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2015 Bitcoin and Altcoin Hacks [Part 7]
This article is part of our complete guide to Bitcoin and altcoin hacks. Here we cover Bitcoin and altcoin security incidents from the year 2015. Bitstamp In January of 2015 six Bitstamp employees were the target of a carefully planned phishing attack that cost the exchange 19,000 BTC. This was one of the most clever […]
2011 Bitcoin and Altcoin Hacks [Part 3]
This article is part of our complete guide to Bitcoin and altcoin hacks. Here we cover Bitcoin and altcoin security incidents from the year 2011. In 2011, most Bitcoin hacks involved individuals rather than institutions. You’ll notice Bitcointalk posts by average users who happened to stumble upon a vulnerability and decided to test it. Everything […]
Target’s verified Twitter account hacked
Retailer Target’s Twitter account was hacked earlier today and is actively promoting a Bitcoin scam. Worse yet, they have taken control of the Target ad account and have paid for promoted tweets which are spreading quickly, with massive engagement: The tweets take victims to a website (not linked on purpose) which requests them to “confirm” […]
Opinion: Will Tether blow up? [Dec 2017 Archive]
There is an elephant in the room in the cryptocurrency world and it’s called Tether. The concept of a cryptocurrency that is tied to the world’s reference fiat currency is very interesting indeed. But it has a very expensive requirement: for every unit of this cryptocurrency, there must be an equal unit in the reference […]