Tag Archives: Security & Ransomware

Anyone familiar with the Tennessee Williams play “A Streetcar Named Desire” has heard the line, “I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers.” One man is now holding this line close to his heart following news that his entire bitcoin stash was stolen through a phishing scam.Bitcoin Stolen; Strangers Come to RescueEric Savics – the host of Protocol Podcast – put a message out to all his followers on June 12 saying that he had lost the 12 bitcoins he had saved up over the past seven years...

Perhaps one of the biggest – and scariest – mysteries to emerge from the cryptocurrency space over the past few years has been the rise and fall of Quadriga CX, a cryptocurrency exchange in Canada that now has an undoubtedly shady history behind it.Quadriga CX Will Probably Always Live in InfamyAt one point, Quadriga CX was one of the largest cryptocurrency trading platform in Canada, but now the company has been marred by controversy and a lot of angry people who cannot seemingly get their...

Elon Musk is at the center of another crypto scam, only this time, instead of the scam occurring via Twitter, the hackers have seemingly taken over Musk’s YouTube account.Musk: Report This as Soon as You See ItMalicious actors appear to have posed as SpaceX on the video-streaming affiliate of Google. Those involved took over two separate accounts and provided footage of Musk speaking at the recent launch that occurred in Florida. The accounts offered a fake bitcoin giveaway, in which viewers...

Cryptocurrency trading platforms Xapo and Indodax have been hit with a massive lawsuit that accuses the exchanges of harboring stolen digital funds.Xapo and Indodax Are Headed to CourtAccording to court documents, both companies failed to employ anti-money laundering and know your customer (KYC) protocols to ensure that the money they were being asked to store came from reputable sources. In addition, it appears the companies did not bother to perform background checks on the account holders...

Several supercomputers in European nations have been shut down following reports that they’ve been infected with cryptocurrency mining malware. Thus far, devices in countries such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany have all been affected and taken offline at the time of writing.Mining Malware Shuts Down SupercomputersThere is now an ongoing investigation into where the malware came from and which parties are potentially responsible for uploading it onto the computers. The malware...

A teenager in New York is being sued for more than $70 million in a federal court due to his alleged role as the potential ringleader of a cryptocurrency fraud scheme that may have stolen millions in crypto funds from investors around the country. The teen’s name is Ellis Pinsky, and the plaintiff is none other than Michael Terpin, who crypto enthusiasts should all know by now.Terpin Is At It AgainTerpin has been heavily involved in a potential SIM-swapping case since 2018 that saw him lose...

A digital currency mining scam has surfaced in China. In an age where malicious crypto schemes are at an all-time high, China and certain other regions of Southeast Asia appear to be a growing hub for such activity.A Digital Mining Scam for the AgesThe scam stems from a company known as Antimatter Kingdom (AK), which reported calls itself a “super mining application group.” The organization runs on the CXC Chain, which first appeared in early April. As much as $11 million has been stolen from...

Crypto scams are nothing new, and now several people are finding themselves facing jail time and other harsh penalties for allegedly taking part in a series of them within China and Malaysia.Crypto Scams Keep HappeningOfficials from the latter country have arrested approximately 14 separate individuals for their alleged roles in a series of crypto scams that took place over the span of several months. All individuals arrested are Chinese nationals that were living and working out of Malaysia,...

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 theft is in the books. This time, the victims are the Uniswap exchange and the Lendf.me lending platform, both of which are reporting combined total losses of more than $25 million.Uniswap and Lendf.me Have Been CompromisedCryptocurrency theft is nothing new, but what’s arguably the most frustrating about stories like these is that while many companies and organizations in the industry are seeking to improve their security protocols, hackers...