2019-7-3 22:00 |
A fake ID ring operated between June 2013 and February 2018 and may have netted over $4.7 million in bitcoin.
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A woman accused of running a Bitcoin-powered fake ID ring pleaded guilty on Tuesday after authorities busted the operation last year. Among other charges, Sarah Alberts, 35, who is due to be sentenced on October 8, admitted to money laundering, reports say.
2019-7-3 13:24 | |
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English and Dutch authorities have arrested six people who created a fake crypto exchange website that managed to steal around €24 million worth of crypto from more than 4000 victims in over 12 countries according to a Europol press release, June 25, 2018.
2019-6-30 20:00 | |
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It takes a long time for a trend to reverse. There can be bull traps and fake outs as we witnessed during 2018 when things were on a downward slope. One long term technical indicator has just turned green and the last time it did so, a two year up trend followed.
2019-5-28 11:30 | |
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The fake volume problem is getting worse. In the period from November 2018 to January 2019 BNC analysis identified 68% of reported market volume on the 240 exchanges it tracks as being suspect - up from 54% in the previous period.
2019-5-25 16:00 | |
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By CCN: Hackers, many in their teens, have drained the accounts of more than 50 Californian victims in a $35 million SIM swap heist. Officials estimate that in total, $50 million has been stolen in related attacks around the US since the beginning of 2018.
2019-5-23 15:59 | |
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According to a post on TechCrunch, May 09, 2018, Singapore’s new law to fight fake news on the internet is likely to render the government unreasonable powers to control the content on online media, which could be a threat to free speech.
2019-5-10 12:00 | |
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By CCN. com: Facebook’s annus horribilis looks like it will continue unabated, with the social media giant likely to experience its first quarterly drop in earnings since 2015. Despite recording a $3bn turnover increase, analysts expect the company to report a profit reduction from $5 billion in Q1 2018 to $4.
2019-4-23 11:35 | |
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A survey by Pew Research Center conducted from January 8, 2019, to February 7, 2019, posits that despite the spike in controversies over data privacy, fake news, and censorship on social media, the number of U.
2019-4-12 15:00 | |
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Bithumb, which was hacked last month and later asked users to be careful about deposits, has reported a $180 million (205 billion Korean won) loss. The exchange suffers from reduced actual volume and a bear market in cryptocurrencies, according to the Korea Times.
2019-4-11 14:07 | |
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Vestchain (VEST) just burst into the top hundred cryptocurrencies by market cap after 382% growth in the past twenty-four hours. However, a glance at the project’s Bitcointalk forum page reveals something fishy to be afoot, and there’s ample reason to believe that Vestchain might be a scam.
2019-4-8 14:45 | |
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The peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful announced today, April 2, 2019, that it’s introducing AI-powered identity verification to help improve know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) procedures on the platform.
2019-4-3 21:13 | |
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US President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that the US GDP grew at the fastest pace since 2005. Is the president’s claim another economic victory that can be put in the record books, or is it merely a case of fake news? GDP growth during the four quarters of 2018 was the fastest since 2005.
2019-3-20 19:11 | |
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BHB in China raised $20 million in 2018 touting a three-person team. The only problem? At least two were fake.
2019-2-27 20:00 | |
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There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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The number of cryptocurrency-related scams all over the world continued to grow during the bear market that affected the crypto space in 2018. Apparently, this time, Nasgo and ShareNode could be interested in investing in the upcoming US Super Bowl.
2019-2-4 21:40 | |
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In an industry that’s flooded with money, it’s sad to see some crypto media outlets succumb to the perils of so-called fake news, not to mention misinformed readers falling for scams during the ICO craze.
2019-1-26 21:27 | |
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Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume.
2019-1-23 00:57 | |
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Hackers managed to steal close to $900,000 worth of Bitcoin from Electrum wallet users via a phishing attack. While the attacks seem to have come to a halt, Electrum Devs say the hackers can launch new exploits since the issue hasn’t been permanently fixed.
2018-12-28 15:00 | |
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The first step in conducting online propaganda efforts and misinformation campaigns is almost always a fake social media profile. Phony profiles for nonexistent people worm their way into the social networks of real people, where they can spread their falsehoods.
2018-12-24 16:00 | |
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During 2017 and the beginning of 2018, new Initial Coin Offerings entered the market and started offering tokens to investors. Nevertheless, as the market was growing at very fast rates, new scammers tried to steal users funds and investors’ money creating fraudulent or fake Initial Coin Offerings (ICO). In most of the cases where scammers […]
2018-12-6 15:58 | |
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Singapore authorities recent report that residents have lost about $78,000 to fraudulent online platforms in three months. Online Cryptocurrency Scam Using Fake Personalities The Straits Times reports that Singapore residents have fallen victim to some online Bitcoin scams in a couple of months, losing up to $78,000 between September and November 2018.
2018-12-6 11:44 | |
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Crypto money laundering is on the rise in Japan, Homeland Security is going blockchain-project shopping, and fake celebrities hawk bitcoin.
2018-12-7 02:26 | |
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Since November and December are prime time for last minute gift shopping and booking travel tickets home, consumers are more vulnerable to hacks. The numbers are alarming. A recent study by ACI Worldwide projects a 14 percent increase in fraud attempts during the 2018 holiday season.
2018-11-29 13:32 | |
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Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has issued a new batch of cease-and-desist orders against unregistered Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) operating in the state, taking the total number of signed orders against ICOs in Colorado to 18.
2018-11-22 19:23 | |
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Facebook released its community standards report today, in which it detailed how it dealt with fake news, spam, hate speech, and terrorist propaganda on its platform. The company noted that, between April and September 2018, it removed a whopping 1.
2018-11-16 10:16 | |
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In what is becoming an emerging trend, Twitter accounts of popular brands are being hacked in an attempt to scam unsuspecting users out of their cryptocurrencies. Target and Google are two high profile targets that have seen their accounts taken over by hackers who, in turn, have used them to scam followers by advertising fraudulent crypto giveaways.
2018-11-15 23:40 | |
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Cryptocurrency scammers have impersonated Tesla CEO Elon Musk, by hacking and compromising several verified Twitter accounts on November 5, 2018. According to Business Insider, while Twitter has previously attempted to stop impersonation scams, the hackers have managed to promote their tweets and capitalize on the cryptocurrency frenzy.
2018-11-7 19:00 | |
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BitMEX just launched a website to make it easier to keep tabs on hard and soft forks on the Bitcoin blockchain. According to a recent blog post, the research arm of BitMEX is sponsoring a new website, ForkMonitor.
2018-11-6 23:18 | |
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Обновление от 25. 10. 2018: Bitfinex заявила, что пара USDT/USD — это суммарный оборот депозитов и выводов средств в USDT на/с Bitfinex. https://t. co/sJ3VxufDli is the sum of USDt dep/wds to/from Bitfinex.
2018-10-25 10:44 | |
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North Korean cybercrime hacking group The Lazarus Group is currently the biggest crypto hacking syndicate in the world, having stolen millions worth of cryptocurrencies from online exchanges.
2018-10-20 00:22 | |
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Cryptocriminals have exploited an enormous security vulnerability on the Newdex decentralized digital assets exchange to steal nearly $58,000 from customers, by creating 1 billion fake EOS tokens, reported The Next Web on September 18, 2018.
2018-9-21 18:00 | |
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Following a successful launch in California only a few months ago, the U. S. branch of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin is adding five new coins to its listings. Those coins include Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Stellar lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC) and 0x (ZRX).
2018-9-20 16:49 | |
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Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has continued the state’s fight against fraudulent ICOs, issuing three separate orders to suspicious ICO companies as part of the state’s crypto regulation drive.
2018-9-12 23:00 | |
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A handful of projects brought their tech to life this week, introducing new payment systems and coins to the industry’s offerings. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network makes headway for the dev community, and one of crypto’s older and more respected exchanges (arguably) takes a step against the space’s principles.
2018-9-11 17:57 | |
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In what can only be dubbed a fabricated turn of events, Goldman Sachs CFO, Martin Chavez downplayed a recent report stating that the Wall Street giant has abandoned its plans to launch a cryptocurrency trading desk, calling it “fake news.
