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Cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) THORChain has become the latest company to suffer an exploit, with details of a multi-million attack. The exchange was hacked for $4,000 ETH (about $5 million).
2021-7-16 16:20 | |
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EXMO, a leading crypto exchange in Europe, suffered its second attack in less than two months reporting a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on Monday. The exchange has since started to improve its anti-DDOS attack software, warning users the exchange’s services “may be unavailable” during the update, a tweet sent out today reads.
2021-2-17 22:56 | |
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The exchange has awarded a bounty of $200,000 to private investigators who helped now-indicted bad actors who attacked the exchange in 2018.
2020-11-12 19:51 | |
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Binance founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao confirmed via Twitter that the Chinese domains of the leading cryptocurrency exchange suffered “targeted DDoS attacks. ” As such users experienced some lag and interruption of network access.
2020-4-29 17:25 | |
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The decentralized bitcoin trading network Bisq has reported an attack that resulted in the loss of 3 BTC worth nearly $22,000 and 4,000 XMR worth $224,000. The open-source, peer-to-peer exchange that requires no registration to trade cryptos suffered an attack 24 hours ago where the attacker exploited a flaw in Bisq’s trade protocol. Statement on the […]
2020-4-9 20:31 | |
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Prominent Bitcoin derivatives exchange, BitMEX, has been trying to provide answers to all the skeptics and users about its 13 March attack, one that contributed to mass liquidations. In a blog post daThe post BitMEX answers why it didn't use Insurance Fund on 13 March appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-23 18:30 | |
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BitMEX's Chief Technology Officer [CTO], Samuel Reed, had provided a gist of the attack that hit the exchange platform on 13 March. Now, BitMEX's Chief Executive Officer [CEO], Arthur Hayes, has come The post BitMEX's downtime on 13 March prompted by DDoS attack, not 'hardware issues' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-17 15:00 | |
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BitMEX exchange, has revealed what caused a downtime in their network last week amid the crypto market bear run. The company’s CTO, Samuel Reed, updated stakeholders via his twitter handle noting that a botnet had compromised the system; So here's what we know so far: on Mar 13 at both 02:15 UTC and 12:56 UTC, […]
2020-3-17 23:09 | |
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Bitcoin’s price struggle was further exacerbated last week when the coin plunged to $3,700 on BitMEX and caused almost $1. 2 billion in long contracts to be liquidated on the platform. Now, the exchange’s CTO has revealed that the liquidations were caused by sophisticated botnet attacks that have been probing the platform for days and were […] The post Advanced botnet attack caused $1.
2020-3-17 22:34 | |
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Following a sophisticated attack, Coinhako crypto exchange which enjoys the backing of Tim Draper, announced that it was restricting its clients from withdrawing their funds. The exchange which operates in Singapore announced on Friday that it had temporarily suspended the crypto account send capabilities.
2020-2-28 16:52 | |
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While it is hard to cyber-attack Bitcoin and other crypto asset networks, you can more easily cyber-attack companies in the space. This was proven true over the past 48 hours, with two exchanges recently revealing that they’ve been subject to a denial-of-service attack, suggesting some shenanigans going on in the backdrop of the crypto market.
2020-2-28 13:36 | |
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Coinhako has restricted user accounts since last Friday following an "attack," but has not released many details around the incident.
2020-2-28 22:05 | |
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There’s a new extortion scam that targets Google AdSense serving websites and demands Bitcoin (BTC) in exchange for the prevention of an attack. This attack, according to the extortionist, would lead to the AdSense account of targeted users to be suspended or banned.
2020-2-18 00:44 | |
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A new email extortion scam demands BTC from AdSense users in exchange for preventing an attack
2020-2-18 20:38 | |
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Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) is an open standard for strengthening two-factor authentication. It involves the use of a physical key to reinforce 2FA, hardening your online accounts from attack. In this guide, we’ll explain how to use a Yubikey to lock down your exchange account, email account, and other valuable online accounts.
2020-2-9 20:32 | |
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Altsbit, a cryptocurrency exchange operating in the Italian market, fell victim of a hacker attack. All funds, including those of customers, were stolen. Another exit scam is suspected.
