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Trump Campaign Website Compromised by Hackers for Crypto Scam
28.10.2020
The president's campaign website was briefly compromised on Tuesday, as hackers looked to fleece cryptocurrency from unsuspecting supporters in the final days before the 2020 election
How Hackers Exploited Twitter’s VPN Problems, Obtained God Mode and Took Over Accounts
25.10.2020
An investigation by the New York State Department of Financial Services has revealed how the great Twitter hack in July happened. A total of 130 high-profile, celebrity accounts were compromised and many were used to tweet about a bitcoin giveaway scam. How Twitter Was Hacked The New York State...
95% of winners in China’s CBDC lottery spent digital yuan prizes
19.10.2020
Some winners purchased additional digital yuan during the pilot
Digital Yuan Giveaway: China’s Shenzhen City Hands Out 10 Million Yuan in Central Bank Digital Currency
10.10.2020
A major Chinese city is giving away 10 million yuan in the country’s central bank digital currency this weekend. Recipients can use their digital yuan at 3,389 stores next week. The city aims for the giveaway to boost usage of the new government-backed digital currency. Chinese City Giving...
Shenzhen to hand out 10 million digital yuan in currency giveaway
9.10.2020
China is promoting its central bank digital currency with a public $1.5 million giveaway
Meet Turkey’s ‘unexpected winners’ of Uniswap’s UNI giveaway
22.9.2020
Uniswap’s UNI token distribution paid nearly half of the tuition for students who attended one “Crypto 101” course
‘Growth hacker’ hides 100 caches of Bitcoin Cash around city
18.9.2020
‘Giving away crypto does help people, but the real motivation is to spread awareness in a way that’s fun and interesting,’ the Bitcoin Man said
YouTube Ignored Warnings About XRP ‘Giveaway’ Scams, Ripple Says
10.9.2020
Ripple has disputed Youtube's claims it knew nothing about XRP scams on its site, saying it alerted the video platform hundreds of times
Alleged second teen mastermind behind Twitter’s 'Bitcoin giveaway' hack
2.9.2020
Graham Ivan Clark may not be the only juvenile responsible for the massive Twitter breach on July 15
XRP Giveaway for Exchange Clients, eSports Teams to Get XRP
31.7.2020
More Japanese citizens could end up with Ripple-affiliated XRP tokens – after an exchange announced a token giveaway for new account holders, while one of the nation’s biggest crypto players said it is planning to pay eSports players and their managers in XRP.
FXCoin said it will give away XRP...
Bitcoin Giveaway Scam Hits Popular Indian Youtuber
26.7.2020
A popular Indian YouTuber’s gaming channel got hacked and scammers attempted to use the old Bitcoin giveaway trick to lure people
Popular Indian Youtube Channel Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Giveaway Scam
26.7.2020
Following the massive Twitter breach that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway, a popular Indian Youtuber now claims that his Youtube channel was hacked for the same purpose. Hackers replaced some content in Carry Minati’s videos to promote a bitcoin giveaway. Popular...
1,000 People Had Access to Twitter ‘God Mode’ — 130 Accounts Targeted by Hackers
25.7.2020
More than 1,000 Twitter employees and contractors reportedly had access to Twitter’s “God mode” earlier this year, before the recent large-scale hack that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway. Twitter has confirmed that 130 accounts were targeted,...
Steve Wozniak Sues Youtube, Google for Promoting Bitcoin Giveaway Scam — Youtube Denies Fault
23.7.2020
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and 17 other victims have sued Youtube and Google for allowing, promoting, and profiting from bitcoin giveaway scams. However, Youtube insists that it is not at fault for scammers using its video-sharing platform for cryptocurrency giveaway scams and other fraudulent...
YouTube Seeks to Dismiss Ripple Lawsuit Over XRP Giveaway Scams
23.7.2020
The video sharing giant filed a motion to dismiss Ripple’s lawsuit that alleges that YouTube did not do enough to stop free XRP giveaway scams, copyright infringement
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Bitcoin Giveaway Scams
23.7.2020
Wozniak is among 18 plaintiffs suing the video-sharing giant for allowing crypto giveaway scams using his likeness to flourish on the platform
Here’s How to Check If a Bitcoin Address Is a Scam
22.7.2020
With the rapid rise in the number of bitcoin scams, there are easy ways to check if a bitcoin address has been reported as being used by scammers, such as in fake bitcoin giveaways. You can also easily report any bitcoin address associated with a scam. Check the ‘Bitcoin Abuse’ Database...
Massive Twitter Attack: Apple, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Uber Tweeting Bitcoin Giveaway Scam
16.7.2020
A massive attack hit crypto Twitter on Wednesday as many prominent accounts began tweeting about a bitcoin giveaway. Soon it was apparent that the breach was much more serious when major corporations and famous people tweeted that they will double your bitcoin, including Apple, Google, Joe Biden...
Youtube Helps Scammers Steal $130,000 in Bitcoin From Investors Daily: Report
13.7.2020
Scammers raked-in $24 million in bitcoin during the first six months of 2020, according to a new report from crypto monitoring service Whale Alert. Cyber-thieves are finding it very easy to fool people of their bitcoin (BTC} because their schemes have become believably professional and aggressive...
Ethereum 2.021, Dai Giveaway, Bourbon on Tokens + More News
10.7.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Phase 0 of Ethereum's next version, Ethereum 2.0 might go live in January of 2021 at the earliest, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake...