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Hackers Threaten to Dump 9/11 Related Insurance Files If Ransom Not...

A hacker group called The Dark Overlord threatened to release insurance files related to the 9/11 attacks on New Year’s Eve. The group noted that...

Texas State Securities Board Enforces Emergency Action Against Dubious Crypto-Mining Company

The Texas State Securities Board issued on November 27 an “Emergency Cease and Desist Order” against a cryptocurrency mining and trading business, dubbed My...

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Professor Declares Bitcoin Safe From...

Cryptocurrency service provider Zebpay and Professor Saravanan Vijayakumaran, an Associate professor at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, recently conducted a survey on Bitcoin’s...

A Solution to IOTA’s Reusable Address Problem With IOTA-Pay!

IOTA’s reusable address problem is regarded as one of the most polarizing subjects in the IOTA community so far. Olaf van Wijk, tech lead...

Monero Fixes all Bulletproof Protocol Vulnerabilities Found in Second Security Audit

QuarksLab, a security research company entrusted with auditing Monero’s Bulletproof protocol, announced its findings Oct 22, 2018. Eight Critical issues, along with two medium-impact...

Cobo Vault Set for International Expansion, Offers Built-in PoS Mining Rewards...

With the number of cryptocurrency wallets currently available for crypto investors, it’s getting harder for start-ups to stand out from the rest of the...

Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange Introduces a New Improved Fiat Deposit System

Bitfinex, a Hong Kong based cryptocurrency exchange registered in the British Virgin Islands, announced in a blog post published on Oct. 16 that it...

SpankChain, Adult Website Built on the Ethereum Platform, Foregoes Security Audit,...

SpankChain, a blockchain-based porn website built on the Ethereum network, announced via a blog post on Oct. 9 that it had been hacked and lost...

Japanese Crypto Exchange Reveals Breakdown of Tokens Lost in a $60M...

After the shocking ~$500-million Coincheck hack — dubbed as the biggest crypto heist ever — early this year, Japan’s Financial Services Agency has been...

Hackers Have Been Secretly Using Indian Government Sites to Mine Cryptos

India is one of those few countries where the status of cryptocurrencies remains uncertain. Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank, has been...