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Bithumb Mistakenly Sends 620,000 Bitcoin ($40B) to Customer Accounts
A system error at Bithumb sent 620,000 Bitcoin worth about $40B to hundreds of users during a promotion, briefly disrupting prices and drawing scrutiny.
Discord Controlled NodeCordRAT Steals Chrome Data via NPM Packages
Zscaler ThreatLabz identifies three malicious NPM packages mimicking Bitcoin libraries. The NodeCordRAT virus uses Discord commands to exfiltrate MetaMask data and Chrome passwords.
Bitfinex Hack Mastermind Behind $10 Billion Theft Gets Early Release
Ilya Lichtenstein, the man behind the massive 2016 Bitfinex Bitcoin theft, has been released early from prison. Read how the First Step Act and a trail of Walmart gift cards led to this major update in one of the world's largest crypto thefts.
Police Seize Cryptomixer Domains, Infrastructure and 28M Dollars in Bitcoin
Swiss and German police shut down Cryptomixer, seizing servers, domains and 28M dollars in Bitcoin during an Europol backed action targeting crypto laundering.
What a Secure Setup Really Looks Like for Storing Digital Assets
How you choose to store your assets is one of the most important decisions you’ll make when you…
Samourai Wallet Founders Jailed in $237M Crypto Laundering Case
Samourai Wallet founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill were sentenced to 4 and 5 years for laundering $237M via their crypto mixer.
DarkComet Spyware Resurfaces Disguised as Fake Bitcoin Wallet
Old DarkComet RAT spyware is back, hiding inside fake Bitcoin wallets and trading apps to steal credentials via keylogging.
London Court Convicts Chinese Mastermind Behind £5bn Crypto Seizure
Zhimin Qian, the 'Bitcoin Queen,' pleads guilty in the UK after police seized over £5 billion in stolen crypto, the world's largest crypto seizure. Details on the Ponzi scam and fight for the funds.
Quantum Resistance and Coding for a Post-Quantum Bitcoin
Bitcoin was created with strong cryptography, based on mathematical problems so complex that even the most powerful computers…
Bitcoin continues to increase its institutional popularity
Not long ago, the mere idea that cryptocurrencies could ever be integrated into mainstream finance would have seemed…