CoinEx Users to Be Fully Compensated After Hot Wallets Compromised

CoinEx exchange grapples with security breach, promising full compensation of affected users

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How the spot Bitcoin ETF filings affected the crypto industry in June: Report

The competition among zk-Rollup-based scaling solutions is tightening while the security tokens market continues steadily.

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Solana's post-SEC dilemma - To fork or not?

Solana's categorization as a security by the SEC has prompted consideration of a network fork Negative sentiment and price decline affected SOL after exchange delistings Solana has been labeThe post Solana's post-SEC dilemma - To fork or not? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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How Uniswap Was Saved From Critical Vulnerability By This Security Firm

Security firm Dedaub discovered and disclosed a critical vulnerability on the popular Ethereum decentralized exchange Uniswap. The team behind the protocol fixed the bug, and the affected components were successfully redeployed—otherwise, an attacker could have tempered with transactions to steal a user’s funds.

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Ankr Reveals Compensation Plan For Users Affected by $5 Million Hack

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Magic Eden Commences Refund for Wallets Affected With Degen Incident

Magic Eden declared that it has started operating the refunds to wallets affected by the Degen Town wallet drain. The announcement comes amid the complaints raised by Solana users about the hacker’s security breach, looting almost $200 million worth of…

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Solana назвали причину кражи криптовалюты

Работники компании Solana Foundation возложили вину за кражу криптовалюты Solana (SOL) на создателей мобильного кошелька Slope. After an investigation by developers, ecosystem teams, and security auditors, it appears affected addresses were at one point created, imported, or used in Slope mobile wallet applications.

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Solana and Slope Confirm Wallet Security Breach

Solana and Slope have provided additional information on a security breach that affected a multitude of wallets today. Solana Confirms Wallet Breach Solana has published new details about today’s attack....

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BitMart to Compensate Victims of the $150 Million Hack Caused By A Stolen Private Key

Centralized cryptocurrency exchange BitMart got hacked over the weekend resulting in the loss of about $150 million. The tokens affected were mainly meme coins like Safemoon, BabyDoge, Floki, Starship, Bpay, Moonshot, Stack, and others, as well as BNB, as per blockchain security and data analytics company PeckShield Inc.

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Биржа BitMart назвала первопричину взлома

Основатель криптобиржи BitMart Шелдон Сиа отчитался о результатах первичного расследования хакерской атаки, в результате которой с площадки на выходных было похищено почти $200 млн. 1/4 In response to this incident, BitMart has completed initial security checks and identified affected assets.

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Robinhood Reveals Security Breach that Left 7 Million Customers Data Exposed

Online brokerage app Robinhood has revealed a security breach after hackers obtained the personal information of millions of its customers. About 7 million Customers Affected by the Hack Robinhood disclosed in a statement on November 8 that the email addresses of about 5 million of its users have been exposed, while another group estimated to […] The post Robinhood Reveals Security Breach that Left 7 Million Customers Data Exposed first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Coinbase Promises to Deposit Stolen Funds to At Least 6,000 Hacked Accounts

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which has about 68 million users globally, disclosed this week that hackers stole from at least 6,000 of its customers. According to a breach notification letter sent by the exchange to affected customers, hackers used a vulnerability to bypass Coinbase’s SMS multi-factor authentication security feature.

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Coinbase Suffers Security Breach From MFA Flaw With 6,000 Users Affected

America’s largest exchange suffered a massive security breach that affected over 6,000 customers of the platform. The breach was a result of hackers taking advantage of the company’s two-factor authentication procedure.

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How A Security Vulnerability Affected Ethereum And Led To A Chain Split

The Ethereum network is facing a chain split after an exploit forced over 50% of its nodes to upgrade their client to prevent further attacks. This security vulnerability was detected, reported, and fixed by Go Ethereum, developers of the affected client, Geth.

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Ripple would perform with XRP as a security – CEO claims

Ripple CEO believes the company’s operations would not be affected even if XRP is…

The post Ripple would perform with XRP as a security – CEO claims appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Биржа KuCoin вернула 84% из украденных $280 млн

Криптовалютная биржа KuCoin вернула большую часть средств, похищенных хакерами в сентябре этого года. Об этом сообщил CEO платформы Джонни Лю. (1/3) Latest updates about #KuCoin Security Incident: So far, 84% of the affected assets have been recovered via approaches like on-chain tracking, contract upgrade and judicial recovery.

