2019-10-1 01:50 |
The United States Department of Homeland Security has awarded $143,478 to Vienna-based Danube Tech to develop blockchain security solutions
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The U. S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded Austrian based blockchain firm, Danube Tech GmbH, $143,478 USD under the S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP). The blockchain firm received a Phase 1 award to develop further its Universal Issuer and Verifier blockchain.
2019-10-1 18:03 | |
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The advantages of blockchain technology are being recognized by various government departments all over the world and the latest one to do so is the US Department of Homeland Security, which is now running a POC using decentralized ledger technology to protect intellectual property.
2019-9-20 17:46 | |
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Former U. S. National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor Edward Snowden is being sued by the Department of Justice (DoJ) for his latest memoir. The agency won’t stop Metropolitan Books from publishing Snowden’s new book but the government will take the revenue he earns from the memoir instead.
2019-9-18 18:15 | |
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The government of the United States officially filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden on Tuesday following the publication of his book "Permanent Record", currently the best-selling book in the world.
2019-9-18 10:08 | |
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The US justice department has sued whistleblower Edward Snowden, following the release of his new book, Permanent Record. The department alleges this book violates a non-disclosure agreement Snowden signed with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) while working as a contractor for the two agencies.
2019-9-18 08:38 | |
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Billions of Dollars’ Worth of IP Stolen, Says Trump Imagine your new Apple iPhone XS Max Gold arrived in the mail. You bought a clone from China and saved 90% off the usual retail price. What a bargain.
2019-9-12 17:30 | |
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The US government is looking to protect voter registration databases and systems from ransomware threats ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — a division of the Homeland Security department instituted by president Donald Trump in November last year — fears the databases could be at the receiving end of a ransomware attack.
2019-8-27 09:31 | |
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Coinspeaker U. S. Treasury Secretary: Bitcoin, Libra Pose National Security ThreatThe Treasury Department has concerns that Libra, as well as Bitcoin, could be misused by terrorist financiers and money launders, to carry out illicit activities ranging from cybercrime to tax evasion, extortion, and ransomware.
2019-7-16 11:36 | |
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Following President Trump’s derisive tweet about Bitcoin, U. S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin held a briefing on regulating Bitcoin and Facebook’s Libra because of their use in criminal activity and the threat they pose to the financial system.
2019-7-16 23:13 | |
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Recently, the Maryland Department of Labor released a statement announcing that due to a certain security flaw in their native database ecosystem, they “might” have accidentally released the personal information of more than 78,000 people living within the state’s borders.
2019-7-8 20:18 | |
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The Maryland Department of Labor announced that a security flaw in its databases may have exposed the sensitive and personal data of around 78,000 people. The agency commented that the breach occurred earlier this year after nine employees fell victim to what cybersecurity experts call a phishing attack.
2019-7-7 20:30 | |
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Last week, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DoC) has banned prisoners from reading dozens of books related to technology and programming, citing security concerns. According to records obtained by Salem Reporter, the banned titles — “Windows 10 for Dummies,” “Python Programming For Beginners,” “Blockchain Revolution,” and others — are part of the 1,600 books not allowed in Oregon prisons.
2019-6-24 15:59 | |
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U. S. citizen Morgan Rockcoons has been sentenced to fines and prison time for running unlicensed money exchange services on LocalBitcoins. Advertising himself on the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network, Rockcoons made more than 1,000 transactions with hundreds of different users.
2019-6-1 18:55 | |
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By CCN: Huawei has been unceremoniously axed by Google after the U. S government blacklisted the Chinese tech giant earlier this week. Now, Huawei mobile phones are no longer allowed to integrate official Android updates, and will be barred from hosting Google Play mobile apps, such as YouTube and Gmail.
2019-5-20 04:12 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Wall Street Veteran Appointed As Head Of BitGo’s Financial Services Department BitGo appoints Nick Carmi as the new head of financial services. Carmi plans to bridge the gap in the ease of trading for cryptocurrencies, mimicking the traditional market.
2019-5-9 22:45 | |
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Phone scams are on the rise according to officials at the New York Police Department. Thieves have stolen over $2 million posing as false social security officials. Requesting payments are made in BTC, prepaid gift cards and bank wire transfers, they have forced the police to issue warnings to unsuspecting targets. Using trust warranted by […]
2019-5-4 02:25 | |
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Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U.
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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In New York, Bitcoin scammers are impersonating Social Security Administrators. A report by The Next Web reveals the New York Police Department (NYPD) sent out a warning to the public, alerting them to fraudsters who call and ask for payment in bank wire transfers, bitcoin (BTC), and prepaid gift cards.
2019-5-3 20:00 | |
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New York’s Police Department (NYPD) is alerting the public about phone scammers posing as Social Security Administration officials and requesting payment in Bitcoin, prepaid gift cards, and bank wire transfers.
2019-5-2 13:05 | |
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the U. S. Department of the Treasury, has imposed its first-ever penalty on a peer-to-peer crypto exchange for violating AML regulations, among other violations.
2019-4-20 23:38 | |
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The Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. , together with the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service, have arrested three men who were accused of selling drugs and laundering money on the dark web using Bitcoin.
