Tag Archives: Security & Ransomware

Hackers from the sanctioned nation of Iran have allegedly hacked several servers of the United States government as a means of installing software to mine digital currencies. These hackers also allegedly sought to steal various network passwords and compromise the nation’s systems. Iran May Have Compromised the U.S. It is believed that hacking attempts by Iran may have started back in February of this year. This means that U.S. networks have been in danger for ten...

Romance scams are a growing trend in the digital currency arena, and one woman – Lauren Duncan – is sharing her story hoping that people can be saved from the same scenario that almost plagued her. Lauren Duncan Nearly Became Another Crypto Victim Duncan, like many people in America, was looking for love online one day and went so far as to join Hinge, a dating app that’s designed to be deleted once a person has found their special someone. Duncan indeed found someone...

It appears many digital currency fraudsters and malicious actors are targeting senior citizens, and many organizations out there are trying hard to show seniors how they can prevent themselves from falling victim to such traps. Seniors Don’t Always Get Crypto It’s believed many seniors out there are not tech or computer savvy; that they aren’t familiar with how crypto and distributed ledger systems work and thus they can be taken advantage of. Enterprises like Elder...

According to White House officials, bitcoin – though it has its benefits – has increased ransomware cases across the country. The White House Isn’t Confident in BTC A White House spokesperson (who remains anonymous) recently commented in an interview: When bitcoin became more widely used, we saw a huge jump in ransomware because it was a way to move money across borders. It’s a borderless threat, and we [need] to tackle it in a borderless way. The threat has clearly evolved. The government...

Earlier in the year, the Justice Department announced it had seized billions in crypto funds from a heist that occurred in 2016. Many customers of Bitfinex had their money stolen during that heist, and they learned that approximately $70 million of the recovered funds were likely theirs. Funds Stolen from Bitfinex Have Not Yet Been Returned One such victim – Frankie Cavazos – said he lost about 15 BTC units from the 2016 attack. Upon hearing that his money had been...

Not long ago, an article emerged claiming Biden is using the crypto space to spy on people. Biden Is Using Crypto to See What People Are Doing The article said the government was “chipping away” at people’s financial freedoms and doing little to let them know what was going on. Financial privacy is clearly suffering under this administration, and it’s plausible to assume few people realize what’s happening. There are several things one can say to this, the first one...

A man in California that fell victim to a crypto scam listed in the “pig butchering” category is getting some of his funds back. Pig Butchering Is Getting Bigger and Bigger Pig butchering is something Live Bitcoin News initially covered in an article in early September. It’s a new breed of digital currency scams that see people losing funds to fraudulent investing platforms that are fully controlled by hackers. They place their money into the schemes and see their funds...

Hackers recently took over the Twitter account of popular digital currency exchange Gate.io and initiated a fake Tether giveaway to try and get people to send in their money – money they would have never seen again if they had fallen for the trick. The Twitter Account of Gate.io Has Been Hacked One of the first things the hackers did was manipulate the Twitter feed for the company and change things from Gate.io to Gate.com. This is a common tactic many hackers utilize to...

Two 20-year-olds – Eric Meiggs of Brockton and Declan Harrington of Rockport – have pleaded guilty to engaging in a scheme that stole at least $500,000 in crypto funds from as many as ten different people. They are now set to be sentenced in a Boston federal court. Eric Meiggs and Declan Harrington Plead Guilty Both Meiggs and Harrington were charged in the year 2019 for running a scheme throughout the United States designed to pluck crypto assets from online accounts...

More than $3 billion in crypto funds have been stolen this year according to a new report issued by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. Chainalysis: Crypto Theft Has Reached a New High The crypto space is constantly in a rough spot. There are many people out there that are completely against any sort of regulation, as the crypto space was initially established to give traders and users complete financial independence. No prying eyes, no third parties, just people and...