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Crypto Users Saw Robinhood Hack Coming a Mile Away

Cryptocurrency investors have long warned about the dangers of leaving coins on mobile trading app Robinhood. Turns out they were onto something. Robinhood, which was popularized for its commission-free trades, has suffered a security breach in which close to 2,000 accounts were affected, Bloomberg reported, citing a person close to the situation.

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Malevolent insiders and software errors: researchers revealed main hacking attack vectors on exchanges

At the Black Hat Security Conference, researchers detailed potential attack points that could be exploited by attackers to steal cryptocurrencies. Among the examples given were real cases that affected the operation of existing cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Security, Regulations, and Safe-Haven Assets: BeInCrypto Interview with Josh Goodbody (Binance)

After his presentation at the Conference Exchanges in Amsterdam, BeInCrypto was able to ask a few questions to Josh Goodbody, Director for Growth and Institutional Business at Binance. In particular, we wanted to know what Binance does to insure funds, how Binance is affected by the new regulatory landscape, and how the coronavirus might affect […] The post Security, Regulations, and Safe-Haven Assets: BeInCrypto Interview with Josh Goodbody (Binance) appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Kraken Security Labs Discovers ShapeShift’s KeepKey Crypto Wallet Can Be Hacked Easily For $75

KeepKey hardware wallets are affected by a flaw that would make them vulnerable to attacks if a hacker has access to the device for around 15 minutes. This is according to a recent report released by Kraken Security Labs and published in a blog post on December 10.

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Apple under scrutiny for sending Safari browsing data to China’s Tencent

Apple is attracting scrutiny for its practice of checking if the websites you’re visiting visiting are fraudulent and malware-infested after Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent was found listed as a Safe Browsing provider.

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One Quarter Of Surveyed UK Businesses Suffered From Cryptojacking, Security Firm Says

Up to a quarter of the UK’s small businesses may have been affected by crypto-jacking attacks, according to the British cyber security platform CybSafe. The figures were based on a survey of common cybersecurity threats for UK SMEs (Small-Medium Enterprises).

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Colossal Ecuador leak exposes data of 20M individuals — including Julian Assange

Welp, 2019 is shaping up to be the year of nationwide data breaches. After Bulgaria and Chile, Ecuador has suffered a colossal data leak, containing the personal information for over 20 million individuals — including the personal details of Wikileaks founder Julain Assange who was granted political asylum in 2012.

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Telegram fixed a bug that stored images on recipients’ phones even after you ‘unsent’ them

Telegram messenger just fixed a bug that stored a picture you sent via a message even if you ‘unsend’ the message. The vulnerability, discovered by security researcher Dhiraj Mishra, affected the messenger’s last stable version (5.

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Swedish Cryptocurrency Exchange Experiences Security Breach

QuickBit cryptocurrency exchange recently experienced a data breach, which affected about two percent of its customers. In an updated report on July 22, 2019, the company said the breach was as a result of a third-party system upgrade, but customers’ accounts and transactions were still safe and intact.

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Bitpoint To Refund 50,000 Affected Users

After suffering a security breach last week, Japanese crypto exchange Bitpoint has announced that it will refund 50,000 affected users, who collectively lost about $20 million, when the business reopens trading services on the platform.

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Bitfinex’s Protection Service Provider Cloudflare Reports a Major Server Outage

Coinspeaker Bitfinex’s Protection Service Provider Cloudflare Reports a Major Server OutageCloudflare’s wide range of clientele which includes Bitfinex, are currently been affected by a blackout on the end of the Security Service Provider in different locations.

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Moonday Mornings: Elon Musk and John McAfee cryptocurrency scams are back

It’s a new week, which means only one thing: it’s time for Hard Fork’s roundup of cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from over the weekend. Let’s get to it. 1. Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered a new type of cryptocurrency mining botnet.

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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: The ‘Intrinsic Value’ Fallacy

A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value.

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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths, The ‘Intrinsic Value’ Fallacy

A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value.

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Infographic: An Overview of Compromised Bitcoin Exchange Events

The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2.

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Google stored some G Suite passwords in unhashed form for 14 years

Google revealed that it recently discovered a bug that caused a subset of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an unhashed — albeit encrypted — form for about 14 years.

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Google stored some G Suite passwords in plaintext for 14 years

Google revealed that it recently discovered a bug that caused a subset of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an unhashed — albeit encrypted — form for about 14 years.

