2019-2-26 14:41 |
The exchange reported that the US government had managed to seize some of the assets from the 2016 hack, returning 27.66 BTC to its users.
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According to an official statement published on February 25, 2019, Bitfinex has revealed that the United States government returned 27. 7 BTC (worth about $105,000 USD) to the exchange, as part of restitution for a hack that was effected on the exchange back in 2016.
2019-2-26 02:39 | |
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The U. S Government, through its law enforcement agencies, has returned 27. 66270285 Bitcoins to Bitfinex. This amount of is part of the 119,756 BTC stolen from the exchange back in August, 2016.
2019-2-26 23:38 | |
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Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange has revealed that 27. 66270285 BTC, a portion of the stolen funds from the 2016 hack, was successfully recovered by law enforcement of the U. S. government. Recovered BTC to Reimburse Recovery Right Token Holders Following the hacking event, Bitfinex launched an investigation with the assistance of enforcement agencies internationally, to trace the 119,756 BTC that vanished from the exchange’s premises.
2019-2-26 21:40 | |
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Better late than never. Bitfinex, a major crypto exchange registered in the British Virgin Islands, has announced that U. S. authorities have recovered nearly 28 BTC from an August 2016 security breach and returned the funds to the exchange.
2019-2-26 21:11 | |
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Bitfinex has received roughly 28 BTC from U. S. federal law enforcement agencies in a rare example of the U. S. government returning stolen bitcoin that were retrieved from the criminals. $110,000 Retrieved Out of $72 Million The amount totals about $110,000 at today’s prices, which law enforcement managed to retrieve in November 2018.
2019-2-25 13:00 | |
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The tragedy that is Mt. Gox is one that many cryptocurrency investors know as one of the worst cases of theft. A massive hack in 2011 ended up collapsing it a few years later, resulting in an 850,000 BTC loss, which was about $460 million back then. Now, it would be valued at approximately $3 […]
2019-2-13 08:42 | |
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In a bizarre case reported by a Chinese cryptocurrency website, a cryptocurrency investor lost 5.4 BTC on Huobi after a successful hack on the user’s wallet. The hack gained mass attention from the Chinese cryptocurrency community who chipped in with their theories as to what could have caused the hack. The investor, named Ding, accused […]
2019-1-30 19:39 | |
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On January 26, 2019, clients of peer-to-peer bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins were the targets of a phishing scam which resulted in the theft of a handful of bitcoins.
2019-1-31 18:40 | |
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Attacker Bags Eight Bitcoin (BTC) In LocalBitcoins Breach The crypto market may have slowed, with Bitcoin (BTC) falling by upwards of 70% during yesteryear, but ambitious attackers have continued their attempts to breach industry upstarts.
2019-1-27 22:09 | |
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Twitter has been the host of multiple Twitter scams over the course of the last year, and it is clear that hackers aren’t planning to take time off for the start of 2019. A report from Indian Express indicates that a recent hack on Twitter took the national cricket association in South Africa as its […]
2019-1-14 21:49 | |
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Popular cryptocurrency wallet Electrum is in the midst of an ongoing hack which saw almost $1 million in Bitcoin stolen so far, Reddit users discovered on December 27, 2018. 250 BTC Stolen in Electrum Wallet Hack It seems that hackers aren’t lying idle during Christmas time, as a popular cryptocurrency wallet has reportedly experienced one of the largest thefts of.
2018-12-30 00:00 | |
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Electrum hacker stole 245 BTC Electrum wallet was yesterday compromised by a malicious phishing attack, which we wrote about yesterday. New details about this hack emerged today as the potential address of the hacker was revealed, alongside his potential loot.
2018-12-29 02:55 | |
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Electrum Becomes The Subject Of Ongoing Attack, Resulting In Nearly 250 Bitcoin Stolen (So Far) One of the most publicized problems in the cryptocurrency industry is the way that hacking keeps stealing money from it.
2018-12-28 04:04 | |
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After a bearish year of perennial price swings that culminated in months of tightly wound sideways movement, the (former) bottom has dropped out for bitcoin and the wider crypto market.
2018-11-28 21:44 | |
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It looks like crypto criminals are all out to milk cryptocurrency owners dry. First, they used Elon Musk as cover, then the American retail giant, Target, and now G-Suite. G-Suite’s official Twitter page was hacked on 13th of November and followers were requested to send between 0.
