[ad_2][ad_1] Business Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks and fraud dropped to $ 1.8 billion for the first 10 months of the year compared to last year, but according to a report by crypto intelligence firm CipherTrace, crime in the hot ” decentralized finance “has increased. FILE PHOTO: The exchange rates …
Read More »Crypto crimes are down in 2020, but DeFi hacks are on the rise
[ad_2][ad_1] Cryptocurrency-related crimes slowed in 2020, but certain sectors within the cryptocurrency industry have become a new hotbed for criminal activity, a new report says. Citing leading crypto analytics firm CipherTrace, Reuters reported on Nov.10 that total losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks and fraud decreased from $ 4.4 billion in …
Read More »Blockchain-related hacks decreased in 2020
[ad_2][ad_1] The amount of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related hacks declined over the course of 2020, a new report says. According to data analyzed by VPN provider Atlas VPN, the number of hacks in the first half of 2020 decreased more than three times compared to the same period in 2019. The …
Read More »IRS Tackles Crypto Micropayments, Blockchain Shipping Platforms Expand, DOJ Ties North Korea’s Crypto Hacks To Chinese Merchants, FBI Plot Hinders Bitcoin Corruption | BakerHostetler
[ad_2][ad_1] IRS tackles taxation of cryptocurrencies received in microtasks, Swiss Enable Crypto Payments Of: Robert A. Musiala Jr. At the end of last week, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a memorandum on the topic “Taxation of the virtual currency received in the crowdsourcing job market”. The memorandum discusses …
Read More »IRS Tackles Crypto Micropayments, Blockchain Shipping Platforms Expand, DOJ Ties North Korea Crypto Hacks To Chinese Merchants, FBI Plot Hinders Bitcoin Corruption
[ad_2][ad_1] In this problem: • IRS addresses the taxation of cryptocurrencies received in microtasks, Swiss Enable Crypto Payments • Blockchain shipping platforms TradeLens and ShipChain expand networks • North Korean cryptographic hacks recycled by the Chinese; Launch of cryptographic compliance tools • FBI conspiracy thwarts Bitcoin corruption, Ethereum Classic suffers …
Read More »Multiple North Korean Cryptocurrency Hacks Under UN Investigation
[ad_2][ad_1] The United Nations has launched an investigation into North Korean cyber-attacks which targeted cryptocurrency exchanges in the neighboring South. India has been a victim in the digital crime spree which targeted 17 countries in total. Cryptocurrency Exchanges Targeted The UN has ramped up its investigation of North Korean cyber-attacks …
Read More »Mount Blockchain Hacks And Losses Mount; Why do the supporters ignore the facts?
[ad_2][ad_1]<div _ngcontent-c14 = "" innerhtml = " Getty Insiders prefer to describe Blockchain as a distributed Immutable Ledger technology. They love being distributed and a "ledger" rather than a database. But above all, they seem to like it to be "immutable". For fans, this means that indestructible cryptography and other …
Read More »Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople Hard Fork Nears and ETH Hacks Rise
[ad_1] Two days ago, a new code was released on GitHub that included an activation time for Constantinople. The post says that Geth, or "Go Ethereum", is a special version and a hard fork will take place on the Ethereum mainnet (ETH) at the 7.080.000 block. This new rigid fork …
Read More »Ethereum Hacks rising again as price remains below $ 100
[ad_1] A new wave of hack targeting Ethereum (ETH) holdings continues, despite the price of the altar down to its 18-month lows, according to the ZDNet technology magazine on December 10th. Citing the research conducted by the cybercrime monitoring company Bad Packets LLC, the publication revealed that the Eth / …
Read More »North Korea allegedly Hacks in South Korean computers for the crypto mining
[ad_1] According to The Next Web (which referred to UPI), the South Korean intelligence team pointed their fingers at North Korea for allegedly hacking the computers of the former to encrypt my cryptocurrencies. In addition to encryption, the intelligence team has since provided an audit that indicates that the North …
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