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Ransomware Threatens Mining Rigs in China with ‘Death by Overheating’

A file-locking malware called H-Ant appears to have begun holding mining rigs hostage, threatening to destroy rigs in China by switching off their cooling fans if a ransom of 10 BTC (about $35,000) is...

Warren Hayes | Jan 30, 2019 10:55

British Suspect Arrested for EUR 10M Crypto Theft in Germany

A 36-year-old British man has been arrested on suspicion of a string of crypto thefts in Germany amounting to EUR 10 million ($11.39 million) worth in IOTA tokens being stolen from 85 victims...

Warren Hayes | Jan 28, 2019 15:00

Over $2.5m Stolen Daily from Crypto Exchanges, says Blockchain Security Expert

Blockchain security expert Hartej Sawhney has claimed in a new CNBC TV interview that more than $2.5 million dollars worth of cryptocurrency gets stolen from third party crypto exchanges every single...

Shannon Wilson | Jan 27, 2019 04:00

Hacker Returns $100,000 Stolen Ethereum Classic

Recently, a hacker who stole over $1 million in Ethereum Classic (ETC) funds has turned in some of the stolen money without any persuasions. There are still no reason or explanation for this return....

Shannon Wilson | Jan 17, 2019 10:22

NZ Cryptopia Exchange Endures ‘Significant Losses’ From Hack

This week, Cryptopia, a New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange, has gone offline after being hacked and suffers from “significant losses” as a result. On Jan 14, the exchange tweeted...

Shannon Wilson | Jan 17, 2019 08:20

Crypto Hackers Now Target Sports Industry on Twitter

CSA Twitter Was Hacked The South African Cricket board (CSA) woke up to an awfully big media mess, as their official Twitter account (the OfficialCSA) was illegally taken over by an anonymous group of...

Warren Hayes | Jan 15, 2019 13:19