March 27, 2019

DragonEx exchange hacked, smoking ashes being raked over

“Part” of its assets have been retrieved, and they've got an address for a suddenly much plumper Bittrex wallet.

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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 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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July 18, 2018

21-year-old spy tool developer faces prison

Luminosity RAT sold for as little as $39.99 and could spy, steal passwords, mine cryptocurrency, and launch DDoSes.

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July 18, 2018

“Astoundingly stupid” Kodak (not really) Bitcoin miner bites the dust

Deemed a scam from its CES debut, Kodak says KashMiner was never licensed, and its promised payouts portrayed ignorance of how Bitcoin works.

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March 06, 2018

“Big Bitcoin Heist” sees 600 Icelandic servers stolen

Police arrested 11 people but haven't found the hardware, which is worth nearly $2 million.

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March 05, 2018

Bill Gates: Cryptocurrencies killing people in “fairly direct way”

It's also "super risky" over the long term, he said in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session.

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February 13, 2018

Beware the ‘celebrities’ offering you free cryptocoins on Twitter

Who CAN you trust if you can't trust @DoonaldTrump65, promising Ethereum to all comers like he's a cryptocurrency version of Oprah Winfrey?

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December 07, 2017

NiceHash cryptomining exchange hacked; everything’s gone

Reports say that the Bitcoin was worth $58m at the time. As of Thursday morning, the value had soared to $80m.

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