As Bitcoin price surges, DDoS extortion gangs return in force
Image via PIRO4D Extortion groups that send emails threatening companies with DDoS attacks unless paid a certain fee are making a comeback, security firm...
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Bitcoin Scammers Tricked People by Using Elon Musk’s Name – E Hacking News
Security researcher MalwareHunter team exposed a cryptocurrency scam through which scammers were targeting the users on Twitter, this scam was running in the...
Worst Plunge Since March Shakes Faith in Bitcoin – E Hacking News
Bitcoin ride took another twist on Monday, as the worst two-day tumble in the digital currency since March stirred up worry that the...
Russian Sentenced to French Prison for Bitcoin Laundering
A Russian bitcoin expert at the center of a multi-country legal tussle was sentenced in Paris on Monday to five years in prison for...
U.S. Seizes $1 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Connected to Silk Road
The United States this week announced that it seized $1 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen by an individual from the Silk Road marketplace over...
US: We’ve just seized $1bn in bitcoin stolen from Silk Road by ‘Individual X’ hacker
The US Justice Department says it’s seized $1bn in bitcoin allegedly stolen by a hacker from Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht before his arrest...
Bitcoin wallet update trick has netted criminals more than $22 million
A simple technique has helped cybercrime gangs steal more than $22 million in user funds from users of the Electrum wallet app; a ZDNet investigation has discovered. This...
Twitter Hack: Three Arrested in the Bitcoin Scam – E Hacking News
Graham Clark, a resident of Tampa Florida has been arrested under charges of being involved in July’s Twitter hack that targeted the handles of...
Florida Teen Charged in Massive Twitter Hack, Bitcoin Theft
A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000...
Elon Musk Bitcoin vanity addresses used to scam users out of $2 million
Bitcoin giveaway scams have been around for more than two years, but a new twist in tactics has helped scammers make more than $2...