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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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
The ransomware gang responsible for stealing almost 1TB of legal secrets from celebrities and entertainers last week is now targeting the President. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
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 … Read more
Developers at blogging platform Ghost have spent the past 24 hours fighting a crypto mining malware attack. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
CipherTrace has detailed how two men managed to fool KYC processes and launder more than $100 million of stolen crypto on mainstream exchanges Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Deer.io facilitated $17 million worth of sales in stolen information and compromised online accounts across seven years of operations Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
When the first cryptocurrency exchanges sprung up in late 2010, multisig wallets had yet to be invented. As a result, a single private key was commonly used to control all customer funds. Today, multisig has been complemented by sophisticated solutions such as Unbound Tech’s CASP, which uses secure multi-party computation. Despite these innovations, many exchanges … Read more
In an era of increasing economic uncertainty, surveillance, specialized cybercrime and hacking, knowing how to hide bitcoin safely has become a paramount concern for crypto holders. Whether it’s by way of taking wise opsec measures, utilizing noncustodial tools, leveraging a DEX, or even storing seed phrases in your brain, there’s no shortage of measures that … Read more