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Crypto Twitter Hack Recap: A ‘Wake Up Call’ for Centralized Platforms

The recent high-profile hack of Twitter accounts where 12 BTC was stolen is being investigated, and some exchanges may already know who did it.

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New Trojan Attack Targets Mac Users to Steal Cryptocurrency

Researchers discovered a new trojan targeted at crypto traders using trading applications on macOS.

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Japanese Court Upheld Former Mt Gox CEO’s Conviction for Manipulating Data

Japanese Court Upheld Former Mt Gox CEO's Conviction for Manipulating Data A Japanese high court upheld the Tokyo-based lower court’s decision to reject the former Mt Gox CEO’s appeal. Mark Karpeles was arrested in 2015 and accused of “manipulating electronic data” and managed to duck embezzlement charges. The former boss of Mt Gox, Mark Karpeles, now has to face the music for his prior “manipulating electronic […]

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How a Trader Lost $1,200 in 100 Seconds

A fool and his money are soon parted. When it comes to dealing with cryptocurrency, it’s important to know exactly what you’re doing. However, not only new crypto users fall victim to lurking predators, even a crypto OG will slip up once in awhile. Here’s a story about a reddit user – tycooperaow – losing over $1,200 in a matter of seconds. It all started with a mnemonic passphrase that was accidentally left on a github repository. The reddit user forgot to take out the secret passphrase out of his code, which effectively gives control to all the coins in the wallet

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Hacker Attempts to Sell Data Allegedly Tied to Ledger, Trezor, Bnktothefuture Customers

Hacker Attempts to Sell Data Allegedly Tied to Ledger, Trezor, Bnktothefuture Customers According to an online monitoring web portal called, Under the Breach, a hacker is purportedly trying to sell customer information that stems from companies like Keepkey, Trezor, Ledger, and even the investment platform Bnktothefuture. The hacker doesn’t seem to have any passwords, but is offering detailed information that was stolen from a Shopify breach like […]

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Ransomware Gang Demands $42M or it Releases Trump’s ‘Dirty Laundry’

The ransomware gang responsible for stealing almost 1TB of legal secrets from celebrities and entertainers last week is now targeting the President.

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Part of the Funds Stolen Through the Upbit Hack has Moved to Binance

TheMerkle Upbit Kakao Bittrex In the cryptocurrency world, several exchanges have lost money for a wide variety of reasons. Upbit lost 342,000 Ether in 2019, yet it seems some of the funds may be cashed out fairly soon. It is not uncommon for crypto exchanges to be hacked or drained. Upbit Funds Moves to Binance Although one would expect things to be different after 10 years, that is far from the case. Upbit lost a lot of funds in November of 2019. When everything was said and done, the losses totaled up to nearly $49million. Most of the funds have been tracked and should