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Breach at Indian exchange BuyUCoin allegedly exposes 325K users’ personal data
24.1.2021
BuyUCoin initially denied the reports of a data breach, but added that all user funds are safe
Ledger users threaten legal action after hacker dumps personal data
20.12.2020
A cybersecurity expert claimed the affected users would be targeted online and in person now that their personal information had been made public
Blockchain Bites: Paxos’ Banking Play, France’s KYC Terreur, FinCEN’s Personal Data Honeypot
10.12.2020
U.S. lawmakers are asking the nation's financial guardians to clarify crypto custodianship while France wages war on anonymity
How FinCEN Became a Honeypot for Sensitive Personal Data
10.12.2020
Financial data records collected by FinCEN are a valuable tool for law enforcement. They’re also a trove of personal data on people who have not committed a crime
Australian Crypto Exchange Exposes Personal Data of 270K Users
2.12.2020
BTC Markets, one of Australia's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has accidentally exposed users' data, raising the risk of phishing attacks
New Zealand Tax Agency Asks Crypto Firms to Hand Over Clients’ Personal Data
29.9.2020
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) of New Zealand has requested that crypto companies in the country hand over their customers’ personal details, cryptocurrency asset values as well as the type of asset held. According to a September 28 report by Radio New Zealand, the tax agency says...
Permission.io Has Quietly Raised $50M to Make Advertising Personal and Data Private
29.9.2020
Permission.io has raised over $50 million to reward users for engaging with ads. Will advertisers buy in?
Hacker Stole 1,000 Traders’ Personal Data From Crypto Tax Reporting Service
24.8.2020
A hacker made off with user data and financial information on more than 1,000 account holders with CryptoTrader.Tax, a crypto tax filing website
Personal Data Leaks In Crypto Are Inevitable, Here’s What Can Be Done
16.8.2020
The best cryptoassets and their blockchains, such as Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH) are mostly robust against potential attacks, but the wider crypto ecosystem is dependent on much of the web infrastructure that defines legacy systems.
This point came to fore in July’s Ledger database leak,...
Twitter Hack Victims Face New Personal Data Breech Threats
23.7.2020
Attackers who collected bitcoin (BTC) 13.14 – worth about USD 120,000 – on July 15, from the largest hack in Twitter’s history, are believed to have accessed direct messages boxes of 36 users, including an elected Dutch official, and downloaded “Your Twitter Data” from eight accounts.
The company...
AI-Blockchain Platform Creates Digital Assets From Personal Data
17.7.2020
KNEO is a new platform for connected edge AI devices through blockchain technology, creating secure private networks which harvest data as digital assets
Personal Data of 250,000 People From 20 Countries Leaked by Bitcoin Scam
5.7.2020
A global bitcoin scam has reportedly leaked personal data of about 250,000 people from more than 20 countries. The majority of the compromised data were of people in the U.K., Australia, South Africa, and the U.S. This bitcoin scam operates under several different names. Investors’ Personal...
Ransomware Attack Targets Victoria Beckham’s Personal Data
11.6.2020
Maze ransomware group threatens to leak stolen data from Threadstone Advisors, LLC
Chinese Stakeholders Don’t Want to Share Their Personal Data With Government Run Blockchains
10.6.2020
Chinese local governments hit a bump in the road with implementing blockchain applications because stakeholders don’t want to share their data
Ukraine Arrests Hacker Accused of Selling Personal Data, Crypto Wallet Info
19.5.2020
Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who allegedly sold 773 million email addresses, along with passwords, bank PIN codes and cryptocurrency wallets
Canada’s Tax Authority Demands Personal Data on 115,000 QuadrigaCX Users
27.3.2020
The Canada Revenue Service has requested 750,000 documents spanning the personal information and transaction histories of Quadriga’s 115,000 users
Over 172 Million Weibo Users Personal Data Is For Sale on Dark Web
23.3.2020
Chinese social media giant Weibo sees massive data breach, with data from millions of user accounts for sale for Bitcoin on the dark web
You Are the Product: A Three-Step Plan to Take Back Control of Personal Data
20.2.2020
Personal data is monetized, giving us, the providers, nothing of the pie. Entrepreneur Jennifer Zhu Scott has a three-step plan for taking back control
Public Sale Is Live for Coin Powering Cypherpunk Pioneer David Chaum’s Privacy Focused Xx Network
5.2.2020
The Xx network is designed to allow people to communicate and exchange value without revealing any information to intrusive government agencies or companies that collect and sell personal data. It was created by Dr. David Chaum, a world-renowned cryptographer and privacy advocate. The public sale...
This AI Platform Identifies Privacy Threats in Social Networks and Messengers
1.10.2019
Preserving your online privacy has become almost a lost cause these days. Thankfully, some entrepreneurial minds have taken it upon themselves to help web users stay informed of privacy risks and take action to thwart attempts to access their personal data. Guard is a platform which is doing...