August 03, 2016
Bitcoin Price Drops In Response To $65M Hack
After an early summer with solid gains, bitcoin’s price has been plummeting following the hack of Bitfinex – a Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange. According to sources within Bitfinex, all trading...
July 26, 2016
Bitcoin Not The Same As Money, Miami-Dade Court Rules
In a closely followed case focused on bitcoin as a currency, a Miami-Dade judge on Monday (July 25) ruled bitcoin doesn’t count as money when declining to pursue charges against...
July 01, 2016
Former Secret Service Agent Suspected Of More Bitcoin Thefts
Bitcoin, continuing to bring out the best in everyone it touches. Former Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges has already been found to have stolen funds seized by the feds during...
June 28, 2016
Deutsche Telekom Denies Major Data Breach
Account passwords for German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom are for sale on the dark web, but the company said on Monday (June 25) that it has not been the victim...
June 22, 2016
Ethereum Hack Could Be Its Undoing
Not great news for digital or cryptocurrency advocates this week, though, on the upside, the normal target of complaint and critique (bitcoin) is not currently in the hot seat. No. In...
June 17, 2016
Will Ethereum Survive The $50M Hack?
The hacking of an experimental virtual currency project called the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) has sent a chill into the digital currency ecosystem. More specifically, Ether, a bitcoin-like digital currency alternative....
June 13, 2016
Twitter Locks Out Millions After Data Breach
Late last week, a password leak hit Twitter, and the company locked millions of user accounts as a result. It was reported that the login credentials of more than 32...
June 09, 2016
Hacked Twitter Passwords Are Up For Sale On The Dark...
The bigger reveal almost seemed inevitable once the news broke that Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts had all been hacked. Looks like he won’t be alone in coming up with...
June 07, 2016
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: VK.Com Hacking Details
Recently released details show that another social media network was hit by a massive data breach, a trend that appears to be all too common today. The latest company to...