Mark Carney, Bank of England Governor: Bitcoin poses no threat to economy
The head of the Bank of England and chairman of Financial Stability Board in G20 assures that Bitcoin does not pose any threat to the wellbeing of the world market
20 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Security breach: hackers inject Monero miners on hundreds of WordPress sites
WordPress has had security problems before, but this is a wave deliberately launched by a criminal group. Brute force attacks with millions of requests witnessed by security firms yesterday
20 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies: terrorists more interested in Bitcoin due to its growth
The American research center points out the growing interest of terrorist organizations towards Bitcoin after studying open data. The fundraising did not turn out very beneficial, scientists say
20 December 2017 21:00, UTC
German Finance Ministry supports French initiative to discuss crypto at G20
Looks like the pressing issue of cryptocurrencies is interesting not only for the French authorities. Germany would like to put this issue on the agenda of the upcoming G20 summit
19 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Minister of the Economy of France suggests discussing Bitcoin at G20
Bruno Le Maire, the French economy minister, clearly believes the issue of Bitcoin has become too hard to ignore, especially when there is already an international legislative practice. He is likely not a fan of cryptocurrency, though
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
New York State Assembly sees 4 blockchain bills
An official in New York State has prepared four different drafts revolving around blockchain for voting, data storage and election results, as well as on legal terms upgrades. The reason for this activity? Reports about Russian hackers who allegedly tried to hack voting machines
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Kuwait Finance Ministry does not recognize Bitcoin
Sources of the local press in the government suggest that the authoritues would not ban Bitcoin trading, but this does not mean they view cryptocurrencies as a good method of payment, these unspecified officials note
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
White House: yes, it was North Korea behind those WannaCry hackers
Probably the biggest ransomware attack in history is connected to the cryptocurrency market — the ransom the hackers received was in bitcoins later converted to Monero. Now White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert confirms Kim Jong-un’s hackers were behind this extortion
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
European Union to verify cryptocurrency traders
To counter money laundering, the European Union authorities decide to tighten regulations for cryptocurrency exchange platforms and its users. As shown by the BTC-e example, their fears are far from being a paranoia
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Cryptocurrency portal founder’s home searched by Security Service of Ukraine
A popular portal on cryptocurrency, blockchain and digital technologies takes a hit after the Ukrainian law enforcers suspect its founder, Anatoly Kaplan (Klimov) is involved in unlawful economic activities
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Mining at work becomes a pain in the neck for bosses
Two major Russian organizations - Vnukovo Airport and Transneft (oil giant) had dishonest system administrators who used the corporate resources to get cryptocurrency for themselves, local media tells
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Another North Korean cryptocurrency-related hack trick spotted
North Korea, or the DPRK, is aware about the digital currency market and its state-backed hackers perform various malicious acts related to the crypto space
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
UAE and Saudi Arabia to create transnational digital currency
One of the main features of this altcoin is going to be the fully institutional and legal payment between these two countries which have quite close economic ties
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Barbarian financing: woman arrested in US for sending bitcoins to ISIS
No matter who Satoshi Nakamoto actually is, there is little reason to believe he intended his creation to benefit one of the most cruel terrorist organizations in human history
14 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Indian officials are not pleased with non-taxed coin transactions
The authorities of India are neither fully anti-Bitcoin nor pro-Bitcoin, and the latest news about their sentiment points more at the regulative approach instead of full prohibition or permission
13 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Areopagus, Greece: Vinnik is going to the US
According to the American law enforcers, the Russian citizen committed multiple financial crimes by using a relatively old BTC-e crypto exchange (now renamed to WEX)
13 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Latent mining script spotted in… Starbucks
Apparently, someone decided to inject the mining script in the Wi-Fi instead of websites, the tactics everybody already got used to. And it’s not clear how to find out who was the criminal who did this
13 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Cyber crime goes offline: man robbed of his hardware Ethereum wallet containing $1.8 million
More than a million dollar sum temporarily lost after robbery involving disk with Ethereum in New York City, at least one of criminals under arrest, law enforcement thinks such crimes will only multiply
13 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Coinbase and Bitfinex down
At the moment this news is posted they both might return back online, but at the press time, around 9:45 a.m. ET, Bitfinex has had a DDoS attack and Coinbase — occasional technical difficulties
12 December 2017 21:00, UTC
No, former New Zealand PM did not advise to buy Bitcoin
Initial messages about the former Prime Minister of New Zealand telling that Bitcoin investments is a good idea are denied by both the person from this news and by the New Zealand Herald, the outlet these unidentified crooks copied
12 December 2017 21:00, UTC