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Cointelegraph / Andrew Yang Wants to Make US Elections Fraud-Proof Using Blockchain

August 22, 2019 / cointelegraph

Andrew Yang, a 2020 United States presidential candidate in the Democratic Party and blockchain advocate, says he will implement blockchain-based mobile voting as president. According to Yang’s campaign website, Yang…

Cointelegraph / Cryptojacking Code Found in Eleven Open Libraries, Thousands Infected

August 22, 2019 / cointelegraph

A Cryptojacking code was found in 11 open-source code libraries written in Ruby, which have been downloaded thousands of times. Industry news outlet Decrypt reported on Aug. 21 that cryptojacking…

Cointelegraph / Cryptopia Liquidator Determining Pooled Wallet Crypto Ownership

August 21, 2019 / cointelegraph

Professional services firm Grant Thornton claims that it is progressing in securing and preserving the cryptocurrencies of hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia. In a press release published on Aug. 21, Cryptopia’s…

Cointelegraph / CoinGecko Joins AMLT Network to Combat Exchange Fraud, Scams, Hacks

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Crypto market aggregator CoinGecko has joined the network of blockchain analytics and anti-money laundering (AML) company Coinfirm. This partnership will reportedly allow CoinGecko to improve its exchange Trust Score algorithm,…

Cointelegraph / 19-Year-Old Sentenced to 20 Months for Selling Stolen Data for BTC

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Elliot Gunton, aged 19 and of Mounteney Close in Norwich, pleaded guilty to supplying online personal data and hacking services for cryptocurrency. A hacker for hire A press release published…

Cointelegraph / Self-Proclaimed Binance Hacker Warns: New Wave of Data Leaks Is Coming

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

The hacker behind private user data allegedly stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Binance is preparing to release further material. Hacker “warming up” for leak In a series of tweets on Aug.…

Cointelegraph / Crypto PIVX Denies Vulnerability Allegations, Says Users’ Funds Are Safe

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Developers of the private transactions cryptocurrency PIVX replied to crypto consulting firm Lunar Digital Assets regarding claims its blockchain was vulnerable to a bug. In a reply published on Aug.…

Cointelegraph / Dash Releases Upgrade In Response to Newly Exposed Vulnerabilities

August 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Dash has released Dash Core v0.14.0.3, a new version of the wallet and P2P client for its cryptocurrency DASH in light of recent transaction spikes on its mainnet. Security upgrade…

Cointelegraph / Researchers Find Monero Mining Malware That Hides From Task Manager

August 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

Cybersecurity company Varonis has discovered a new cryptojacking virus, dubbed “Norman,” that aims to mine the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) and evade detection. Varonis published a report about Norman on Aug.14.…

Cointelegraph / PIVX, Possibly Other PoS Chains Vulnerable to Bug, Attackers Profit

August 13, 2019 / cointelegraph

Private transactions cryptocurrency PIVX and over 200 other blockchains are vulnerable to a vulnerability allowing the attacker to obtain disproportionately high staking rewards. A major staking vulnerability Cryptocurrency consulting firm…

Cointelegraph / Cyber Criminals Netted $4.3B From Crypto-Related Crime in 2019: Study

August 12, 2019 / cointelegraph

Cyber criminals have netted $4.3 billion from digital currency exchanges, investors and users in 2019. Blockchain security company CipherTrace gave its summary crypto-related theft in its Anti-Money Laundering report that…

Cointelegraph / XMR Cryptojacking Malware Smominru Updated, Now Targeting User Data

August 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

Malware Smominru mines Monero (XMR) on at least half a million infected computers and now also steals sensitive personal data. An updated malware Cybersecurity company Carbon Black claimed that its…

Cointelegraph / Binance KYC Breach — Did It Happen, and If So, Who’s to Blame?

