Business 1 May 2019

Over 150,000 machines used to DDoS Electrum wallets

Electrum BTC wallets are under an onslaught of DDoS attacks after millions were stolen by phishing attacks.

Tech 9 April 2019

Sophisticated botnet attacks Electrum stealing millions of dollars

Electrum, the popular BTC wallet, has confirmed that it was the victim of a massive botnet attack, resulting in the loss of millions.

Business 27 March 2019

Fake YouTube ad for Electrum leads to malware site

Proving you can’t trust even the biggest websites, Youtube has aired ads for a fake Electrum site that would force a malicious download to end users.

Tech 10 January 2019

ElectrumSV introduces desktop wallet option for Bitcoin SV

The bComm Association has announced that yet announced the new ElectrumSV wallet will join the BitcoinSV fold, supporting the only Bitcoin that follows Satoshi’s vision.

Press Releases 10 January 2019

ElectrumSV Wallet Released for Bitcoin SV (BSV), the Original Bitcoin

The bComm Association announces the ElectrumSV wallet for Bitcoin SV (BSV), the rebirth of the original Bitcoin.  ElectrumSV is a conversion – for the Bitcoin SV blockchain - of the popular Electrum wallet for Bitcoin.

Business 28 December 2018

Hackers steal 234 BTC from Electrum wallets

An anonymous attack managed to steal 243 BTC from Electrum wallets.

Tech 11 May 2018

Electrum calls out copycat site Electrum Pro for ‘bitcoin-stealing malware’

BTC wallet service Electrum has revealed that hackers have cloned their service, setting up a copycat site designed to scam unsuspecting users out of their cryptocurrency.

Business 8 January 2018

Electrum to the public: “if you are running Electrum, shut it down right this second”

Electrum wallet just deployed an emergency patch to fix critical security risk.