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Twitter: Elon Musk Bitcoin Scam Due to Third-Party App

Twitter says that a third-party app is responsible for the ongoing Bitcoin scam using a fake Elon Musk account. Twitter is home to a lot...

Google Account on Twitter Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Fraud

An official Google account on the social media platform, Twitter, was compromised to promote a Bitcoin-related scam. One More Breach on Twitter The official Twitter account...

California Cybercrime Police: SIM Swapping One of Our ‘Highest Priorities’

SIM swapping has become more common. So much so, that the California REACT Task Force considers it one of their "highest priorities." The cryptocurrency ecosystem...

Bitcoin Mining Attack Causes University to Shut Down Network

St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia was forced to shut down their entire network due to a Bitcoin mining attack. The focus on cryptocurrency...

Coincheck Resumes Services Following Major NEM Theft in January

The year 2018 has not been overly pleasant for the Coincheck exchange. After suffering from a major hack, the company had to overcome a...

Crowd Machine Hacking Case – Two Suspects Arrested in Oklahoma

Two men have been arrested from Oklahoma City in connection with the Crowd Machine hacking incident last week. The suspects have allegedly stolen cryptocurrency...

NSA’s Eternal Blue Exploit Leads to Cryptojacking Surge

Cryptojacking has become of the biggest threats to computer users these days. The malware used to perform this task seems capable of mining different...

Government Websites in India Hacked for Crypto Mining

Hackers have targeted government websites in India with malware in order to conduct illicit cryptocurrency mining. The government of India has a contentious relationship with...

Canadian Town Pays Off Hackers Behind Ransomware Attack

A small town in Canada has decided to pay off the hackers behind a ransomware attack to get their computer systems back online. One of...

Coinsecure Hack Investigation Brings New Evidence to Light

Cryptocurrency service providers endure a hacking attempt rather regularly. Coinsecure, a prominent company in India, had 438 bitcoins stolen in early April. Five months...

Hacked MEGA Chrome Extension Used to Steal Monero, Ether, and More

On Tuesday, a user on Reddit alerted readers that the Chrome extension for the popular file-sharing platform MEGA had been hacked and used to...

Dark Web: Data of 130 Million Chinese Hotel Guests on Sale for 8 Bitcoins

Hackers are selling stolen data for 130 million guests of a Chinese hotel chain for 8 bitcoins on the Dark Web. Going digital has a...