Monero’s Riccardo Spagni denied bail in fraud case
Spagni has not been convicted of anything yet, but he stands accused of defrauding his former employer, Cape Cookies, out of R1.4 million, or just shy of US$100,000, over the course of two years.
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Monero lead maintainer arrested in US over alleged fraud in South Africa
Riccardo Paolo Spagni, better known as Fluffypony, is alleged to have committed corporate fraud while working for a South African tech company back in 2009.
Bittrex to delist privacy coins Monero, Zcash and Dash
Bittrex announced recently that it was delisting the three, giving users until January 15 to conduct any transactions.
Hackers use Monero cryptojacking as decoy for more invasive attacks: report
A group called BISMUTH has reportedly attacked a number of targets linked to governments in Vietnam and France in recent weeks.
CipherTrace files two Monero-tracing patents
CipherTrace has filed two new Monero-tracing patents that they say will lay the groundwork for investigating XMR transactions and addresses.
Monero was Sybil attacked
Monero, the controversial privacy-focused digital currency network, was the victim of a unique Sybil attack that lasted 10 days.
ShapeShift delists privacy coins Monero, Zcash and DASH over regulatory concerns
ShapeShift has reportedly delisted a number of "privacy coins" from its platform due to regulatory risks associated with the use of Monero, DASH and Zcash.
Privacy focused Monero releases major ‘Oxygen Orion’ update
The hard fork promises substantial improvement across nearly all aspects of the privacy coin's performance.
Monero-mining botnet Lemon Duck records spike in activity
Researchers at Talos Intelligence Group have noticed a sharp rise in DNS requests connected with its command-and-control servers since the end of August.
Monero is traceable using new CipherTrace tool
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has signed a $3.6 million contract with CipherTrace to create the Monero tracing tool.
Monero mining malware discovered on Amazon Web Services
Mitiga discovered the Monero mining malware when conducting a security audit for a financial services company.
Sophisticated cryptojacking malware targets banking and education
The FritzFrog malware botnet has reportedly infected millions of IP addresses worldwide, targeting banks, educational and medical institutions, and government agencies.