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Genesis Mining Confirms hot Wallet Breach Caused Payout Delays

Earlier this week, we touched upon payment issues for Genesis Mining customers. It now appears this situation has grown slightly worse. A few days...

Ethereum.org Forums Data Breach Affects 16,500 Users

The Ethereum.org forums were breached by unknown assailants a few days ago. The Ethereum team was made aware of this event on December 16...

Valartis Bank Liechtenstein Faces Unique Bitcoin Ransom Demand

Banks are always a valuable target for internet criminals. Not just because they have rather weak security systems, but also due to the vast...

New Japanese Insurance Product Protects Bitcoin Exchange Users Against Financial Losses

Bitcoin is a topic of substantial debate, especially when it comes to recovering financial losses. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, a Japanese insurance company, will start...

Bitfinex Attempts to Contact Hacker; Potential Agreement

Bitfinex, which still remains as one of the largest bitcoin exchanges in the market, is attempting to come to an agreement with the anonymous...

Bitcoin Users Consider Filing A Bitfinex Class Action Lawsuit

It was only a matter of time until somebody decided to take action against the Bitfinex team. A new website has been created, discussing...

Gatecoin Suffers a $2 Million Crypto-Asset Loss

Throughout May 9-12th, the Hong Kong-based exchange Gatecoin’s hot wallet system was compromised. In an official statement, the company confirmed forum rumours of the...

Coinsilium announces first Blockchain Tech Lab developer event in London during April

Coinsilium, the London-listed blockchain technology investment and development company, is proud to announce its inaugural “Blockchain Tech Lab”. The Blockchain Tech Lab has been launched...

Chinese Hackers could be Behind Bitcoin Ransomware Attacks

The recent Bitcoin ransomware attacks on the US companies could have been perpetrated by Chinese hackers, four IT security companies that investigated the cyber...

Brainflayer Punches Holes into Brain Wallet

Bitcoin wallets and exchanges have been vulnerable to hacking attacks. There have been multiple instances where hackers have successfully made away with millions of...

Primedice Hacked Last Year, Gamer Gets Away with a Million Dollars

If George Clooney starrer Ocean’s trilogy was set in the digital world, then the plot would probably have been similar to that of Primedice’s...