019-3-21 21:00	security
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“Clear and Robust Strategy” Nets 0.023% Recovery of Bitfinex’s Hacked Funds (So Far)

According to an official statement published on February 25, 2019, Bitfinex has revealed that the United States government returned 27. 7 BTC (worth about $105,000 USD) to the exchange, as part of restitution for a hack that was effected on the exchange back in 2016.

2019-2-26 02:39	Privacy & security
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Electrum and MyEtherWallet Experience Phishing Attacks

Cryptocurrency, Hacks, Scams–On a day when crypto prices traded sideways, with little change in valuation to start the second month of the year, two of cryptocurrency’s more popular wallets have reported experiencing phishing attacks.

2019-2-6 05:18
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8 expert insights on what will happen with Bitcoin in 2019

From the dramatic price plunge of Bitcoin and other digital assets to the regulatory crackdown on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and the continued trail of crypto-exchange hacks, the cryptocurrency industry put behind a very turbulent year.

2019-2-5 19:03	hard fork
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How Hackers Stole $1.7 Billion in Crypto in 2018 Using Complex Strategies

While 2017 was the year of crypto gains, 2018 was the year of crypto theft, according to new data. Crypto-related thefts increased roughly 260% from 2017 to 2018, largely fueled by a number of high-profile cryptocurrency exchange hacks.

2019-1-29 23:00
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CoinGecko Yearly Report 2018: Stablecoins, Dapps, and NFTs on the Rise, Bitcoin Increases Market Dominance

CoinGecko published on January 15th its 2018 yearly crypto report. The 83 pages document provided valuable insights covering the downtrend that spanned around the last year, and its implications on the market.

2019-1-16 18:29	Cryptocurrency
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How MakerDAO’s Decentralized DAI Stablecoin Token Looks to Oust the Controversial Tether (USDT)

The previous year has been marked by a lot of things, including high-profile crypto exchange hacks, two market crashes, a year-long bear market, and of course — stablecoins. 2018 has been quite an eventful year for fiat pegged coins, which started emerging due to high volatility of regular cryptocurrencies. The most popular stablecoin, Tether (USTD) […]

2019-1-15 22:25	News
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Let’s Take a Look at the 3 Biggest Crypto Scams of 2018: BitConnect, OneCoin and Modern Tech

In 2018, virtual currencies have been in a bear trend that dragged most of the coin to new lows in more than a year. At the same time, several hacks and scams took place in 2018 and affected the whole market.

2019-1-15 00:04	News
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Could tokenized securities and institutional platforms win 2019?

As 2018 draws to a close, the crypto community reflects on a year dominated by falling prices, high-profile hacks and the turning of regulations from a theoretical threat into a very real possibility.

2019-1-4 23:00	BNC insights
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Bitcoin History Part 7: The First Major Hack

Hacks and heists have been a threat for as long as bitcoin has been worth stealing. By 2011, as Bitcoin was easing into its second year of life and its first bubble, early cryptocurrency exchanges were bringing liquidity and price discovery to the nascent ecosystem.

2019-1-1 02:05
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2018: A Record-Breaking Year for Crypto Exchange Hacks

The CEO of one of the largest crypto security companies recaps his takeaways from the year that was.

2018-12-30 00:55	Hacks
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The Scams Of 2018: Crypto Thefts And Hacks That The Community Forgot

The Scams Of 2018: Crypto Thefts And Hacks That The Community Forgot In a year that was plagued with hacking attempts, phishing, and malware attacks, it is hard to remember everything. The crypto industry had so many difficulties, but the writers at the Hard Fork decided to bring to light some of the scams that […]

2018-12-28 04:21	News
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Year in Review: 2018’s Top Cryptocurrency Stories

After an intense 2017, filled with cryptocurrency market spikes, the following year was loaded with letdowns as a great majority of digital assets plunged well over 80 percent in value since their all-time highs.

2018-12-25 22:15
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Crypto-mining malware saw 4,000% increase in 2018

One of the most common hacks to punctuate the 2018 cryptocurrency media was illicit crypto-mining, also known as crypto-jacking, a recent report shows just how widespread it is becoming. According to the latest report from cyber security firm McAfee Labs, 2018 saw a 4000-percent increase in instances of crypto-mining malware.

2018-12-20 15:06	hard fork
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Bitmain Sues Anonymous Hacker Over $5.5 Million Theft

Chinese mining giant Bitmain is suing an anonymous hacker that allegedly stole $5. 5 million in cryptocurrency last April from the company’s account on the digital exchange Binance.

