Twitter will add more security training to prevent a repeat of the hack that hit 130 accounts including celebrities. Twitter vows to add more security training and measures as the fallout from Wednesday’s wide-scale hack on the social platform continues. Twitter said in a statement that it is continuing its investigation into the hack while […]
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In a global economic recession, individuals and institutions have been turning away from traditional assets and seeking opportunities in cryptocurrency. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for everyone, but it has created many opportunities for us in the blockchain industry. In most industries, sales vectors are declining, as bankruptcies and layoffs rule the day. […]
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The recent Twitter hack shows us that centralized infrastructure is still vulnerable, but DIDs, SSI and blockchains can change the paradigm. Murphy’s law states: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” It always happens with centralized services. A year ago, we saw how half a million Facebook accounts were leaked online, exposing personal data. […]
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Cloudflare suffered an outage on July 17, affecting much of the internet, including Bitcoin transactions. Cloudflare, a major company responsible for running an array of functions for websites across the internet, suffered downtime on July 17, affecting a large number of websites’ functionality. The downtime ultimately caused a drop in Bitcoin (BTC) transactions. “The Cloudflare […]
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The price of Bitcoin is holding a key support level above $9,000 and gearing up for a big move that is likely to occur next week. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been continuing the previous week’s weakness as the support of $9,000 has been tested many times. However, the market itself is not acting […]
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The results of the second VeChain Community Video Contest are in, with quality levels so high you’ll be asking just who is part of this community. Earlier this week the VeChain Foundation announced the winners of its second VeChain Community Video Contest. Celebrating the second anniversary of the launch of the VeChainThor mainnet, the contest […]
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The recent high-profile hack of Twitter accounts where 12 BTC was stolen is being investigated, and some exchanges may already know who did it. July 15 will go down as an infamous day for Twitter, as an unknown attacker managed to take control of a number of accounts on the social media platform before duping […]
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Cointelegraph cracks down on impersonators claiming to be staff as part of an ongoing investigation with Coinfirm. Over the last several months, a number of people claiming to be Cointelegraph staff have paraded around LinkedIn and Telegram, as well as through email. These efforts often attempt to lure unsuspecting victims into sending payments in exchange […]
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As part of its work with the Stellar blockchain, Abra plans to provide global banking features. Abra, the company behind the global crypto and fiat wallet and exchange app of the same name, plans to give the world banking services underpinned by Stellar’s blockchain — one of the results of the SDF’s $5 million investment […]
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When it comes to counterfeiting booze, wine is an easy target. Fortunately, blockchain makes a particularly good pairing with the wine market. For wine collectors, provenance is everything. With as much as 20% of all wine circulating the globe deemed to be fake, it’s hardly surprising. In days past, sniffing out a bogus burgundy required […]
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