2020-2-11 16:59 | |
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In shocking news, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken’s Security Labs announced that they were able to find a “critical flaw” in Trezor hardware wallets. Kraken Security Labs announced on Friday that they have devised a way to extract seeds from both crypto hardware wallets of Trezor One and Trezor Model T.
2020-2-1 21:58 | |
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In November, Upbit, a popular Korean crypto asset exchange, lost $50 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) from the exchange hot wallet in a seeming hack. Details on the attack remain sparse — some think it was an inside job as the word “hack” was not mentioned and due to the timing of the loss of... The post appeared first on NewsBTC.
2020-1-5 02:00 | |
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In November, Upbit, a popular Korean crypto asset exchange, lost $50 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) from the exchange hot wallet in a seeming hack. Details on the attack remain sparse — some think it was an inside job as the word “hack” was not mentioned and due to the timing of the loss of... The post appeared first on NewsBTC.
2020-1-5 02:00 | |
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2019 saw a number of large crypto exchange hacks, resulting in millions of dollars stolen per attack. Here are 5 of the biggest breaches in the last 12 months. While cryptocurrencies are well-known for increased security — mostly thanks to the decentralized nature of their underlying technology — the same cannot be said for crypto exchanges.
2019-12-26 17:45 | |
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A security research team at Kraken, a crypto exchange valued at $4 billion, has found a way to gain access to seeds from the widely-used KeepKey hardware wallet. To carry out the attack, the Kraken Security Labs team said that a specialized piece of hardware and knowledge is needed.
2019-12-11 18:23 | |
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Litecoin has recently been targeted by malicious actors who have sought to break on-chain privacy through a dusting attack. As explained by Binance Vision, the education wing of the exchange, a dusting attack occurs when hackers send dust (an amount below the current average fee) to the personal account of a user and track itRead MoreRead More.
2019-8-11 01:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance claims that a dusting attack has happened against fourth-biggest altcoin Litecoin
2019-8-10 19:27 | |
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Philip Martin, Chief Information Security Officer at Coinbase, recently spoke about a hack which the exchange successfully managed to evade. According to Coinbase, the highly sophisticated attack began on 30 May, when a dozen Coinbase employees received an email for a certain Gregory Harris, who was supposedly a Research Grants Administrator at Cambridge University.
2019-8-11 13:00 | |
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Coinbase’s security team has revealed that it managed to stop a complex phishing attack that sought to extract user private keys and passwords. In an official blog post the crypto exchange giant revealed that the incident involved the exploitation of two 0-day vulnerabilities on the Mozilla Firefox browser. According to the blog post, the first […]
2019-8-9 21:17 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has detailed how it was targeted by, and foiled, "a sophisticated, highly targeted, thought out attack."
2019-8-9 12:01 | |
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As you may know, Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, was recently hacked and it lost over 7,000 BTC. Now, the criminals were reported to have laundered at least 4,836 BTC of the stolen tokens on a crypto mixer called Chipmixer.
2019-8-9 00:32 | |
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Nefarious hackers are wiping files on publicly accessible storage devices and leaving just a Bitcoin ransom note behind. According to users on the BleepingComputer forums, files on their Lenovo Iomega NAS (network attached storage) devices are allegedly being deleted or hidden.
2019-7-30 12:04 | |
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After a scathing attack on Arthur Hayes at the Asia Blockchain Summit, Roubini has once again hit out at BitMex in a blog post that covers his opinion on the cryptocurrency market, as reported by Bloomberg.
2019-7-19 21:00 | |
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Coinspeaker Bitpoint Exchange Lost $32 Million in Cryptocurrency Amid Recent Hacker AttackJapanese licensed cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has become a new victim of hackers and lost $32 million in crypto assets in the recent attack.
2019-7-12 13:04 | |
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Coinspeaker Bitfinex Has Relinquished a $100 Million of its Loan from TetherFollowing the 2016 cyber attack on top cryptocurrency exchange - Bitfinex, that brought about its loss of $700 million Customer funds.
