South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has escaped without liability following legal action brought by a victim of a $335,000 hack on the platform, in a landmark ruling for the cryptocurrency sector.
Hacking on individual crypto wallets have increased based on cybersecurity firm Cuvepia, who indicated that the company had recently uncovered more than 30 attacks.
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif has completed the handover of its business to Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange, just a matter of weeks after the company was hacked resulting in losses in excess of $60 million.
This past July, a Californian man barely out of his teens was arrested for his involvement in a theft ring that stole over $5 million through the scheme.
Target and Google’s official G Suite Twitter account were been compromised to promote a scam that offered free Bitcoin Core (BTC).
The North Korean state has been flagged as a persistent bad actor in crypto circles, hacking into South Korean exchanges as well as setting up their own fake ICOs to raise money for the regime.
The South Korean National Police Agency’s Cyber Bureau, in conjunction with local police, have arrested five cyber punks who were behind a hacking effort that targeted well over 6,000 computers.
Hackers strike again—this time with popular analytics script StatCounter, in an attack that researchers say was an attempt to target a specific cryptocurrency exchange.
Cybersecurity experts in Japan claimed that they have found incriminating evidence against suspected hackers of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Zaif.
Between July and September, Monex Group’s cryptocurrency business, which is entirely comprised of the Coincheck exchange, took in around $2.8 million. This is a 66% decline over what it reported for the previous quarter, which was approximately $8.4 million.
MapleChange claimed a bug was the reason for the alleged hack, and said it has to close down even its social media accounts “because we have no more funds to pay anyone back.”
A group of gamers hatched a plan to target cryptocurrency wallets and are now looking for ways to hide from the long arm of the law.
