2020-11-11 07:00 |
At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit with a 51% attack, a vulnerability users used to scoff at.
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GRIN, a mimblewimble protocol-based privacy coin, had become the latest victim of a 51% attack when a group of unknown miners got control of more than 50% of the network's hashing power. On November 7th, the network came under attack by an unknown mining group, which was able to gain control of 57.
2020-11-10 19:22 | |
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An unknown mining group currently controls more than half of the Grin blockchain’s hashing power.
2020-11-10 22:25 | |
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Multinational energy giant Enel Group is being pressured into paying a $17 mln Bitcoin ransom
2020-10-27 21:59 | |
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Harvest Finance has seen its total value locked drop by more than $500 million in the 12 hours since being hit by a flash loan attack.
2020-10-26 20:05 | |
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Ethereum Classic was hit by another 51% attack on Aug. 29, making it the third attack on the blockchain this month. Various organizations in the crypto community have responded to the attack. ETC Cooperative has advised miners and exchanges to keep confirmation requirements high, which will prevent the attacker from making use of their ill-gotten gains.
2020-9-1 13:26 | |
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August has been an awful month for Ethereum Classic as the blockchain suffered yet another 51% attack.
2020-8-30 02:00 | |
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Ethereum Classic was hit with another 51% attack and Instagram is seeing a proliferation of crypto scams.
2020-8-7 19:18 | |
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A second reorg attack hit the Ethereum Classic blockchain in the last week. After two consecutive blows to the blockchain’s immutability, the community needs to rally to find a viable...
2020-8-6 09:16 | |
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Cybersecurity authorities in the UK warned that ransomware could threaten the sports sector.
2020-7-24 19:39 | |
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Telecom Argentina S. A has been hit by a ransomware attack and the cyber-criminals are demanding $7. 5 million paid in the privacy coin monero. The Spanish language site, elperiodista. com quotes anonymous employees stating that the attack started last Wednesday.
2020-7-21 10:45 | |
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A massive attack hit crypto Twitter on Wednesday as many prominent accounts began tweeting about a bitcoin giveaway. Soon it was apparent that the breach was much more serious when major corporations and famous people tweeted that they will double your bitcoin, including Apple, Google, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, […] The post Massive Twitter Attack: Apple, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Uber Tweet Bitcoin Giveaway Scam appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-7-16 05:30 | |
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Another decentralized finance (DeFi) platform temporarily hit the pause button due to an attack. $25M was drained from the smart contract. Hacks and exploits in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) seem to be increasingly more common.
2020-4-21 00:16 | |
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BitMEX's Chief Technology Officer [CTO], Samuel Reed, had provided a gist of the attack that hit the exchange platform on 13 March. Now, BitMEX's Chief Executive Officer [CEO], Arthur Hayes, has come The post BitMEX's downtime on 13 March prompted by DDoS attack, not 'hardware issues' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-17 15:00 | |
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According to a recent study, bitcoin gold (BTG) market prices are being manipulated by a single whale who holds a significant portion of the bitcoin gold in circulation. The Bitcoin Gold network was recently hit with a 51% attack that caused two blockchain reorganizations.
2020-3-8 00:05 | |
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Two popular crypto exchanges, Bitfinex and OKEx, have recently suffered DDoS attacks. These attacks led to both exchanges going offline for a while before resuming operations. The first attack was reported on OKEx yesterday but was later resolved.
2020-2-28 19:51 | |
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bZx, the DeFi protocol on the receiving end of the ecosystem’s latest exploit, has been hit with a second attack, this time using the protocol’s own flash loans that were...The post 2,388 ETH Estimated Lost in bZx’s Second Exploit appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-2-18 10:57 | |
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A 51% attack on the Bitcoin Gold blockchain lead to double spend of $70,000 worth of the cryptocurrency
2020-1-28 14:59 | |
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Bitcoin’s price has hit a new record for 2020, reaching as high as $8,438 before retracing slightly.
2020-1-8 04:31 | |
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The Argentinian government has been hit with a Bitcoin ransomware attack. According to the latest information, the hacker demanded 50 BTC to withdraw the attack. For all the positive changes that cryptocurrencies have brought in the last few years, there are still those who would use them to harm others.
2019-12-10 13:00 | |
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One of the largest data centers in the U.S., CyrusOne, has reportedly been exposed to an attack from the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware
2019-12-6 20:47 | |
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After a short hiatus, John McAfee reappeared on the scene a few days ago, announcing the beta launch of a decentralized exchange (DEX), following the launch of the McAfee Magic trading platform back in July.
2019-10-8 14:30 | |
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Texas officials have said that none of the municipalities impacted by the crippling ransomware attack last month have yielded to the ransom demand. In its first update since August 20, the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) — which is leading the investigation into the incident — said more than half of the affected entities have resumed usual operations.
2019-9-9 15:04 | |
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The previous year had been ruthless to cryptocurrencies, however, this year has been all about recovering from the bear’s attack for most coins but one. XRP’s adoption spree is evident, but that has not helped it break away from the continuous consolidation pattern the coin has been subjected to.
2019-8-25 11:17 | |
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Sending fractions of LTC allows third parties to map out wallets and addresses, eventually breaking the anonymity of the network.
2019-8-21 10:56 | |
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Reports are emerging that Litecoin wallets have been hit by a new kind of cyber-attack called dusting. It has not affected LTC markets but is something that crypto traders and holders should be aware of.
2019-8-10 15:00 | |
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If you’re planning a double-spend attack on Bitcoin, you’d make more money investing in lottery tickets. New research indicates that the Bitcoin (BTC) network is now more secure than ever before.