2019-7-3 14:20 | |
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Bitcoin‘s hash rate is skyrocketing, setting a new all-time-high and flying in the face of Facebook’s ambitious Libra cryptocurrency — a remarkably healthy sign for the world’s most popular blockchain.
2019-6-20 17:15 | |
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By CCN Markets: Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck was dealt a significant blow in January 2018, losing $530 million worth of New Economy Movement (NEM) tokens to an unknown group of hackers. It is widely believed that North Korean hackers were behind the biggest crypto exchange theft ever.
2019-6-18 10:08 | |
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GateHub, a wallet that supports top cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP, recently took the spotlight in the XRP community as reports of lost funds emerged. This attack resulted in 100 XRP ledger wallets losing over 23 million XRP.
2019-6-11 20:10 | |
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Security Researcher Uncovers Clever Phishing Attack On Binance Users One of the major issues affecting the cryptocurrency industry and a major hindrance to its popularity is lack of security. Cryptocurrency exchanges have been targeted in hacks that have led to the loss of billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. However, it seems the attackers are […]
2019-6-3 22:31 | |
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North Korean hackers have made a phishing attempt on users of the South Korean crypto exchange Upbit. News correspondents in Korea broke this development on May 29, 2019, detailing the ploy to steal Upbit users’ information.
2019-6-1 00:54 | |
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A number of Bitcoin Cash detractors and media publications have recently been spreading a false narrative that the BCH network was ‘51% attacked. ’ In reality, however, honest nodes used their hashrate to stave off attacker nodes that were attempting to steal funds on the network.
2019-5-28 22:30 | |
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Cryptopia Limited was hacked multiple times in the first quarter of 2019. The shareholders of Cryptopia have decided to file for bankruptcy in a Chapter 15 case in New York. The hacking of the Cryptopia exchange made headlines in January after a massive attack took $16 million from the exchange. The exchange was the host […]
2019-5-25 04:41 | |
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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.
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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The cryptocurrency market has been on a rollercoaster ride over the past few days, with market surges at one moment and an immediate correction shortly after. Binance Coin [BNB], which was the only coin surging during the bear market, fell following the attack on its exchange.
2019-5-17 11:43 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is preparing to leave its $40 million hack behind it, confirming it had relaunched most of its service May 15. Binance Goes Live (Again) Only around one week after hackers managed to circumvent security mechanisms in what CEO Changpeng Zhao said was a coordinated attack, Binance is finishing its last checks before going fully live.
2019-5-15 16:30 | |
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It’s time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Here’s what happened. 1. Binance says it will resume deposits and withdrawals on its platform on Tuesday.
2019-5-13 10:58 | |
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A Bitcointalk user ICOEthics has brought up issues concerning a whitepaper plagiarism by decentralized crypto exchange Localcoin. The exchange has come under attack since then as users have created a discussion thread on the matter, with the aim of finding out the truth behind the issue.
2019-5-11 21:40 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has revealed that it will be revamping its security network to prevent a recurrence of the 7,000 BTC hack it experienced on May 78, 2019.
2019-5-11 19:59 | |
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Binance’s recent hack has been the biggest news in the crypto ecosystem. The exchange lost 7,074 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $40 million at the time of the attack. The hacker mainly used complex technology, including fishing techniques and the implementation of viruses.
2019-5-10 17:01 | |
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Hackers stole 7,000 BTC in a highly advanced attack on Binance. All withdrawals and deposits are frozen for a week, but all funds are safe, the exchange says. Learn more about the attack in our follow-up
2019-5-10 00:35 | |
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Binance Attacker Moves Stolen Bitcoin To Just Seven Addresses The cryptocurrency exchange Binance was hacked a few days ago and lost 7,074 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $40 million at the time of the attack. The hacker seems to be moving the fund to other addresses in an attempt to withdraw or obfuscate the funds that it […]
2019-5-9 20:46 | |
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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.
2019-5-10 18:48 | |
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Binance hack resulted in theft of 7,000 BTC after “unscheduled server maintenance” was announced. This hacking marks the fourth hack of a major exchange in 2019. Reports this week have revealed a major hacking attack against Binance, which has been called a “large scale security breach.
2019-5-9 00:46 | |
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