August 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

On Aug. 7, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange (by daily trade volume), fell victim to a hacking scandal that saw the miscreant allegedly gain possession of a huge chunk…

Cointelegraph / New Jersey Governor Signs Bill to Establish Blockchain Task Force

August 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy recently signed bill S2297, which is an act to create a so-dubbed New Jersey Blockchain Initiative Task Force. The purpose of the task force…

Cointelegraph / Binance Hackers Bombard Chipmixer to Launder at Least 4,836 BTC

August 8, 2019 / cointelegraph

At least 4,836 Bitcoin (BTC) of stolen from Binance exchange in May 2019 was laundered through crypto mixing service Chipmixer. Attackers started laundering the stolen funds in a month after…

Coindesk / Cryptojackers Making Secondary Income Off Security Data Seizures: Report

August 8, 2019 / coindesk

In the wake of lower cryptocurrency prices, ghost mining hackers are turning to metadata seizures. In a report issued today, cybersecurity firm Carbon Black says a well-known 2018 monero crypto…

Cointelegraph / Chinese Gov’t Hackers Are Targeting Crypto Companies: Report

August 7, 2019 / cointelegraph

Chinese state hackers are performing attacks against cryptocurrency and video game enterprises, cybersecurity company FireEye claims in a report published on Aug. 2. Chinese government facilitating hacking operations Per the…

Cointelegraph / Binance Investigating ‘KYC Leak FUD’ as User Selfies Allegedly Exposed

August 7, 2019 / cointelegraph

The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance has refuted claims hackers gained access to confidential user information such as personal ID. CZ: “Don’t fall into the ‘KYC leak’ FUD” In a…

Cointelegraph / North Korea Stole $2 Billion in Cryptocurrency From Exchanges, Says UN

August 6, 2019 / cointelegraph

North Korea has netted around $2 billion by hacking banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, according to the United Nations (U.N.). UN: Hacked crypto funds weapons of mass destruction In a confidential…

Cointelegraph / AT&T Not Responsible in $24M Crypto SIM-Swapping Cas, Judge Rules

July 27, 2019 / cointelegraph

The federal judge overseeing Terpin Vs. AT&T — a legal battle pertaining to stolen crypto via SIM-swapping that has been going on for almost a year — has dismissed the…

Cointelegraph / US Prosecutors Indict BTC-e Crypto Exchange, Seek Millions in Penalties

July 27, 2019 / cointelegraph

United States prosecutors have filed a complaint against now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e and its suspected operator Alexander Vinnik, according to a document filed in the Northern District of California on…

Cointelegraph / Report: Container Software Vulnerabilities On the Rise, Mining Malware is Fading Away

July 24, 2019 / cointelegraph

Cryptocurrency ransomware, botnets and backdoors seem to have replaced cryptocurrency mining malware as the tool of choice for cybercriminals, according to a recent report from computer security firm Skybox Security.…

Cointelegraph / CertiK Foundation Launches Security-Focused Blockchain

July 23, 2019 / cointelegraph

Blockchain cybersecurity company CertiK has launched its native CertiK Chain blockchain. The CertiK Foundation announced its new release in an official blog post on July 22. According to the announcement,…

Cointelegraph / Israeli Citizen Accused of Stealing Over $1.7 Million in Crypto

July 19, 2019 / cointelegraph

Eliyahu Gigi, a 31-year-old from Tel Aviv, has been charged with stealing over $1.7 billion in a variety of cryptocurrencies. Gigi allegedly stole BTC, Ethereum, and Dash from users in…

Cointelegraph / Bitcoin-Seeking Ransomware ‘Ryuk’ Virus Found and Studied in China

July 19, 2019 / cointelegraph

Tencent Yujian Threat Intelligence Center says that a Ryuk ransomware virus has been spotted in China. The intelligence center released information on the outbreak in a report on July 16.…

Cointelegraph / Trump Vs. Bitcoin, Japanese Exchange Hacked | Coffee and Crypto

July 17, 2019 / cointelegraph

In the premiere episode of the new Cointelegraph series “Coffee and Crypto,” head of editorial Olivia Capozzalo and head of news Molly Jane Zuckerman discussed the latest news in the…

Cointelegraph / Bitpoint Hack Shows That Regulators’ Scrutiny Does Not Equal Safety

