Category: Security
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Ledger owners report chilling threats after 20K more records leaked
“Are you able to imagine all the possible consequences that can occur to you and your loved ones?” said the scammer.
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Programmer has two password guesses left before losing $266M in Bitcoin
The perils of inaccessible digital wealth — potentially lost forever — are being all the more keenly felt during the 2021 bull market.
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Survey: 25% of crypto users not securing assets as well as they think
Although 96% of exchange users utilize some form of 2FA, and 87% of hardware wallet users perform test transactions.
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Reddit User Finds 127 Old Bitcoins at Grandpa’s House – Pockets Over $4 Million After Selling
A Reddit user says he (or she) recently regained access to the keys of 127 bitcoins eight years after last accessing the coins. Immediately after regaining access, the user sold all the bitcoins and pocketed over $4 million in the process. According to the user, they received the bitcoins as payment for participating in surveys…
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MTI Bitcoins Sent to Privacy Mixers as New Data Breach Exposes the Ponzi Scheme’s Top Earners
In another twist to the Mirror Trading International (MTI) bitcoin Ponzi scam, the blockchain intelligence firm Whitestream says bitcoins from wallets associated with the company are being sent to Wasabi privacy mixers. According to Whitestream’s update, this pivot to mixers suggests that operators of the Ponzi are trying to obfuscate the movement of the bitcoins.…
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This Bitcoin Ransomware Rakes in $150 Million in BTC
A new report by two cybersecurity firms has revealed that one ransomware family is particularly successful, raking in over $150 million in bitcoin. The ransom payments “sometimes amount to millions of dollars and typically run in the hundreds of thousands range.” Ransomware Makes $150 Million in Bitcoin The Ryuk ransomware family has raked in $150…
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Crypto User Loses Over $100K in Bitcoin While Transferring His Wallet
A bitcoin user has shared his story of how he lost more than $100,000 in BTC during a wallet transfer. The bitcoiner attempted to transfer a wallet to a new computer without making sure that he had access to the encryption passwords tied to his private key storage. Password Manager Didn’t Store Passphrases Needed to…
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Hackers Are Using Three Fake Crypto-Related Apps to Drain Wallets
While bitcoin (BTC) prices are increasing, crypto-related scams appear on the scene to take advantage of the situation. In this case, a security firm spotted three malicious crypto apps targeting users to steal their funds. Three Bogus Crypto Trading and Poker Apps Are Infected With Dangerous Malware According to Intezer Labs, a year-long malware operation…
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The Reported Number of Stolen BTC Drops by 92% as ‘Bitcoin Security Appears to Be Improving’
The number of stolen bitcoins that were publicly reported in 2020 dropped to 4,472 coins or 0.02% of the digital asset’s circulating supply. This new figure represents a 92% drop from the 56,870 reported in 2019. When using current bitcoin prices, the 2020 thefts caused losses that are equivalent to $140 million versus the 2019…
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XRP whales are sinking fast
The number of XRP addresses holding at least 1 million tokens has declined sharply over the past two weeks.