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Blackmailed for Bitcoin – exchange rebuffs $3.5m ransom demand
2019-08-09 14:53

Here's a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.

US chases fraudulent bitcoin exchange BTC-e for $100m
2019-07-30 13:19

Two years ago, the US government fined an international cybercriminal and his fraudulent bitcoin exchange over $100m. Now, it's going after them for the money.

Bitcoin eats as much energy as Switzerland
2019-07-05 10:59

That's around seven gigawatts, equal to 0.21% of the world's supply: as much power as generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants.

Iran's blame-it-on-Bitcoin 'leccy shortage probably isn't a US hack cover story... yet
2019-06-28 18:45

But just imagine Stuxnet: Consumer Edition Comment Iran claims that recent surges in electricity demand, leading to blackouts and brownouts, were caused by too many cryptocurrency miners’...

It could be Rotterdam or anywhere, Wiltshire or in Bath: Euro cops cuff 6 for cybersquatting, allegedly nicking €24m in Bitcoin
2019-06-26 15:30

5 men, 1 woman nabbed European cops have cuffed six people for typosquatting – in this case spoofing a well known cryptocurrency exchange – and allegedly making off with €24m worth of Bitcoin tokens.…

Android Apps Target Bitcoin, By-Passing 2FA
2019-06-17 19:58

Last week researchers reported on apps abusing the Android push notifications feature to deliver spam. Now other researchers have described apps using a similar but more advanced approach to...

It’s a SCAM: Send Bitcoin or your company’s reputation is TOAST!
2019-06-11 10:47

"I will insult people. And everyone will not care that it's not you." But it's social-disaster baloney!

Protip: No, the CIA will not call off a pedophilia probe into your life in exchange for Bitcoin
2019-06-10 06:08

Kaspersky warns of fake 'dirty agent' scam circulating Fraudsters are posing as CIA investigators gone rogue in emails to marks, offering to take bribes to drop bogus investigations into the...

Hackers Steal $41 Million Worth of Bitcoins From Binance
2019-05-08 15:03

Cryptocurrency Exchange Confirms 7,000 Bitcoins StolenHackers stole 7,000 bitcoins, valued at about $41 million, from Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, the company...

Hackers Steal $40 Million in Bitcoin From Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance
2019-05-08 06:01

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, revealed on Tuesday that hackers managed to steal over 7,000 bitcoins, worth more than $41 million. read more