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It’s happened again, folks. Bad actors have made their presence known in the cryptocurrency space and another exchange has been targeted in what appears to be a rather expensive hack. Harvest Finance, a web portal that allows consumers to trade and invest digital currencies and then garner interest on their holdings, has been targeted, and reports losing as much as $24 million in a recent attack.Harvest Finance Is the Latest Hacking VictimThis is nothing new, and at this stage, it’s likely...

It’s happened again, folks. Another cryptocurrency trading platform has been compromised by unseen malicious actors. This time, the victim is 2gether, a European crypto exchange that allows people to sell, buy and trade bitcoin and other digital currencies without incurring additional fees.2gether Is the Latest Exchange to Be CompromisedThe hackers made off with more than one million pounds-worth of digital assets. 2gether’s native coin, known as the 2GT token, was set to be released to the...

It’s rare when a black hat hacker fixes the wrongs that he or she commits. It’s even rarer when they return the money they’ve stolen, but that appears to be the case this time around. Recently, Live Bitcoin News reported that roughly $25 million was stolen from Lendf.me, though now it appears that money has been returned.Lendf.me Gets Its Money BackLendf.me is part of a larger organization called DForce. The company recently earned more than $1.5 million in seed funding led by Multicoin...

It’s happened again, folks. Another cryptocurrency hack is in the books, and this time, the victim is IOTA, the 23rd largest cryptocurrency by market cap.The IOTA Foundation Is Working to Stop HackersThe IOTA Foundation has decided to shut down its entire network (albeit temporarily) following a simple wallet hack in which attackers walked off with millions in crypto funds. The event is reported to have occurred last Wednesday on February 12. On Twitter, the Foundation released the following...