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Police Reveal Details about Coincheck Hack Suspects + More News
12.3.2020
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Police in Tokyo have released further details about the two men it arrested yesterday...
IOTA Founder Personally Refunding Hack Losses to ‘Safeguard’ Project’s Remaining Reserves
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Using his personal holdings will help protect the IOTA Foundation's 12-month runway, according to David Sonstebo
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12.3.2020
Deer.io facilitated $17 million worth of sales in stolen information and compromised online accounts across seven years of operations
Tokyo Police Arrest 2 Men for Buying Cryptocurrency Tied to $530M Coincheck Hack
11.3.2020
Tokyo police arrested two individuals on Wednesday for acquiring stolen NEM from the 2018 Coincheck hack. On Jan. 26, 2018, the Japanese trading platform Coincheck noticed an “illicit transfer” of 523,000,000 NEM and it was the largest cryptocurrency exchange hack since Mt Gox....
Two Japanese Men Arrested for ‘Fencing’ NEM From Coincheck Hack
11.3.2020
Japan arrests two men who helped Coincheck hackers launder their proceeds
2 Arrested in Japan for Obtaining Crypto Linked to Coincheck’s $530 Million Hack
11.3.2020
The men are alleged to have been offloading NEM taken from Coincheck since February
After A High-Profile Hack, bZx Announces Its Way Forward
11.3.2020
The co-founder of bZx protocol, which was hacked last month, has taken full responsibility for the lapse and promised that the users will not lose any money
IOTA Co-founder to Repay Hack Victims USD 2M as Network Prepares to Reopen
9.3.2020
David Sønstebø, the Co-founder of IOTA, stated that he will personally repay the victims of the recent attack on the network and that the mainnet will be back up tomorrow, March 10.
Following the alleged messages shared on IOTA Discord a few days ago, Sønstebø has confirmed to Cointelegraph that...
Crex24 Exchange Accused of Hiding Hack From Customers
8.3.2020
An anonymous Crex24 user have identified a suspicious movement of 1.3 billion Htmlcoins from its wallet
IOTA Founder Confirms He Will Repay Victims of $1.97 Million Hack
7.3.2020
Iota’s founder will personally repay the 8.52 million MIOTA that were stolen from 46 Iota users in last month’s attack
Crypto Investment Fund Suffers Hack Exposing Data of 266,000 Users: Report
5.3.2020
The personal data of about 266,000 people registered with the fund may have been exposed
US Charges North Korea-Linked Chinese Nationals for Laundering Over $100 Million in Stolen Cryptocurrency
3.3.2020
The U.S. government has charged two Chinese nationals involved in laundering stolen cryptocurrency worth $100 million from an exchange allegedly for the benefit of North Korea. They are linked to the U.S.-designated North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group. A total of 113 cryptocurrency accounts...
US Government Sanctions Two Chinese Nationals in Connection With Lazarus Group Hack
3.3.2020
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned two Chinese nationals accused of laundering cryptocurrency that was stolen in a 2018 crypto exchange hack, in connection with Lazarus Group
The BCH Question: How to Recover After $30M Hack and Mining Tax Row?
1.3.2020
Security expert backs BCH following $30-million hack: “BCH is based on the same principles as BTC. The most vulnerable element is still a human.”
From Single Key to Sophisticated Computation: The Evolution of Crypto Exchange Custody
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When the first cryptocurrency exchanges sprung up in late 2010, multisig wallets had yet to be invented. As a result, a single private key was commonly used to control all customer funds. Today, multisig has been complemented by sophisticated solutions such as Unbound Tech’s CASP, which uses...
Animated Matryoshka Dolls in CSS
27.2.2020
Here’s a fun one. How might we create a set of those cool Matryoshka dolls where they nest inside one another... but in CSS?
I toyed with this idea in my head for a little while. Then, I saw a tweet from CSS-Tricks and the article image had the dolls. I took that as a sign! It was time to...
Judge Says Plaintiff Can Proceed Against AT&T in $24M Hack Case
26.2.2020
AT&T will face damage claims from a cryptocurrency investor who lost $24 million in a SIM swap attack in 2018
Crypto Investor’s Case Against AT&T Over $24M SIM Hack Can Proceed, Judge Rules
26.2.2020
AT&T's motion to dismiss Michael Terpin's case was largely dismissed by a California court on Monday
How to Hide Your Bitcoin – Opsec, Anonymity, Cold Storage, Brainwallet, Dexes and Non-Custodials
25.2.2020
In an era of increasing economic uncertainty, surveillance, specialized cybercrime and hacking, knowing how to hide bitcoin safely has become a paramount concern for crypto holders. Whether it’s by way of taking wise opsec measures, utilizing noncustodial tools, leveraging a DEX, or even...
$30M Bitcoin Cash ‘SIM Hack’ Sparks Wild Crypto Tales With Vague Sources
23.2.2020
On February 21, the crypto Twitter commentator Dovey Wan published a series of tweets about an alleged SIM card hack that purportedly saw the loss of $30 million in bitcoin cash. The story stemmed from a Reddit post that’s now deleted and so far no one has provided any verifiable proof from...