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Woman Arrested For Alleged Arson Threats To Attack On Titan Anime Studio
28.5.2021
A 25-year-old woman from Miyagi prefecture has been arrested for allegedly emailing an arson threat to Wit Studio, which is best known for animating the first three seasons of the Attack on Titan anime.Read more
Veriblock Reveals Initiative to Recycle Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption by Securing Dogecoin
27.5.2021
On Wednesday, the Veriblock project, a blockchain that leverages the implementation of proof-of-proof (PoP) consensus, announced an initiative to secure the Dogecoin blockchain using Bitcoin. The Veriblock Foundation believes the effort counters the hostile ‘Blood Bitcoin’ narrative...
Bitcoin Mining Council: Promotion, Cabal, Attack on BTC, or Pointless?
25.5.2021
The decision was reached in the meeting between Bitcoin (BTC) miners, the chiefs of a few investment and tech companies, and some billionaires to form the Bitcoin Mining Council. And while some think of this as a good idea and a way to promote Bitcoin, others very much oppose it, calling it...
Flash Loan Attacks Drain 2 Binance Smart Chain Defi Projects for $6 Million
25.5.2021
There have been two back-to-back flash loan attacks in a short period of time stemming from two unique Binance Smart Chain decentralized finance (defi) projects. Last Wednesday, the yield-farming platform Pancakebunny lost close to $3 million in a flash loan attack according to reports....
LittleBigPlanet Servers Closed After Hackers Post Hateful Messages
24.5.2021
For a while now, PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet has been under attack, its servers repeatedly the target for people with nothing better to do than annoy whatever fanbase is left for a game that was first released in 2008.Read more
Pancake Bunny Suffers Attack; Estimated Losses of $1 Billion
20.5.2021
Pancake Bunny, a decentralized finance protocol from the house of Binance, has suffered an attack. The platform has been exploited in an attack related to its flash loan, and initial estimates pegged the total loss to be around $1 billion. As a result of this attack, the price of the BUNNY token...
Report: Colonial Pipeline Paid $5M Worth in Crypto to Ransomware Gang, Restarts Services
14.5.2021
The global oil market was shaken by news from the United States as a ransomware attack hit the largest oil infrastructure operation in the country. A recent report claims hackers asked Colonial Pipeline to pay for an undisclosed amount in ransom to unlock the firm’s system – a demand...
Fans Polled Over Which Anime Or Manga Should Be Live-Action And Most Replied "None"
14.5.2021
Yikes! A Japanese poll asked one thousand men and women ranging from teens to those in their 60s to name which anime or manga they’d like made live-action, courtesy of Hollywood. The reply that took the number slot should surprise no one, really.Read more
Defi Project Rari Capital Hacked for $10M in Ether, Project’s Pool Drained for 2,600 ETH
9.5.2021
Reports from the decentralized finance project Rari Capital detail that the protocol’s ethereum pool has experienced a recent exploit. Rari Capital says they are assessing the situation and the team removed funds from the recent Alpha Finance Lab integration. At first, the project’s...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Hotbit Hacked: Systems Paralyzed, 2 Million Users Affected
1.5.2021
A cryptocurrency exchange with about 2 million users worldwide announced that it has “suffered a serious cyber attack.” A number of basic services are paralyzed and the attacker tried to access the exchange’s wallets. Consequently, the platform has shut down, stating that it needs...
Bitcoin bulls attack $57,000 and altcoins rally as April comes to a close
30.4.2021
Altcoins moved toward new highs and Bitcoin price rallied above $57,000 shortly after today’s uneventful $4.2 billion monthly options expiry
Capcom Says Covid-19 Made Company Vulnerable To Ransomware Attack
14.4.2021
Capcom has officially closed the investigation into the ransomware attack against its servers from late last year, concluding that the ongoing covid-19 pandemic—what else—had a hand in the security breach.Read more
Why Did No One Tell Me About Maneater?
13.4.2021
There are backlogs, and there are theoretical backlogs. Those games you never bought, but heard about, thought about getting, and then never did for whatever reason. I’m finding this fallow period for big game releases an excellent opportunity to reach into that pile of potential purchases,...
Central Bank of Nigeria Blocks Fintech Startups From Accessing KYC Service— Decision Described as an ‘Attack on All Fintechs’
12.4.2021
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has recently suspended the provision of the bank validation number (BVN) service to all fintech and third-party partners. The decision means non-banks entities include crypto startups “have lost one of the most comprehensive means of identity verification...
US must embrace Bitcoin to counter Chinese 'financial attack' — Pomp
8.4.2021
Bitcoin, like the internet, can be used in ways which could compromise U.S. prowess without suitable allowances from lawmakers
North Korean Hackers Threatened Bithumb Exchange With a $16M Ransom Amid the 2017 Data Breach, Says Report
7.4.2021
A new report commissioned by the U.S. secret services unveiled what happened behind the attack launched by North Korean hackers against a South Korean crypto exchange. The case is about a breach on June 29, 2017, which exposed data tied to over 30,000 customers stemming from Bithumb. Hackers...
FORCE token sees volatile 24 hours following coordinated attack on ForceDAO
5.4.2021
The DeFi platform was the victim of an attack shortly after launch, with 183 ETH compromised. After an initial selloff, FORCE tokens are in recovery mode Monday
Legal Action Being Taken To Prevent Attack on Titan Manga Upload Leaks And Spoilers
31.3.2021
After eleven and a half years, the Attack on Titan manga is drawing to a close. There are already steps being taken to prevent illegal uploads.Read more
Famed Anime Studio Wit Made A Stop-Motion Anime And It's Very Cute
25.3.2021
Wit Studio, perhaps best known for the Attack on Titan anime, is expanding its repertoire. This week, the studio released a stop-motion anime, and it’s very cute.Read more
Chess Champion Plays "Bongcloud" Move, Which Is Very Funny
17.3.2021
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen is a chess grandmaster, the current world champion, as well as world #1 in rapid and blitz chess as well. He is very good at chess, but in this match against fellow grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, he opens by playing one of the worst possible moves in the entire game.Read more