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Uber’s Former Security Chief Charged With Trying to Conceal Hack Using Bitcoin
21.8.2020
Joseph Sullivan allegedly insisted that the hackers sign NDAs in exchange for $100,000 in bitcoin hush money
Uber Exec Allegedly Concealed 2016 Hack With $100K BTC ‘Bug Bounty’ Pay-Off
21.8.2020
A former CSO is accused of trying to conceal Uber’s involvement in a 2016 data breach by paying the hackers $100K in Bitcoin
Japanese Court Orders Seizure of Cryptocurrency Linked to Coincheck Hack of 2018
20.8.2020
A court in Tokyo, Japan has ordered the seizure of crypto assets that have been traced back to the Coincheck hack of January 2018, The Japan Times reported Wednesday. More than $530 million worth of the NEM (XEM) cryptocurrency was stolen from the exchange two years ago in what turned out to be...
Experts: North Korean ‘Tech Has Scaled Up’ After US Makes Hack Claims
19.8.2020
North Korea’s “fast-developing tech abilities” could be helping it scale up its raids on financial sector targets like international crypto exchanges, say South Korean observers. Experts have spoken out after a report from the American armed forces concluded that several thousands of North Korean...
Japanese Court Orders Conditional Confiscation of Coinckeck Hack Funds
19.8.2020
A court in Tokyo, Japan, has ordered the conditional seizure of some USD 46,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) and NEM’s XEM token that has been traced back to the Coincheck hack of 2018 – the first-ever court-ordered crypto seizure in the nation's legal history.
Per Kyodo, a branch of the Tokyo District...
Japanese Court Orders Conditional Confiscation of Coincheck Hack Funds
19.8.2020
A court in Tokyo, Japan, has ordered the conditional seizure of some USD 46,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) and NEM’s XEM token that has been traced back to the Coincheck hack of 2018 – the first-ever court-ordered crypto seizure in the nation's legal history.
Per Kyodo, a branch of the Tokyo District...
Russia, With Bitcoin Playing Bit Part, Tried to Hack 2016 U.S. Election, Senate Report Finds
18.8.2020
Bitcoin may have been the salacious pretext to Marina Butina's fling with Patrick Byrne
Lockdown Life & Darknets: BTC Still the DNM King, Cashaa’s Stolen Coins Sent to Hydra, Cannabis Sales Surge
17.8.2020
During the last six months, the Covid-19 outbreak has caused a lot of disarray in the world and one thing is for sure, the use of darknet markets has surged. While the citizens of the globe have been locked down, cannabis sales have skyrocketed and the dollar value of bitcoin transactions done...
Australian Woman Jailed Two Years for Stealing $300,000 Worth of XRP
13.8.2020
An Australian hacker who stole 100,000 units of the XRP cryptocurrency has been sentenced to a maximum of two years and three months in jail, local media reported. Kathryn Nguyen hacked the crypto account of a 56-year old man in January 2018. Working with an accomplice, the 25-year-old Sydney woman...
BTC at Crucial Level, When to Buy the Dip, Twitter Hack Trial Fiasco: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 3–9
9.8.2020
The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link!
North Korea Reportedly Using Altcoins to Convert $1.5B in Stolen Funds to Cash
7.8.2020
North Korean hackers are reportedly using untraceable altcoins to convert stolen cryptocurrencies into cash
Bitfinex Offers $400 Million in Rewards to Get Back 120,000 Stolen Bitcoins
5.8.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is offering rewards of up to $400 million to the hackers who stole almost 120,000 bitcoins from its platform in 2016 as well as anyone putting it in touch with the hackers. Up to $400 Million Reward for the Recovery of Stolen Bitcoins Bitfinex announced on Tuesday...
17-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty to Twitter Hack as Defense Tries to Lower Bail From $725K
5.8.2020
The 17-year-old charged with being the mastermind behind July's Twitter hack has pleaded not guilty; the defense says bail posted is "grossly inappropriate" to the amount of money stolen
Alleged 17-Year-Old Twitter Hack Mastermind Pleads Not Guilty
5.8.2020
On Tuesday, during a court hearing in Hillsborough Circuit Court, the “mastermind” of the Twitter hack pleaded not guilty
Social Engineering: A Plague on Crypto and Twitter, Unlikely to Stop
5.8.2020
The SIM swapping community entered the spotlight after helping the Twitter hacker breach the social media platform, but these threat actors have been going after the crypto community for years
Twitter Hack Shows That Crypto Is Easier to Investigate Than Fiat, Say Industry Law Experts
4.8.2020
A panel of compliance experts from the crypto industry agreed that law enforcement and institutional finance have been hearing more positive narratives about crypto
European Bitcoin Exchange Hacked for $1.4 Million, Claims It Cannot Afford to Repay Users
4.8.2020
2gether, a Spanish cryptocurrency trading platform, has been hacked for about $1.4 million and company executives claim that they do not have the money to repay customers. Chief executive officer Ramon Ferraz Estrada said over the course of several tweets on Monday that the breach of July...
Four-Year Anniversary of Bitfinex Hack, and $12M of Stolen BTC Moved
4.8.2020
Hackers transferred roughly $12M from wallets connected to the Bitfinex breach, in which 120,000 Bitcoin was stolen in August 2016
Blockchain Bites: Hedge Fund Down, Banana Bets and the Twitter Hack Fallout
3.8.2020
Another crypto hedge fund has called it quits, the teenage Twitter hacker reportedly had millions in bitcoin and Huobi sees DeFi as its next venture
Indians Five Times More Likely to Suffer Crypto-Related Hacks: Report
3.8.2020
People in India are five times more likely to suffer a cryptocurrency mining hack because of poor consumer awareness, according to a new security report by Microsoft. In its findings published July 29, Microsoft notes that although the number of similar attacks declined by 35% in 2019 from a year...