July 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

On July 12, 2019, Tokyo-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint promptly suspended its services after noticing an error in the outgoing funds transfer system. Soon, an official announcement followed, revealing that the…

Cointelegraph / Hacked Bitpoint Exchange Finds $2.3M in Stolen Crypto

July 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has discovered over 250 million yen ($2.3 million) in cryptocurrency — part of a $32 million sum that was stolen last week, local English language daily…

Cointelegraph / 0x DEX Protocol Suspended Because of Vulnerability, Funds Safe

July 13, 2019 / cointelegraph

The Ethereum (ETH) smart contract of 0x (ZRX) decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol has been suspended after a vulnerability has been uncovered in its code, the project’s team announced in a…

Cointelegraph / Japanese Crypto Exchange Bitpoint Suffers $32 Million Hack

July 12, 2019 / cointelegraph

Japanese crypto exchange Bitpoint has suspended all services after losing $32 million in a hack involving XRP, Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. In an official announcement on July 12, Bitpoint…

Cointelegraph / Polish Crypto Exchange BitMarket Shuts Down Citing Liquidity Loss

July 9, 2019 / cointelegraph

Polish cryptocurrency exchange BitMarket announced its shutdown on its official website on July 8. When trying to access the exchange through its website, users are instead greeted with the following…

Cointelegraph / Report: Fortress Offers to Buy Mt. Gox Bitcoin Claims at $900 a Piece

July 9, 2019 / cointelegraph

Fortress Investment Group is buying bitcoin (BTC) claims from Mt. Gox creditors, according to a report by CoinDesk on July 8. The Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy…

Cointelegraph / Sophisticated Trading Bot Exploits Synthetix Oracle, Funds Recovered

July 5, 2019 / cointelegraph

When Ethereum-based synthetic asset issuance platform Synthetix, which allows users to mint and trade synthetic currencies in a peer-to-peer fashion, lost track of more than 37 million synthetic Ether (sETH)…

Cointelegraph / Monero Discloses Bug Allowing XMR to be Stolen from Exchanges

July 5, 2019 / cointelegraph

Several security vulnerabilities have been disclosed by Monero, including one that could have been exploited to steal xmr from exchanges, reports on the breach disclosure platform HackerOne revealed on July 3. The vulnerability theoretically…

Cointelegraph / Bitfinex Hack New Twist: Two Arrested in Israel After $1.5M Moved

July 1, 2019 / cointelegraph

One of the most prominent crypto cybercrimes in recent years took a dramatic turn on June 23, when two Israeli brothers were arrested in connection with the 2016 Bitfinex hack…

Cointelegraph / Mt. Gox Founder Knew of Security Risks Years Before Collapse, Lawsuit Claims

June 26, 2019 / cointelegraph

Mt. Gox founder Jed McCaleb is being sued by two traders who used the doomed exchange, court documents filed on May 19 show. Joseph Jones and Peter Steinmetz have accused…

Cointelegraph / U.K.’s Biggest Store Tesco Pumps Bitcoin With ‘Bill Gates’ Twitter Scam

June 26, 2019 / cointelegraph

The largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom was left red-faced this week after hackers took over its Twitter account to promote a bitcoin (BTC) scam. The news surfaced via…

Cointelegraph / Europol Arrests Six People Allegedly Behind $27 Million Bitcoin Theft

June 25, 2019 / cointelegraph

Europol, in conjunction with the United Kingdom’s South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit, the Dutch police, Eurojust, and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA), has coordinated the arrests of six…

Cointelegraph / Synthetix Reverses Oracle Error-Caused Misplaced sETH in Exchange for a Bug Bounty

June 25, 2019 / cointelegraph

Following a recent oracle issue, asset issuance platform Synthetix will reverse the misplaced 37 million synthetic ether (sETH) in exchange for a bug bounty, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick stated on…

Cointelegraph / Report: Two Israeli Brothers Arrested for Hack of Bitfinex Crypto Exchange

June 23, 2019 / cointelegraph

Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with the hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and other crypto-related phishing attacks, finance news outlet Finance Magnates reports on June 23. An…