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Bitcoin Miner Faces Suit For $5 Billion In Bitcoin
Bitcoin // February 26, 2018

The man who had claimed to be the founder of bitcoin is being sued for allegedly stealing $5 billion of bitcoin from his former business partner. Craig Wright, who had said he was Satoshi Nakamoto, faces the suit in a Florida court, The Verge reported....

Hacker Tracker: Cyber Knowledge Lags, Fighting Dirty Bitcoins, And Ignoring Ransom Demands
Security & Fraud // March 31, 2017

It can be difficult to know how to handle cybercriminals and their malicious attacks, especially when many people don’t have a foundational knowledge on what cybersecurity is all about. In this week’s Hacker Tracker, Bottomline Technologies’ Ed Adshead-Grant shares his take on a few of...

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Bitcoin Daily: Russian Agents Arrested For Bitcoin Fraud; VW Launches Blockchain Battery Pilot

April 24, 2019
Two Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agents have been charged for their alleged involvement in a bitcoin extortion scam. According to Hard Fork, Sergey Belousov and Aleksey Kolbov, who worked as anti-fraud agents, are being charged with allegedly using their power to blackmail Erast Galumov, the former director of media firm Izvestiya, for 65 million rubles […]

Bitcoin Miner Faces Suit For $5 Billion In Bitcoin

February 26, 2018
The man who had claimed to be the founder of bitcoin is being sued for allegedly stealing $5 billion of bitcoin from his former business partner. Craig Wright, who had...