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Twitter Says ‘Coordinated Social Engineering’ Attack Caused Bitcoin Scam

Twitter says "a coordinated social engineering attack" against an employee caused Wednesday's massive takeover.

News  ·  16 July 2020
CoinFlash

Twitter Hack Takes Down Joe Biden, Elon Musk Accounts in Widespread Bitcoin Scam Attack

Hackers pumping a crypto giveaway scam appear to have compromised the Twitter accounts of leading exchanges, individuals and at least one news org.

Tech  ·  15 July 2020
Hack

BlockFi Says Hacker SIM-Swapped Employee’s Phone, No Funds Were Lost

The hacker compromised an employee's phone and gained access to users' personal information, including their names and addresses, but BlockFi says no funds were affected.

News  ·  19 May 2020
Binance

Binance Offers VIP Accounts to Hacked Users

Binance will offer VIP accounts to affected users but recommends hacked users replace their government IDs.

Markets  ·  23 August 2019
Binance

Inside the Story: The Attempted Binance Extortion Explained

In this video we explore how we researched and wrote our Binance KYC Leak story and what we know about the hacker, the hack, and the future of Binance.

Markets  ·  12 August 2019
Binance

Binance Customer Data Has Leaked: What We Know and What We Don’t

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, said it's investigating the alleged of leak tens of thousands of customers verification information.

Markets  ·  7 August 2019
Binance

Hackers Are Turning Binance’s Stolen Bitcoin Into Other Cryptocurrencies

Another tranche of stolen funds have hit exchanges and are being exchanged for other cryptos, according to a new analysis.

Markets  ·  16 July 2019
Binance

$6 Million in Stolen Binance Bitcoin Is On the Move Again

A series of hops and "payments" shows that the Binance hackers are working to access some of their stolen millions.

Markets  ·  13 June 2019
Exchanges

Hacked Crypto Exchange Binance to Resume Deposits and Withdrawals on Tuesday

New security efforts will improve Binance as it plans to reopen withdrawals and deposits on Tuesday.

Markets  ·  12 May 2019
Exchanges

Crypto Exchange Coinsecure Says Theft Probe Is Holding Up Refunds

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure said it was not yet legally able to refund its customers due to an ongoing investigation.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 May 2018
Exchanges

Bitcoin Exchange Implicates Employee In $3 Million Theft

Indian cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure has announced the theft of nearly $3.3 million in bitcoin.

Markets  ·  13 April 2018
Binance

‘All Funds Are Safe’: Binance Denies Crypto Hack Rumors

Binance has reassured customers their money is still in their accounts after hours of speculation that the cryptocurrency exchange had been hacked.

Markets  ·  7 March 2018
Crime

Hacker Returns $26 Million in Ether Months After ICO Theft

A hacker who compromised CoinDash's website last year and took 43,500 ether tokens from would-be investors has returned 30,000 of them to the project.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 February 2018
Coincheck

NEM Foundation: Stolen Coincheck Funds Not Sent to Exchanges

The 58 billion yen worth of XEM tokens are on the move, according to the NEM Foundation, but no attempt to sell them on exchanges has been made.

Policy & regulation  ·  31 January 2018
Exchanges

Numbers or Not, Coincheck Isn’t Mt. Gox

Though the Coincheck theft may superficially resemble 2014's Mt. Gox hack, the impact on cryptocurrencies is not nearly as significant.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 January 2018