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Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has suspended all transactions of Ethereum Classic (ETC)—the original unforked version of the Ethereum network—on their trading platforms, other products and services after detecting a potential attack on the cr… Continue reading Ethereum Classic (ETC) Hit by Double-Spend Attack Worth $1.1 Million
Late last week an unknown hacker or a group of hackers successfully targeted a cryptocurrency exchange with an aim to steal Bitcoins by compromising the web analytics service it was using.
ESET malware researcher Matthieu Faou this weekend spotted mal… Continue reading StatCounter Analytics Code Hijacked to Steal Bitcoins from Cryptocurrency Users
Web analytics company Statcounter and cryptocurrency exchange gate.io have been compromised in another supply-chain attack, which resulted in an unknown number of gate.io customers getting their money stolen, according to ESET. The attack The compromis… Continue reading Attackers breached Statcounter to steal cryptocurrency from gate.io users
Group-IB has estimated that cryptocurrency exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks in 2017 and in the first three quarters of 2018. According to Group-IB experts, at least 14 crypto exchanges were hacked. Five attacks ha… Continue reading Targeted attacks on crypto exchanges resulted in a loss of $882 million
Tech Bureau which is a well-known Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has been hacked by criminals. The results of infiltration is a theft of $60M worth of digital assets. This is a e yet another report of a successful operation against such…Read more
T… Continue reading Hackers Steal $60M from the Tech Bureau Cryptocurrency Exchange
Within a year, the number of data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges soared by 369%, Group-IB researchers have found, and the US, Russia and China are the countries where users are targeted most often. In fact, every third victim of the attack is loca… Continue reading Theft of user accounts on cryptocurrency exchanges is soaring
Again some bad news for cryptocurrency users.
KICKICO, a blockchain-based initial coin offering (ICO) support platform, has fallen victim to a suspected cyber attack and lost more than 70 million KICK tokens (or KickCoins) worth an estimated $7.7 mill… Continue reading KICKICO Hacked: Cybercriminal Steals $7.7 Million from ICO Platform
In a legal extradition tug-of-war between the United States and Russia, it seems France has won the game, surprisingly.
A Greek court has ruled to extradite the Russian cybercrime suspect and the former operator of now-defunct BTC-e crypto exchange to… Continue reading BTC-e Operator, Accused of Laundering $4 Billion, to be Extradited to France
According to many experts in the cybersecurity field and to statistics as well, Bitcoin is no longer be the most preferable cryptocurrency used by cybercriminals in their operations. Bitcoin’s high profile and lack of complete anonymity has made … Continue reading $1.1 Billion in Cryptocurrency Theft Since December 2017
CoinRail, a small cryptocurrency exchange service based in South Korea, reported on Sunday that it fell victim to a cyberattack and publicly confirmed it on Twitter. As a result, bitcoin prices collapsed by 10 percent to the lowest since April. “… Continue reading Bitcoin drops 10% after hack of South Korean exchange service