Data concerning the owner of a website associated with today’s wholesale Twitter account hacks has leaked online. Internet sleuths have converged on the website ‘CryptoForHealth.com’ which was associated with the widespread Twitter account hacks that began on July 15. The earliest incarnations of the scam saw the accounts of numerous crypto luminaries purport to partner […]
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A user has hidden message in transactions to the Bitcoin wallet associated with the Twitter hack. Some of the largest and most influential Twitter accounts in the world were hacked earlier today to promote fake Bitcoin giveaways. But eagle eyed Reddit users have spotted a series of hidden messages in transactions sent to the Bitcoin […]
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Cointelegraph is going live to discuss the ongoing Twitter attack. A large-scale Twitter attack has taken over the accounts of some of the most powerful verified accounts in the world including: Joe Biden, Elon Musk, George Wallace, Bill Gates, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Wiz Khalifa, Warren Buffett, Mike Bloomberg, Barack Obama, and Jeff Bezos. Business […]
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Justin Sun has offered $1 million to the person who finds those responsible for the recent Twitter hacks. After a massive number of Twitter accounts were hacked on July 15, one of the affected, Tron founder Justin Sun, put a bounty on the heads of those responsible. Tron’s founder will give $1 million to the […]
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After numerous exchanges and cryptocurrency-related accounts were hit in a coordinated Twitter hack, Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s account was also targeted. Elon Musk’s Twitter account was apparently hijacked today following a series of attacks on cryptocurrency-related accounts, including major exchanges such as Binance, and U.S.-based Coinbase, and Gemini. Other handles compromised included the @Bitcoin Twitter […]
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Data for 142 million hotel guests is being sold via the dark web. The MGM Resort suffered a massive data breach in 2019 that left 142 million hotel guests exposed. A hacker is now selling the stolen database for roughly $2,900. According to the information revealed by ZDNet, a dark web marketplace claims that data […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange Cashaa said hackers took 336 bitcoin from one of its wallets. The company has stopped all crypto-related transactions. U.K. based cryptocurrency exchange Cashaa reported hackers took more than 336 Bitcoin. The company has stopped all the crypto-related transactions, however, prima facia users are not affected by this hack. In a media brief shared […]
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A researcher suggested that exchanges could “rollback” hacks by renting mining power from online marketplaces. Speaking at Unitize virtual event, Coin Metrics researcher Lucas Nuzzi suggested that one way for exchanges to fight back against the hackers is by renting mining power from online marketplaces. 6 confirmations ticking countdown Nuzzi conjectured that an exchange which […]
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Crypto data platform CoinGecko has partnered with cybersecurity firm Hacken to incorporate the security of crypto exchanges into its Trust Score metric. Cryptocurrency market data aggregator CoinGecko has updated its Trust Score algorithm to consider the cybersecurity standards of the more than 400 cryptocurrency exchanges listed on its platform. From July 1, 20% of CoinGecko’s […]
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Balancer hacked twice within 24 hours, though this time the sum is relatively small. We recently reported that the Balancer DeFit protocol suffered a $500,000 attack. Less than 24 hours later, a second attack claimed about $2,300 worth of Compound tokens (COMP). Hao, an engineer at DeBank, tweeted that an attacker was able to fool […]
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