2018-11-14 10:54 | |
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Leading cryptocurrency investor law firm Silver Miller Law has filed suit against cell phone giants AT&T and T-Mobile on behalf of several digital asset investors who were victims of the identity-theft tactic known as “SIM swapping.
2018-11-10 01:35 | |
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NiceHash CEO Quits NiceHash, a Slovenian mining service, has a new CEO, which took his position as head of the company after it lost $63 million in a significant hack in 2017. The platform then relaunched in December and the news media understood that the previous CEO, Marko Kobal, had recused himself form the position. […]
2018-10-31 23:50 | |
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Latest Bitcoin News Unfortunately, traders who had their Bitcoins and other digital assets at a small Canadian Exchange, MapleChangeEx, are now counting losses following a hack on Sunday. The exchange said “some people” were able to exploit a bug and withdrawing all the exchange’s—including customers—funds.
2018-10-29 16:13 | |
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MapleChange Loses 913 Bitcoin ($6M) In “Hack,” Deletes Twitter Page And Shutters Website On Sunday morning, a lesser-known crypto exchange, revealed that it had apparently fallen victim to a hack, resulting in a loss of consumer-owned funds.
2018-10-29 00:33 | |
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MapleChange Loses 913 Bitcoin ($6M) In “Hack,” Deletes Twitter Page And Shutters Website On Sunday morning, a lesser-known crypto exchange, revealed that it had apparently fallen victim to a hack, resulting in a loss of consumer-owned funds.
2018-10-29 00:33 | |
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Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018.
2018-10-13 23:34 | |
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Chart for ETC/USD (1W) Ethereum Classic (ETC) is currently the only Turing Complete blockchain that will run on Proof of Work (PoW) forever. It has a limited supply of coins, just like Bitcoin (BTC).
2018-10-9 17:00 | |
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An exchange-traded bitcoin fund (ETF) would signal greater acceptance of bitcoin as a mainstreet investment, while also making it much easier for both institutional and retail investors to get involved.
2018-10-6 01:07 | |
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Japan’s top financial regulator has issued hacked crypto exchange Zaif a third business improvement order. The exchange has revised its theft estimate, after discovering that 42,327 BCH were also stolen in addition to 5,966 BTC.
2018-9-26 15:45 | |
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Altcoins may come and go; hacks may challenge exchanges; mainstream financial advisors might not get it — but even in the face of a protocol bug, Bitcoin perseveres and develops.
2018-9-22 19:33 | |
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While the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif faces backlash following a Sept. 14 hack, the NEM. io Foundation, known for the NEM blockchain platform and XEM token, has reassured its asset holders that it remains unaffected.
2018-9-22 14:00 | |
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Another cryptocurrency heist has shaken Japan. This time, 6. 7 billion yen ($60 million USD) worth of company and user funds have vanished from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platform Zaif.
2018-9-21 19:30 | |
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Following a volatile day and as Bitcoin continues to flirt with support $6k, we look at what’s going on with Bitcoin Price action. Futures Expiration, Exchange Hack Bitcoin price opened the day trading at $6335 and fell 4% to $6100 within 15 minutes at 2 pm EST.
2018-9-20 18:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Zaif announced on Thursday that a recent hack has resulted in the loss of 5,966 bitcoins (BTC) and a total of $60 million USD worth of bitcoins, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and MonaCoin (MONA).
2018-9-20 14:00 | |
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The theft took place several days ago but was not disclosed immediately, incurring losses in Bitcoin (BTC) and possibly also in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and MonaCoin (MONA).
2018-9-20 10:50 | |
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$60M Disappears From A Crypto Exchange Wallet Japan’s Zaif crypto exchange and its parent company, Tech Bureau Inc, revealed via a post-mortem press release that it fell victim to a security breach on Wednesday, despite the fact that the apparent hack occurred on Friday, September 14th.
2018-9-20 06:58 | |
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Victims of Mt. Gox hack which led to loss of over 800,000 BTC can now heave a sigh of relief as the exchange has announced the commencement of its civil rehabilitation process. Mt. Gox is said to owe over 170,000 to creditors in BTC and BCH, payment of which one of Mt.
