March 01, 2019

Disgruntled dev blames crypto-wallet for losing cryptocoins

Warith Al Maawali is blaming wallet vendor Coinomi for the loss of $65,000 in bitcoin. Coinomi countered by blaming him for blackmail.

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February 08, 2019

Child abuse imagery found in cryptocurrency blockchain

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January 03, 2019

Dark Overlord hackers release alleged 9/11 lawsuit documents

The extortionists leaked a “small sample” of what they say are 18k classified legal documents containing 9/11 “truth” stolen from a law firm.

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November 28, 2018

JavaScript library used for sneak attack on Copay Bitcoin wallet

A mystery payload sneaked into a hugely popular JavaScript library was part of a plot to ransack Bitcoins from BitPay’s Copay mobile cryptocoin wallet, it has been alleged.

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November 26, 2018

The phone went dark, then $1m was sucked out in SIM-swap crypto-heist

A Silicon Valley exec lost $1m in cryptocoin savings when a 21-year-old allegedly SIM-swapped his phone.

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November 15, 2018

Official Google Twitter account hacked in Bitcoin scam

The epidemic of Twitter-based Bitcoin scams took another twist this week as attackers tweeted scams directly from two verified high-profile accounts.

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October 31, 2018

Crypto exchange collapses, victims accuse it of exit scam

Another day, another exchange goes down - but was it a hack or an exit scam?

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October 23, 2018

Why is Elon Musk promoting this Bitcoin scam? (He’s not)

While scrolling through my Twitter feed I saw a Bitcoin scam so unabashed that it got me thinking.... do such scams really work?

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October 22, 2018

Maker of LuminosityLink RAT gets 30 months in the clink

Prosecutors said that the 21-year-old LuminosityLink author had no respect for the law and showed contempt for moral rules and social norms.

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