2018-11-14 23:31	Law & justice
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Blockchain Releases Hardware Wallet Co-Developed With Ledger

Google Ventures-backed Blockchain is debuting a hardware wallet that integrates with its software services, a press release shared with Bitcoin Magazine details. In a partnership with hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, the cryptocurrency software company has developed what it calls “a custom hardware device.

2018-10-26 19:38	Privacy & security
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North Korean Hacking Group Lazarus Behind $571M in Hacks Since January 2017

North Korean cybercrime hacking group The Lazarus Group is currently the biggest crypto hacking syndicate in the world, having stolen millions worth of cryptocurrencies from online exchanges.

2018-10-20 00:22	Privacy & security
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Reshape Blockchain Security With BlockSafe Technologies - [BTC Media Sponsor]

In today’s rapidly advancing world of blockchain innovation, it’s no secret that cryptocurrency wallets, exchanges and enterprise platforms are targets for nefarious activity.

2018-10-16 18:58	Bitcoin
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Crypto Cybercrime Has Tripled Since 2017; Nearly $1 Billion Lost in 2018

Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018.

2018-10-13 23:34	Privacy & security
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Nearly $1 Billion Stolen In Crypto Hacks So Far This Year: Research

The losses related to crypto hacks continue to rise sharply, with nearly $1 billion stolen in the first nine months of 2018, research suggests.

2018-10-11 19:15	Hacks
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Total of 7 Crypto Exchanges and 158 Wallets Hacked in South Korea, Police Find

The South Korean National Police Agency has produced a report of all hacking incidents of crypto exchanges and wallets in the country during the past three years. According to local media, there were seven hacking cases of crypto exchanges and 158 cases of wallet hacks, 91 of which happened this year.

2018-10-8 21:05
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Kraken: An Overview of One of Europe's Top Bitcoin Exchanges

In this overview, we explore Kraken and its journey from a Mt. Gox alternative to soften the blow of bitcoin’s dependence on just one exchange to becoming one of the most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.

2018-9-27 21:21
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Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: The Resilience of Bitcoin

Altcoins may come and go; hacks may challenge exchanges; mainstream financial advisors might not get it — but even in the face of a protocol bug, Bitcoin perseveres and develops.

2018-9-22 19:33
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0x Price Analysis - More Relayers, less token use

Fundamentals show that the quantity of Relayers continues to grow, while the order flow of those relayers has remained relatively flat over the course of the year. On balance, an increase in low-risk options for traders through DEXs is incredibly healthy for an industry plagued with exchange hacks on a regular basis.

2018-10-5 15:00	BNC insights
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Japan Lost $540 Million to Crypto Hacks in First Half of 2018

Japan's police agency has released data revealing that cyberattacks leading to thefts of cryptocurrency rose sharply earlier this year.

2018-9-20 13:00	Hacks
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Japan lost over $540M in cryptocurrency hacks in first half of 2018

Hackers have swiped over $540 million (60 billion Yen) worth of cryptocurrency from Japanese netizens over the first six months of 2018. On September 20, Japan’s National Police Agency revealed the number of cryptocurrency-related reported incidents rose to 158 – triple the amount of incidents over the same period last year, local outlet The Asahi Shimbun reports.

2018-9-20 11:47	hard fork
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Crypto Exchange DINNGO Announces Innovative Bluetooth Integration Between Cold Wallets and Mobile Devices

There is a reason why the first advice any cryptocurrency trader gets is to never keep their assets on exchanges. The industry is awash with horror stories about hacks and security breaches that has resulted in the loss of funds.

2018-9-3 17:30
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Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Fundamentally Flawed: Imperfections To Fix?

The Mt. Gox disgrace which took place in 2014 saw the advent of thefts and hacks, which have characterized a number of crypto exchanges, with the most recent occurring early this year. In this particular scandal, approximately $500 million worth of clients’ virtual assets disappeared from Coincheck, a Japan based crypto exchange. Apart from these […]

2018-9-2 12:15	Cryptocurrency
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Hacked Accounts on Crypto Exchanges Rose 369% in 2017, Research Finds

New research has found that crypto hacks are increasing, with a majority of criminal activity originating from the U. S. , according to International cybersecurity firm Group-IB. Poor Security Measures According to Group-IB, hacked accounts rose 369 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year, with 720 usernames and passwords stolen across 19 of the top exchanges,.