2019-8-30 10:00 |
Capital One hacker Paige Thompson had been using stolen computing power to mine cryptocurrencies, a federal grand jury indictment revealed. origin »
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Although China has shut down bitcoin trading platforms and deemed them illegal, its attitude toward bitcoin mining is still ambiguous.
2019-5-31 20:14 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Some Chinese listed companies have jumped on the bandwagon of bitcoin mining following the bitcoin bull run throughout 2017, either under the guise of cloud computing or providing mining hosting services, in an effort to bypass regulations considering the country’s tough stance on bitcoin.
2019-5-29 18:53 | |
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In a handful of oil fields in the Great White North, natural gas, an otherwise wasted drilling by-product, is being put to work. But it’s not being used to well more oil; it’s being used to mine bitcoin.
2019-5-8 20:07 | |
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According to Bloomberg, the Winklevoss twins’ family office has participated in a seed financing for Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. to the tune of $4. 5 million. Crusoe Energy has plans to advance construction of data centers that mine cryptocurrency using a surplus of natural gas.
2019-5-7 13:34 | |
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Winklevoss Capital has participated in a $4.5 million seed financing round in a flare mitigation provider to advance its construction of data centers that can mine cryptocurrencies
2019-5-6 16:27 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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No sooner had the victims of the Christchurch attack fallen than governments were clamoring to mine the tragedy for political capital. Despite the shooting having been live streamed on Facebook, antipodean officials have directed their ire against fringe websites in a desperate bid to control the narrative and criminalize curious civilians.
2019-3-19 22:05 | |
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BloqLabs has opened up the beta waitlist for Titan, a fully integrated software suite for managing cryptocurrency mining. The project was introduced by Bloq CEO and co-founder Jeff Garzik onstage during a brief speech at Binance Fair in Singapore in an overview discussion of BloqLabs.
2019-1-24 20:20 | |
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When it comes to bitcoin mining, Canada is a natural. A temperate climate helps to keep mining equipment cool, and plentiful renewable energy from hydroelectric dams gives Canadian provinces like British Columbia a natural advantage with cheaper electricity costs.
2018-12-22 21:41 | |
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Bitmain, the biggest company in bitcoin mining, has filed for its IPO in Hong Kong. As part of the approval process, the company submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong stock exchange at the end of August 2018.
2018-9-28 23:08 | |
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Norwegian bitcoin miner Kryptovault is facing a shutdown of its operations due to extensive noise complaints from locals and a lack of proper paperwork. The company, which is headquartered in a former paper mill in Norway’s capital of Oslo, uses more than 40MW of power to drive an arsenal of nearly 10,000 computers.
2018-8-24 23:36 | |
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In 2018, the Bitcoin network alone will consume about 0. 5% of the world’s electricity. Smart mining can be the solution for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies biggest problem. Crypto-gold rush After Bitcoin’s explosive growth in 2017, a fever similar to XIX century’s gold rushes embraced the world.
2018-8-17 11:27 | |
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DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. , a diversified blockchain company, is in the process of installing an 85-megawatt transformer and electric substation for the company's cryptocurrency mining facility, according to a company statement.
2018-7-27 17:49 | |
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The cybersecurity firm predicted that crypto-related cybercrime won't slow down in 2023, but it will move on from Bitcoin as a source of payment.
Intel is set to collaborate with Microsoft to defend against cryptojacking. According to an official press release, the two leading tech companies will work hand-in-hand in fighting cryptojacking threats for users.
The Microsoft Security Intelligence team confirmed the presence of a new ‘info-stealing malware’ present in its Windows computers. In a tweet on Aug 27, the MSI team stated the malware was first spotted on cybercriminal black markets in June but has recently started spreading widely across the globe.
A monero mining script has been embedded in a public instance of an AWS virtual machine. How many others are similarly infected?
Cisco Systems threat intelligence team has released a warning regarding a newly discovered Monero Mining crypto-jacking botnet called “Prometei. ” The notice stated that the botnet not only mines Monero using targeted computer’s resources but also steals data from the system.
A security incident on Twitter duped businesses and people into sending at least $120,000 worth of Bitcoin to an anonymous online wallet, half of which has already been spirited to other accounts. Given that some of the Twitter accounts targeted were using two-factor authentication (2FA) and strong passwords, the hack may be internal to twitter. […]
In the first six months of 2020, scammers made off with about $24 million in bitcoin, as per the Twitter bot Whale Alert's latest report. These scams involved giveaways, sextortion, fake exchanges, fake ICO's, bitcoin recovery, video scams, Ponzi schemes, fake tumblers, malware, and so on.