A former Google software engineer claims to have cracked a zip file containing $300,000 after being contacted on LinkedIn. Michael Stay, a former software engineer with Google and the current CTO of smart contract and decentralized application (Dapp) firm, Pyrofex, claims to have successfully hacked a zip file containing the private keys to over $300,000 […]
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Under the guise of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments may target our civil liberties, and cryptography could become the technological protector of our rights. Even with all the looming uncertainty surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic, system security needs to remain at the forefront of companies’ planning. Businesses around the world are shutting down under local, state […]
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IOTA competitor Nodle Network, which has five million active nodes, is moving from Stellar to its own blockchain. Nodle Network, an IOTA (MIOTA) competitor, is in the process of migrating from Stellar (XLM) to its own blockchain network with the release of the Arcadia testnet. Nodle is a decentralized network provider that specializes in detecting […]
Continue ReadingAs many as 42 million people in Iran purportedly used unofficial Telegram apps due to the messenger’s ban in the country only to have their data leaked. While Telegram isn’t giving up its ongoing legal battle with United States regulators to launch its TON blockchain project, some online perpetrators are taking advantage of the messenger’s […]
Continue ReadingMt. Gox Rehabilitation Trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi was granted a motion with the Tokyo District Court to extend the deadline to July 1, 2020. The trustee of now-defunct Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has extended the deadline for the submission of rehabilitation plans. According to an official announcement published on the company’s website on March 30, […]
Continue ReadingBlack hat hacker group claims to have compromised an insurance giant with ransomware. Black hat hacker group, Maze, claims to have used ransomware to compromise the systems of insurance giant, Chubb. They also claim to have stolen the firm’s data. Brett Callow, threat analyst at cybersecurity firm, Emsisoft, told Cointelegraph on March 27 that Maze […]
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Peter Vessenes talks crypto regulation, exciting blockchain technology and what can take crypto to the next level on Cointelegraph China’s Focus talk show. Welcome back to Cointelegraph China’s Focus talk show. This time around, Peter Vessenes is under the spotlight. He is the founder of CoinLab, the first venture-backed Bitcoin company. He also co-founded the […]
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Mt Gox trustee drafts rehabilitation plan that would see claims in fiat currency, BTC, and BCH processed in their requested form. The trustee for the defunct Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange has drafted a rehabilitation plan for creditors. The plan will see claims for fiat currencies, Bitcoin (BTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) honored in their requested […]
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Uniswap announced the planned release of the second major version of the platform, which will feature a better price feed oracle while introducing a variant of the flash loan. The Uniswap decentralized exchange announced on March 23 a planned release of its second major version, Uniswap V2. Among the major features, the new platform will […]
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The infamous hacked Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox appears to be hosting a new meeting for its creditors tomorrow. In the latest sign of a step forward in a lengthy compensation process, the infamous hacked Bitcoin (BTC) exchange Mt. Gox appears to be hosting a new meeting for its creditors tomorrow, March 25. In an official […]
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