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Major Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Prosecuted for Failure to Protect User Data
21.6.2019
Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has been prosecuted for its alleged failure to take adequate measures to protect personal data, allegedly leading to a subsequent hack in 2017
Recent Firefox’s Zero-Day Flaw Was Used in Attacks Against Coinbase’s Employees
20.6.2019
The recent zero-day security flaw in Firefox has been used in attacks against Coinbase exchange, according to internal security experts
Russian Hackers May Have Carried Out Largest Ever Crypto Exchange Theft
17.6.2019
Russian hackers, not North Korean, may be the bad actors behind probably the biggest ever theft from a cryptocurrency exchange
Korean Crypto Exchanges Update T&Cs to Accept Liability for Hacks
17.6.2019
Five South Korean crypto exchanges have been forced to update their terms and conditions to accept liability for potential hacks and service issues
“CoinLab Is a Big Stopping Block”: Mark Karpeles Talks Mt. Gox Creditor Claims and Life After Trial
16.6.2019
“I believe it's going to be years until everything Mt. Gox clears out of the courts.” Mark Karpeles talks with Cointelegraph
New Monero Botnet Looks Like Last Year’s Outlaw Attack
13.6.2019
A rogue botnet uses a brute force attack and Secure Shell (SSH) exploit to give the attackers remote access to victim’s systems in order to mine Monero
Trend Micro: Outlaw Hacking Group’s Botnet Is Now Spreading a Monero Miner
13.6.2019
A web address spreading a botnet featuring a monero mining component alongside a backdoor has been detected by cybersecurity company Trend Micro
$1.5M in Stolen Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack Changes Address
7.6.2019
Someone has recently moved around $1.5 million in bitcoins stolen from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016
Komodo Hacks Own Wallet Users Only To Protect Them Of A $13 Million Theft From Old Wallet
7.6.2019
A big theft, which could result in a loss of $13 million, has been prevented by pro-active measures. Komodo, a crypto wallet start-up was informed about a potent theft by its internal security after an extensive audit on June 5, which showed that many customer accounts from the old crypto wallet...
Crypto Developer Komodo ‘Hacks’ Wallet Users to Foil $13 Million Hack
7.6.2019
Cryptocurrency wallet developer Komodo has effectively hacked its own customers to protect their funds from an external attack
Komodo Hacks Itself and Saves Crypto Worth $13M After Learning of Security Vulnerability
6.6.2019
Crypto wallet provider Komodo effectively hacked itself to prevent fraudsters from accessing its users’ funds
Biggest Heists in Bitcoin History and How They Were Pulled Off
1.6.2019
Bitcoin’s history is rife with hacks and heists, sometimes resulting in six-figure bitcoin losses and businesses going bankrupt, unable to pay their customers back. A new video by Bitcoin.com explores the largest bitcoin heists in history and explains how each one was pulled off. Also read:...
Liquidators of Hacked Cryptopia Exchange Release Report, Note $4.2M Owed to Creditors
31.5.2019
Liquidators of now-defunct New Zealand crypto exchange Cryptopia have released the first report on the state of affairs of the firm
North Korean Hackers Target UpBit’s South Korean Users
31.5.2019
North Korean hackers have been using a familiar phishing tool to steal UpBit customer details
Researchers Say 50,000 Servers Worldwide Infected With Privacy Coin Cryptojacking Malware
29.5.2019
As many as 50,000 servers worldwide have allegedly been infected with an advanced cryptojacking malware that mines privacy-focused cryptocurrency turtlecoin
Researcher Discovers Serious Vulnerability in Paper Crypto Wallet Site
27.5.2019
If you have cryptocurrency in a paper wallet from WalletGenerator.net you'd best pull it off
BCH May Have Sustained $1.3 Million+ Double Spend: BitMex Research
26.5.2019
According to a report released by BitMex Research, 3,392 BCH (over $1.35 million) was double spent after the coin’s hard fork
Hackers Have Looted More Bitcoin Than Satoshi’s Entire Stash
24.5.2019
Ever since cryptocurrencies started gaining value, hackers have targeted exchanges that provide digital asset trading and malicious entities have siphoned billions of dollars worth of bitcoin since 2010. So far, over 1 million of the world’s BTC has been stolen from exchanges and traders...
Cryptopia Cracked: Are Centralized Exchanges the Way to Go?
22.5.2019
Cryptopia’s liquidation serves to warn crypto traders of potential risks surrounding centralized exchanges
New Zealand Blockchain Group to Request Government Blockchain Strategy
22.5.2019
The New Zealand-based blockchain collective BlockchainNZ will request that the country’s parliament form a national blockchain strategy