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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Twitter Finally Targets Crypto Scammers, Experiments on Elon Musk

Twitter is at long last tackling cryptocurrency scam artists who pretend to be high-profile, verified members like Elon Musk. The…

July 25, 2018

Elon Musk Tweets About Ethereum for the First Time, Gets an Instant Response From Vitalik Buterin

Tech giant Elon Musk is talking about Ethereum for the first time, but it's not what you might expect. Musk…

July 9, 2018

Hackers Hit Bithumb, $31 Million in Crypto Stolen

Bithumb, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, issued an announcement on its website that 35 billion won…

June 19, 2018

Cryptocurrency Scammers Sweeping India Put Traders and Investors on Alert

GainBitcoin, one of India’s leading crypto firms, set off a string of scams that have fleeced investors in India out…

June 11, 2018

Bitcoin Drops 10%, Markets Shed $40 Billion Amid Crypto Exchange Hack

The cryptocurrency market is taking a dive amid revelations that the crypto exchange Coinrail has been hacked. At time of…

June 10, 2018

Bitcoin Gold, Verge and Monacoin: Three Cryptocurrencies Hacked in Just One Week

Bitcoin Gold, Verge and Monacoin were all hacked in a single week. The wave of attacks left cryptocurrency exchanges $20…

June 1, 2018

Scammers Face ‘Operation Cryptosweep’ in the Battle Against Cryptocurrency Fraud

The US and Canada have announced the launch of "Operation Cryptosweep" to combat crypto investment schemes. In the largest joint effort…

May 21, 2018

Crypto Crimes: ICO Scams, Robbery and Money Laundering

The rising popularity of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has brought many benefits to the world; however, this hasn’t come without a…

May 16, 2018

Money Laundering at Rabobank Involves Untraceable Cash, Not Bitcoin or Cryptocurrencies

One of the biggest money laundering scandals of the year doesn't involve Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies. Dutch banking giant Rabobank is…

May 10, 2018

Bitcoin Scammers Hosting Malicious BTC Wallet Copycat, ‘Electrum Pro’

The team behind popular Bitcoin wallet service Electrum says it's identified rogue lines of code on a bogus copycat called "Electrum…

May 9, 2018