2018-9-17 18:27 | |
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Mt. Gox, a former leader in the crypto markets and now, the enemy of many. After a hack which saw around 800,000 BTC stolen, the Mt. Gox story has gone from bad to worse, with the exchange now liable for making compensation payments to some of the victims who lost assets during the hack.
2018-9-17 13:30 | |
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Mt. Gox Opens Civil Rehabilitation Process To Corporations As reported by Ethereum World News previously, Mt. Gox, the now-infamous exchange that was hacked for over 800,000 BTC, has just commenced its civil rehabilitation claiming process.
2018-9-17 05:25 | |
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Bitcoin Gold (BTG), a hard fork from the Bitcoin core (BTC) is set to be delisted from the Bittrex exchange on September 14. The decision comes after a $18 million USD hack happened on the BTG network in May.
2018-9-6 07:49 | |
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The police investigation of the NiceHash hack at the end of last year continues and is expected to take more time.
2018-8-29 16:35 | |
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It seems that China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies doesn’t extend to the infamous dark web. A hacker is selling the personal data of over 130 million individuals for 8 BTC ($56,776 at press time) on a Chinese dark web forum, technology publication Bleeping Computer reports.
2018-8-29 15:05 | |
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Mt. Gox Trustee Commences Claiming Process You may not remember it, but in 2014, Mt. Gox was hacked for over 850,000 BTC in a now-infamous event. While the hack occurred in the crypto industry’s earliest stages, it still shook the community to its core, nonetheless.
2018-8-25 21:49 | |
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Three Chinese Hackers Steal $87 Million Worth Of Crypto, Got Caught Since! It has been reported that three Chinese hackers were successful in manipulating and stealing USD$87 million worth of cryptocurrencies, namely that of Bitcoin [BTC], Bitcoin Core [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH].
2018-8-20 20:12 | |
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In 2014, Mt. Gox declared bankruptcy after losing over 744,000 Bitcoin in a large-scale hack. Released August 1, 2018, Mt. Gox creditors revised their proposal to claim Bitcoin repayments and expedited compensation procedures.
2018-8-4 20:00 | |
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Mt. Gox are back in the headlines, this time as a result of a decision made by authorities that will see money owed by Mt. Gox, held until summer 2019. Just to recap, Mt. Gox are due to credit the accounts of customers who had funds stolen during the Mt.
2018-8-4 23:00 | |
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Following a disastrous security breach in June that led to losses of more than $30 million, Korean cryptocurrency exchange giant Bithumb has announced that it is set to resume deposit and withdrawal services on its platform.
2018-8-4 21:48 | |
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Trends tend to be reversed. The year of 2018 has seen Bitcoin (BTC) demonstrate both its volatility and bearish nature. However, the second half of 2017 the crypto community witnessed the exact opposite.
2018-7-15 00:00 | |
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Billionaire Steven Cohen Invests in Crypto Hedge Fund Billionaire Steven Cohen has reportedly invested in the crypto hedge fund Autonomous Partners. A Billion-Dollar Bet on the Price of Bitcoin A crypto trader from Australia has requested to place a unique bet.
2018-7-14 17:29 | |
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Russian intelligence officers accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential elections in the US have used bitcoin to finance their campaign, cover the tracks and obscure their identities, a new federal indictment suggests.
2018-7-14 15:05 | |
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Syscoin’s blockchain experienced delays yesterday, coupled with a widely irregular trading activity that took place on Binance — temporarily giving SYS a price of over $640,000 per coin. Syscoin’s team took precautions to confirm the issues and requested a temporary halt of trading across cryptocurrency exchanges while they investigated.
2018-7-5 11:00 | |
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The BTC they received was then withdrawn, prompting Binance to temporarily cease trading and to reset all APIs, which are believed to have facilitated the attack. Intriguingly, the Syscoin hack came just one day after blockchain security protocol Blue claimed that half of the top 50 cryptocurrencies were vulnerable to “destructive flaws”. Binance Cancels All
2018-7-4 16:43 | |
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Syscoin has been hit by an unusual hack that has manipulated the coin’s total supply. The attackers then sent the fraudulently generated coins to Binance and sold them, pushing the price of 1 SYS to as high as 96 BTC.
2018-7-4 14:50 | |
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Syscoin spiked suddenly on Binance, with explanations varying from a hack to an honest price mistake, clearing out one 17,000 BTC account to complete orders.
2018-7-4 09:35 | |
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