2018-9-8 05:00 | |
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This week in crypto: the market pulls a head fake, Bitcoin enters the rap game, and Iran gives the 'okay' to crypto mining. Read all about it here. The post This Week in Cryptocurrency: September 7, 2018 appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-9-7 18:29 | |
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Yesterday, news broke that U. S. -based $90 billion multinational investment bank and financial services company powerhouse, Goldman Sachs, was ditching plans to eventually open up a Bitcoin trading desk as was initially reported.
2018-9-7 10:22 | |
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Update (September 7): Goldman Sach’s CFO Martin Chavez has since called reports of dropping the bitcoin trading desk “fake news. ” (The original Business Insider report quoted unnamed sources as the basis of the information.
2018-9-8 21:57 | |
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An impersonator hijacked Elon Musk’s official Twitter account on August 23, 2018, promising free bitcoin and ether to his 22. 5 million followers. Tesla to Introduce BTC/ETH Payments (Not Really) Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk’s official Twitter account was hacked on Thursday by a fake account.
2018-8-27 11:00 | |
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A South Korean businessman has unfortunately lost $2. 3 million worth of bitcoin after he exchanged the cryptocurrency for crude, photocopied fake Euros. The Hard Fork reported on August 20, 2018, that a Serbian man and his accomplice managed to lure the South Korean businessman with the false intention of investing in his business.
2018-8-23 08:00 | |
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According to report from Kaspersky Lab, an anti-virus and internet security firm, scammers made off with over $2. 3 million during the second quarter of 2018. A popular scheme for these phishers and scammers is to use fake websites and social media accounts to create a faux ICO to lure investors.
2018-8-18 18:31 | |
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BitAngels founder Michael Terpin has filed a $224 million lawsuit against telecoms provider AT&T, alleging that its negligence led him to lose about $24 million worth of cryptocurrency to fraudsters, according to a CNBC report.
2018-8-16 23:14 | |
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Researchers at Duo Labs have discovered that Twitter is home to at least 15,000 scam bots and have published their findings in a new report. Between May and July of 2018, staff members observed, collected and analyzed nearly 90 million public Twitter accounts that had released over 500 million tweets.
2018-8-9 20:51 | |
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On Tuesday, August 7, 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned British investors against associating with Fair Oaks Crypto, as the latter is claimed to have falsified the legitimacy of its business, namely with the use of “fake authorization”.
2018-8-8 11:47 | |
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When I stumbled across this hilarious parody account on Twitter, I lost 30 minutes of my workday to laughter. It’s called @movie_goofs, and it tweets joke criticisms of movie “mistakes. ” Back to the Future (1985)Anachronism Marty McFly drives a DeLorean DMC-12 in 1955, but the DeLorean was first manufactured in 1981.
2018-8-8 00:20 | |
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Fortune reports how Bitmain pulled in a profit of $1. 1 billion in Q1 of 2018 alone. Winning the Battle Against Twitter Bots Twitter bots, which have plagued the network all year, imitating influencers and conning the gullible out of their ether, appear to be waning.
2018-7-31 22:47 | |
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Newly emerging crypto exchanges, equipped with billions of dollars in daily trading volume, are thriving based on fake numbers and malpractices, which may have a significantly negative impact on the long-term growth of the crypto market.
2018-7-21 10:00 | |
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Разработчики криптовалютного кошелька Trezor сообщили о фишинговой атаке, в результате которой злоумышленникам удалось перехватить трафик официального домена сервиса. The promised blog post is now available.
2018-7-2 15:03 | |
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The new Bitcoin Hashrate Futures, a regulated derivative for hedging and investing in Bitcoin mining, is now available in the US. The post Luxor and Bitnomial launch first Bitcoin mining derivative in the US appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Semler Scientific adopts Bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve, purchasing 581 bitcoins for $40 million, signaling trust in its investment value. The post Semler Scientific acquires $40 million in Bitcoin, stocks surge 32% appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
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BNB Chain loses $80K worth of Bitcoin in potential exploit, raising questions about the attacker's identity and intentions as a possible white hat hacker. The post Possible BNB Chain exploit sees $80K in BTC lost appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Trader Rekt Capital forecasts an imminent Bitcoin breakout from its current $60K-$70K accumulation phase, with altcoins also set to rally. The post Bitcoin stuck in accumulation range, but a breakout is near appeared first on Crypto Briefing.