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C.R.E.A.M Finance exploited for over $100 million

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27 October, 2021

C.R.E.A.M Finance exploited for over $100 million

C.R.E.A.M Finance, a DeFi lending & borrowing platform, was exploited for $115 million, making it one of the largest exploits...

Blockchain Intelligence Group’s William Callahan talks tools for more lawful blockchain industry at CoinGeek New York

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Jordan Atkins

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5 October, 2021

Blockchain Intelligence Group’s William Callahan talks tools for more lawful blockchain industry at CoinGeek New York

A former special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, William Callahan and the Blockchain Intelligence Group have thought a lot...

BTC users lose money as Bitcoin.org portal hacked by scammers

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Jon Southurst

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23 September, 2021

BTC users lose money as Bitcoin.org portal hacked by scammers

Instead of the usual front page, visitors were greeted with an invitation to send BTC to the "Bitcoin Foundation" with...

Japan’s Liquid Exchange hacked, nearly $80M on in digital assets missing

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Steve Kaaru

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19 August, 2021

Japan’s Liquid Exchange hacked, nearly $80M on in digital assets missing

Liquid Exchange confirmed that the attackers had targeted its hot wallets and made away with 100+ BTC, 9 million XRP...

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Jon Southurst

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17 August, 2021

How to share unknown secrets

The latest episode of Bitcoin Class with Satoshi gets cryptographical again as Dr. Craig Wright and sCrypt's Xiaohui Liu talk...

Multi-million dollar CoinGeek Crime Bounty Program launches

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Steven Stradbrooke

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6 August, 2021

Multi-million dollar CoinGeek Crime Bounty Program launches

Calvin Ayre is personally funding a new CoinGeek Crime Bounty Program that promises substantial rewards for information that materially results...

Bitcoin ecosystem rallies to repel doomed re-org attacks

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Jordan Atkins

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5 August, 2021

Bitcoin ecosystem rallies to repel doomed re-org attacks

Bitcoin Association confirms that the attacks against the Bitcoin SV network—which started in early July—have resumed this week and are...

Blockchain attacks and reorgs: Experiences from the past

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Jon Southurst

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23 July, 2021

Blockchain attacks and reorgs: Experiences from the past

Despite the disruption and confusion as to what actually happened, it's important to note that blockchain re-organizations have been a...

US gov’t to treat ransomware attacks with similar priority as terrorism

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Steve Kaaru

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8 June, 2021

US gov’t to treat ransomware attacks with similar priority as terrorism

The DoJ issued the guidance to U.S. attorney’s offices across the country, alerting them to the rising danger cybercriminals pose...

Craig Wright blog post addresses fallacy of running ‘full node’ to secure blockchain networks

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Patrick Thompson

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7 June, 2021

Craig Wright blog post addresses fallacy of running ‘full node’ to secure blockchain networks

In his latest blog post, Dr. Craig Wright explains that the role that a full node plays on a network...

Turkish exchange BtcTurk admits to 2018 data breach affecting over 500K users

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Steve Kaaru

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21 May, 2021

Turkish exchange BtcTurk admits to 2018 data breach affecting over 500K users

BtcTurk had initially denied the hack, but after hackers started posting some of the data they accessed, the exchange was...

Panda Stealer malware targets digital currencies via Discord links, spam emails

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Steve Kaaru

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16 May, 2021

Panda Stealer malware targets digital currencies via Discord links, spam emails

Panda Stealer is delivered through spam emails posing as business quotes to lure unsuspecting victims into opening malicious Excel files,...

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