2019-8-3 21:14 | |
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It has become increasingly evident that targeted ransomware attacks on local US government entities are on the rise, costing localities millions as some pay off the perpetrators in an effort to untangle themselves and restore vital systems.
2019-8-2 16:48 | |
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While shunning Bitcoin (BTC), central banks have embarked on somewhat of a gold buying spree. Russia’s monetary authority, for instance, now owns over $100 billion worth of the precious metal, which amounts to over 2,000 tons, after purchasing 20 tons just weeks ago.
2019-8-2 14:00 | |
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According to its city manager, Steve Schwabauer, Lodi City, California, was hit by a ransomware attack earlier this year. Those behind it demanded a Bitcoin ransom of 75 BTC be paid for computer systems to be returned to normal.
2019-8-2 02:00 | |
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After a scathing attack on Arthur Hayes at the Asia Blockchain Summit, Roubini has once again hit out at BitMex in a blog post that covers his opinion on the cryptocurrency market, as reported by Bloomberg.
2019-7-19 21:00 | |
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Munroe College in Manhattan has been hit by a ransomware attack that has shut down the college’s computer systems. The hackers are demanding 170 bitcoin (BTC), which is roughly $1. 9 million. The malware infection came to light on the morning of July 10, but the specifications of the infection are still largely unknown, as reportedRead MoreRead More.
2019-7-15 13:00 | |
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John McAfee’s newly launched trading platform was hit with a DOS attack
2019-6-14 22:43 | |
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Officials investigating the Bitcoin-fueled ransomware attack that hit Baltimore City last month believe the hackers have leaked government documents on Twitter. A Twitter account claiming to be owned by the hackers appears to have been used to leak the sensitive documents, The Baltimore Sun reports.
2019-6-5 16:36 | |
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4H IOTABTC IOTA has bounced off the Fib236 at 4538 sats on May 27th and blasted all resistances and hit 6400 sats but failed to close above the resistance at 6255 sats. It then dipped down to EMA20 at 5616 and is now trending up again.
2019-6-1 04:36 | |
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By CCN. com: The war of words between 2020 U. S. presidential candidate John McAfee and self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright is not going to let up anytime soon. After Wright branded the cryptocurrency influencer a ‘conman’, McAfee has hit back challenging the self-declared Satoshi Nakamoto to repeat the same to his face.
2019-5-1 16:13 | |
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Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.
2019-4-27 22:07 | |
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The Weather Channel was hit with a ransomware attack, taking it off the air for over an hour on Thursday morning. Authorities are currently investigating what The Weather Channel calls a "malicious software attack."
2019-4-20 22:52 | |
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The servers of popular Bitcoin wallet Electrum are under heavy attack, and users are advised to be extra careful when using the platform until it’s resolved. A sophisticated botnet of more than 140,000 machines has launched Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks on Electrum‘s servers, with apparent intent to direct users to compromised versions of the software designed to steal their Bitcoin.
2019-4-8 18:06 | |
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Donald Trump is ramping up his attack on oil prices as US crude hit a 5-month high today. While up to now the US president has been focused on denouncing high energy costs via Twitter, it appears he now is looking to do more than merely bash OPEC online.
2019-4-6 00:45 | |
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On March 27, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced that the country had successfully launched an anti-satellite missile in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). With that, India became only the fourth country to test an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapon – used to attack enemy satellites or intercepting ballistic missiles – after the US, China, and Russia.
2019-4-4 09:45 | |
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Of late, the crypto world has been awash with speculations from enthusiastic analysts and traders trying to figure out what could happen next as the market moves to recover from a recent fierce bear attack.
2019-3-23 01:32 | |
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A vulnerability in Valve‘s Steam platform made it possible for malicious actors to take over user accounts, pilfer their items, and even infect their systems with additional malware. The security kink resided in Steam‘s server browser functionality – which lets players look up severs for a number of games (including hit titles like CS:GO, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress 2) – according to a HackerOne vulnerability disclosure made public on March 15.
2019-3-21 19:42 | |
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In India, a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was unfortunately hit during a major terrorist attack on February 14th, which killed 40 people. The group, Jaish-e-Mohammed, was located in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, and has been recorded as one of the deadliest of terrorist attacks on the Indian military. The country […]
2019-2-25 17:08 | |
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Yesterday, it was reported that Coinmama, an exchange with 1.3 million active users across the globe, suffered a security breach yesterday. That breach resulted in the theft of 450,000 email address and hashed password combinations. It was part of a broader attack which hit...Source
2019-2-18 23:03 | |
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Ethereum classic's blockchain has been hit by a suspected 51 percent attack, leading to reorganizations of its transaction history.
2019-1-8 23:19 | |
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The network has asked exchanges and mining pools to up confirmation times on transactions.
2019-1-8 21:09 | |
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The cryptocurrency market did not have a good year in terms of price performance. The drop can be also related to several issues that hit the market during the last 12 months. For example, back in January, the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck was hacked.
2018-12-26 19:29 | |
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This is a guest post by Johter V. Seriaum On the second of December 2018, a double spend attack was performed on Vertcoin. A large amount of ASIC hashrate was rented anonymously through rental services to attack the 4 year old blockchain.
2018-12-3 20:18 | |
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A computer virus that mines the anonymous cryptocurrency Monero has been ranked as the sixth most significant malware to hit Switzerland in the first half of this year. Swiss researchers also discovered that cybersecurity threats once focused on breaking into online banking services have pivoted to more efficiently attack cryptocurrency exchanges.
2018-11-8 19:33 | |
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EOS Black, a dApp development initiative, has reported the existence of a website that is attempting to steal private keys by impersonating the official site. The real EOS Black site is located at eosblack.
2018-10-11 03:32 | |
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