A much-hyped distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on several bitcoin exchanges failed to materialize this week. A post (since deleted) on the text-sharing site Pastebin.com over the weekend had promised a massive attack on the bitcoin infrastructure for Monday, April 22. The stated goal was to bring the price of bitcoin down to $30 […]
Bitcoin may have been through some hard times lately, what with DDoS attacks, exchanges closing down and massive price fluctuations. But one renowned security expert is defending its basic resilience. Dan Kaminsky thinks it’s OK. Writing in Business Insider, Kaminsky says he tried to hack bitcoin two years ago, and failed. This is a big […]