Bitcoin

The energy used to mine Bitcoin this year is bigger than the annual usage of almost 160 countries

According to PowerCompare.co.uk, the electricity used to mine Bitcoin this year is bigger than the annual usage of almost 160 countries.…

8 years ago

Double check if your Bitcoin/Ethereum wallet is exposed online, crooks are running massive Internet scans

Security experts are observing numerous massive scans going on for Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets in order to steal their funds.…

8 years ago

Researchers demonstrate how to steal Bitcoin by exploiting SS7 issues

Hackers have exploited security weaknesses in SS7 protocol to break into a GMail account, take control of a bitcoin wallet…

8 years ago

Was Torrent Site The Pirate Bay Being Sneaky or Creative By Tricking Visitors Into Monero Mining

Users noticed a cryptocurrency miner surfaced on The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest torrenting for a day over the weekend. Pop…

8 years ago

Greek police arrested a man running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder more than US$4bn worth of the Bitcoin

Greek Police arrested a Russian man and accused him of running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder more than US$4bn…

9 years ago

Bithumb, the fourth largest Bitcoin exchange has been hacked

Bithumb, one of the world's largest Bitcoin and Ether crypto currencies exchanges, has been hacked. Over $1 Million worth Bitcoin and…

9 years ago

The Mirai botnet is back and includes a Bitcoin Mining component

Experts at IBM X-Force security firm warn of a new Mirai Botnet implementing Bitcoin crypto-currency mining capabilities. The Mirai botnet was…

9 years ago

Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain.info went down due to a DNS Hijacking

 Blockchain.info, the world's most popular Bitcoin wallet and Block Explorer service went down this week due to a DNS Hijacking…

9 years ago

Leakedsource breach notification service reported two Bitcoin Data Breaches

Now LeakedSource disclosed details from two Bitcoin data breaches that affected the bitcoin exchange BTC-E.com and the discussion forum Bitcointalk.org.…

9 years ago

Bitcoins move from the seized SilkRoad wallet to the ShadowBrokers

A security expert noticed strange transactions from the Bitcoin wallet of the SilkRoad (now in the hands of Feds) to…

9 years ago

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