Hacks

Exchanges

Coincheck Confirms Crypto Hack Loss Larger than Mt Gox

Japanese exchange Coincheck has confirmed that about $533 million-worth of cryptocurrency has been stolen from its digital wallets.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 January 2018
Exchanges

Former Customers Sue Crypto Exchange Vircurex Over Frozen Funds

Former Vircurex customers are suing the exchange, four years after it first froze their funds and allegedly failed to repay them.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 January 2018
Crime

Tether to Launch New Platform Following Hack

Tether, a startup that provides a dollar-pegged token, has said it plans to launch a new platform following a claimed security breach in November.

Policy & regulation  ·  21 December 2017
Ethereum

Brain Freeze? Parity Bug Continues With No Easy Solution in Sight

With $160 million in funds frozen on the ethereum blockchain, a search for solutions is ongoing – if not altogether promising so far.

Tech  ·  24 November 2017
Cryptocurrency

Is Your Ether Frozen? Parity Launches Support Website In Wake of Exploit

The multisig wallet provider has created a website where uses can check their ethereum addresses to see if their funds were affected by the exploit.

Tech  ·  9 November 2017
Ethereum

Ethereum Security Lead: Hard Fork Required to Release Frozen Parity Funds

The security lead for the Ethereum Foundation has said a hard fork will be required to free up funds frozen in a hack yesterday.

Tech  ·  8 November 2017
Japan

NRI Subsidiary Launches Blockchain Technology Assessment Service

A subsidiary of global consulting firm NRI has announced the launch of a new blockchain system assessment service.

Policy & regulation  ·  21 July 2017
Ether

CoinDash ICO Hacker Nets Additional Ether as Theft Tops $10 Million

Money continues to trickle into an ethereum address compromised during an initial coin offering by a startup called CoinDash.

Markets  ·  19 July 2017