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Data Breach Report From Instagram Raises Concerns About Upcoming Facebook’s Digital Currency

Facebook, the most popular social network in the world, has been affected by different data leaks over the last years. This has harmed users and individuals that had data stored on their platform. Now, the security researcher Anurag Sen discovered that there was a public Amazon Web Services (AWS) database that had the information of […]

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Bitcoin [BTC] will not be largely affected by an attempted 51% attack now, claims Dan Hedl

Risk and instability are two terms that are often associated with the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The security of Bitcoin [BTC] has often been under the spotlight as over the years, various incidents such as the Mt.

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Google’s Titan Security Keys can be hijacked remotely, replace yours now

It’s not been a great week for security, and after Twitter, WhatsApp and Intel, Google has now joined the list. The internet giant has issued an advisory, stating it is recalling Bluetooth versions of its Titan Security Key after it found a vulnerability that allows attackers in close proximity to take control of the device.

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Hack? What Hack? Binance Coin (BNB) Leads Crypto Top Ten in Today’s Rally

Evidently, the recent security compromise that affected crypto exchange giant Binance has done little to dampen optimism for the trading venue’s digital currency, Binance Coin (BNB). Almost the entire crypto market has gone parabolic in the kind of fashion not seen since the days of the 2017 bull market but BNB leads the way in.

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McAfee gathers his ‘wizards’ to fight ‘dark wizards’ and aid CZ, Binance

McAfee, the cybersecurity genius, has offered to help CZ/Binance with the exchange’s security issue. The Binance hack led to the loss of 7,000 BTCs worth $41 million and a lot of user data, following which Binance announced that they would be shutting down withdrawals and deposits.

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Binance Reveals Hack Information as Security Becomes a Public Concern

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Since May 1, 2019, bitcoin’s price has been rising, reaching a top of over $6,000. As the whole cryptocurrency industry was enjoying the rise, an unexpected hack put a stop to the rise of bitcoin.

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Is Any Crypto Exchange Truly Secure?

In light of yesterday’s Binance hack, exchange security is back in the spotlight. Changpeng Zhao has reassured affected users they would be compensated for the loss of 7,000 bitcoins, and Binance has a reputation for excellence when it comes to security.

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Binance Hacked for $40M, CEO Backpedals on Recoup Via Block Reorganization

Chinese crypto exchange Binance suffered a major hack on Tuesday, which the company’s CEO responded to by proposing a rollback of the Bitcoin blockchain to rectify — a suggestion that riled up the community.

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Binance hacked for over $40M worth of Bitcoin

Binance suffered what it’s calling a “large scale security breach” yesterday evening. The hackers were able to transfer 7,000 Bitcoin (over $40 million at the time of writing) in one transaction from the company’s hot wallet.

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New Cryptojacking Campaign Infects Asia Using More Profitable Tactics

Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.

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Crypto Industry Matures as Bitcoin Exchange Reopens After $60 Million Hack

By CCN. com: Zaif, a Japanese crypto exchange that was hacked in September 2018, is preparing to resume its operations in Japan according to the official document released by the exchange. The document released by Zaif on April 19 stated that all users affected by the hack will be compensated fully.

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BitMEX Research Informs Bitcoin SV Is Not Reliable For Payments Due to Security Issues

Bitcoin SV (BSV) seems to be affected by block reorganization attacks. The digital currency backed by Craig Wright has some issues with is security. According to BitMEX Research, on April 18, their Bitcoin Cash SV node experienced 2 block re-organizations.

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Bitcoin is Surging but Hacked Crypto Exchange Cryptopia’s Users Remain Seething

Despite having promised to compensate customers who lost crypto assets following a security breach in January, New Zealand crypto exchange Cryptopia is yet to provide concrete details on the process.

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Coincheck Launches Bitcoin OTC Trading Desk 15 Months After Hack

The Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has launched a Bitcoin over-the-counter (OTC) trading service for its users, per a post published on its official blog.

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After QuadrigaCX: New Regulations for Canadian Exchanges Are in the Works

As anxiety grows around every new twist and turn in the ongoing QuadrigaCX drama, along with extensive QuadrigaCX media coverage, Canada’s mainstream media has been calling on the government to bring in better oversight and regulation of cryptocurrency businesses, especially cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Reveals Customer ‘Rebate’ Plan after $16 Million Theft

More than a fortnight since Cryptopia hinted at reimbursing users affected by a security breach that occurred in mid-January, the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange has confirmed to customers that it will offer a ‘rebate’.

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