Distributed denial-of-service attacks against organizations in New Zealand appear to be connected to the extortionist group DD4BC.
FinCEN has fined digital currency startup Ripple Labs as part of its first civil enforcement action against an industry firm.
The Nevada Attorney General's Office is seeking the arrest of the operator of the popular bitcoin poker service Seals with Clubs.
A New Jersey police officer has been arrested and charged with receiving stolen property after allegedly selling stolen bitcoin mining equipment.
Interpol’s cybercrime research facility, the Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI), has created its own digital currency in a bid to combat cryptocurrency-fuelled crime. The IGCI team, which includes members from Singapore’s police force, will use its in-house virtual currency to study scenarios of cryptocurrency use and misuse in a specially designed simulation training game. Madan Mohan […]
An automated shopping bot designed to make purchases on dark web marketplaces using bitcoin has been released after being confiscated.
This week, bitcoin was once again associated with nefarious transactions, though this may have interestingly deflected more usual criticisms.
Kaspersky Lab has released a new tool to help free computer files 'held hostage' by bitcoin ransomware.
The Internet Watch Foundation is working with bitcoin companies to prevent digital currency being used to buy online child sexual abuse imagery.
CoinDesk has looked at the top bitcoin-related headlines from across the world.
A man in Boston has been charged and arrested after attempting to buy a $2,500 firearm from a dark net website using bitcoin.
CoinDesk has looked at the bitcoin related headlines from across the world.
Czech police have seized a luxury property purchased with bitcoin by a couple previously linked to online drug bazaar Sheep Marketplace.
In a revealing 2014 interview, DEA agent Carl Force discussed his interests in bitcoin as a part-time public accountant.
Two undercover agents who contributed to the US government's efforts to take down Silk Road are expected to be arrested on Monday.