2019-4-18 01:07 | |
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Bitcoin trader Jacob Burrell Campos was sentenced on April 8, 2019, to serve a two-year prison sentence and to forfeit more than $800,000 “for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
2019-4-13 18:54 | |
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In a bid to safeguard modern electric grids from cyber attacks, the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has announced Phase II of its blockchain-based electric grid security project in collaboration with Taekion, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cybersecurity platform, according to a press release on April 10, 2019.
2019-4-12 01:00 | |
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What's The Solution To Power Plant Security? Blockchain Technology To Address Cyberattacks Energy, as we all know, is the lifeblood for any household, business, and sovereign country, and there's no one more aware of this dynamic than the United States.
2019-4-11 20:52 | |
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U.S. continues support for scheme aimed at reducing the susceptibility of U.S. power plants to cyberattacks
2019-4-11 12:02 | |
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The CoolWallet S, made by CoolBit X, combines hot and cold storage solutions, blending the mobility afforded by software wallets with the enhanced security features offered by hardware wallets.
2019-4-4 00:05 | |
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In March 2018, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report detailing how Russian operatives had launched a handful of attacks across segments of the US’s critical infrastructure, including the power grid.
2019-3-23 16:30 | |
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Banking and security department of Pennysliva have ruled out money transmitter licensing for crypto exchanges and service operators operating in the state. This was revealed in a new guideline published for digital currency businesses.
2019-1-24 14:40 | |
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It’s not surprising to see PC users running an old version of Windows. Whether they refuse to switch to Windows 10’s service model or their IT department is lazy, it’s still pretty common to see PC’s running Windows 7.
2019-1-15 02:17 | |
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In this article, by Dr. Justine Scerri Herrera (LL.B, LL.M, LL.D), a Maltese Advocate specialising in Blockchain and Crypto (VFA Department), discusses the how security token offerings are changing capital markets.
2018-12-21 14:28 | |
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) today unsealed indictments against a pair of Chinese agents charged with hacking US computer systems from a period spanning 2006 – 2018. Among those successfully targeted was the US Navy.
2018-12-21 02:12 | |
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In a move to curb illegal blockchain transactions, The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a call for technical solutions that can track anonymous cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Monero.
2018-12-11 15:00 | |
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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on December 4, 2018, that they are allocating $800,000 in funding… The post U.S. Department of Homeland Security Is Offering $800,000 for Anti-Forgery Blockchain Solutions appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-12-8 00:14 | |
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BitGo has a new CEO for its custody business. The cryptocurrency solution provider has recruited Richard Corcoran as its new chief executive officer. Having retired some years back after over 30 years in the traditional banking and finance industry, Corcoran has come out of retirement to lead the BitGo Trust Company, BitGo's crypto custody arm.
2018-12-8 21:38 | |
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Just as the US Department of Homeland Security announced plans to develop forensic techniques to deanonymize cryptocurrency transactions, MasterCard has thrown a spanner in the works with plans for the exact opposite.
2018-12-7 18:01 | |
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The U. S. Department of Homeland Security is working on an endeavor to improve their anti-counterfeiting and anti-forgery efforts in examining documents. Rather than looking inward, they are offering an opportunity to blockchain startups to move their progress alone.
2018-12-7 03:21 | |
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking to fund anti-counterfeiting solutions from blockchain startups with grants of up to $800,000.
2018-12-6 12:00 | |
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A pre-solicitation document published by the Department of Homeland Security’s Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), on November 30, 2018, hints that the U. S. authorities might be on their way to deanonymize private cryptocurrency transactions.
2018-12-5 08:00 | |
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A branch of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DoHS) is researching the possibility of using blockchain forensic analysis tools to better trace privacy coin transactions. Privacy No More: US Government Preparing Forensic Analysis Tools Among the biggest concerns surrounding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are fears that the emerging technology could facilitate money laundering by.
2018-12-5 01:00 | |
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Zcash and Monero are specifically mentioned.
2018-12-5 23:17 | |
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A pre-solicitation document filed by the US Department of Homeland Security proposes new methods for tracking transactions in privacy coin blockchains.
2018-12-5 22:03 | |
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If you thought you were safe using privacy coins like Zcash and Monero you might want to think again. It appears that the US Department of Homeland Security (DoHS) is looking to develop forensic analysis techniques for privacy-focused cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Monero, according to a pre-solicitation document spotted by The Block.
2018-12-4 15:19 | |
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The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published its 2019 fiscal year pre-solicitation document. Throughout the 27-page letter, the organization explains that it wants to dedicate resources toward creating blockchain forensic applications that can analyze privacy-centric digital asset movements.
2018-12-4 05:50 | |
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The U. S. Department of Homeland Security has put out a pre-solicitation request for tracing private transactions and performing blockchain analytics on cryptocurrencies, such as Zcash and Monero.
2018-12-4 01:35 | |
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While the cryptocurrency community is still trying to adjust to government’s idea of regulating cryptocurrencies and monitoring blockchain based transactions, the United States Government has taken the war further by seeking to trace and monitor transactions using privacy coins.
2018-12-4 00:20 | |
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The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to know if tracking transactions conducted using privacy coins is feasible, Coindesk reported. A document published by the DHS Small Business Innovation Research Program discusses the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin for transactions.
2018-12-3 22:16 | |
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A pre-solicitation published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security asks about conducting forensic analysis on privacy coins like zcash and monero.
2018-12-3 21:01 | |
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A pre-solicitation published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security asks about conducting forensic analysis on privacy coins like zcash and monero.
2018-12-4 21:01 | |
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