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[ad_2][ad_1] The increase in the use of Bitcoin by Nigeria has become the norm in the crypto-verse, taking into account that for the last 8 months it is the leader of the whole of Africa together, in the transactional value of P2P payments. However, what seems astounding to many cryptocurrency …

[ad_2][ad_1] Monday, the Australian Financial Review reported that Levitas Capital, a Sydney-based hedge find, was the target of a fake Zoom invitation opened by one of the fund’s co-founders Michael Fagan or Michael Brookes. After sending the fake invitation to Zoom on September 10, 2020, the hacker was able to …

[ad_2][ad_1] NiceHash announced that on December 16, 2020 it will refund the remaining balances to NiceHash users affected by the NiceHash security breach of 2017. In other words, on December 16 NiceHash will return 100% of the users’ funds that were stolen during the NiceHash hack. 6 December 2017. The …

[ad_2][ad_1] With the continued rise in popularity of DeFi protocols, it was only a matter of time before the hackers caught on and tried to get away with it. The recent hack suffered by Akropolis, an Ethereum-based DeFi protocol, resulted in a loss of more than 2,030,850 DAI ERC-20 tokens. …

[ad_2][ad_1] According to a new report from blockchain analytics firm Crystal Blockchain, $ 7.6 billion worth of cryptocurrencies has been stolen since 2011. The total figure splits into two sadly predictable buckets: hacks and scams. The report found that $ 2.8 billion was stolen due to security breaches, the most …

[ad_2][ad_1] Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin recovered most of the funds lost in a $ 280 million hacking incident in September, a senior executive said. Johnny Lyu, co-founder and CEO of KuCoin, announced on November 11, the exchange recovered 84% of the stolen assets. Lyu said the recovery process involved “chain monitoring, …

[ad_2][ad_1] Federal officials seized more than $ 1 billion worth of stolen bitcoins linked to the closed black market website Silk Road. According to the United States Department of Justice, Silk Road has allowed a range of criminal activities, including the sale of illegal drugs and hacking. Its founder Ross …

[ad_2][ad_1] During the past six months, the Covid-19 outbreak has caused a lot of havoc in the world and one thing is for sure, the use of darknet markets has increased. As the citizens of the world were locked down, cannabis sales skyrocketed and the dollar value of privately made …

[ad_2][ad_1] (TNS) – Whoever is behind the security incident involving some of the top economic and political leaders on Twitter – a scam that raised around $ 120,000 worth of bitcoin – is shifting the loot to online accounts, creating the beginning of a digital paper trail that investigators look …

[ad_2][ad_1] Last week, FBI officials arrested a Russian cybersecurity researcher on suspicion of operating deer.io, a vast marketplace for buying and selling stolen account credentials for thousands of popular online stores and services. Kirill V. Firsov was arrested on March 7 after arriving at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport, …