Fake Elon Musk Tweets ‘Free’ Cryptocurrency To His Followers
The CEO and co-founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, for the second time has become a victim of growing hacking incidents on Twitter. His account was hacked and the perpetrator started promising...
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North Korea Attacks Crypto Exchange With Massive Hack
Yes, North Korea is famously feared for its aggressive nuclear bomb threats. Yet there are more “digital bombs” that the isolated state has in its arsenal: organized hacking.North Korea...
CDM Virtual Currency Fraud Trial Won By CFTC
The CFTC Division of Enforcement’s new Virtual Currency Task Force is tasked with tackling fraud cases that feature...
Sextortion Scam Rakes In $500,000 In Bitcoin (BTC)
Recently, the use of digital coin has become the easiest means of defrauding victims. As for sextortion, a scam that involves...
Chinese Regulators Condemn Crypto Fundraising In Joint Warning
Illegal cryptocurrency fundraising is one emerging trend bedeviling the crypto world. Furthermore, this practice seems to...
Update: First Lawsuit Against Ripple (XRP) Dropped
Guess what, the first claimant who filed a lawsuit against Ripple (XRP) and CEO Brad Garlinghouse has reportedly dropped the case....
Teenager Acquires Luxury Cars After Hacking Bitcoins (BTC)
We’ve learned that the local police in the state of California has nabbed a hacker. The suspect was accused of hacking into a phone to steal digital coins. California police disclosed that...
Coin Center Petitions Congress On Taxpayers’ Safe Harbor
Coin Center, a non-profit research and cryptocurrency advocacy group, is asking Congress...
BTC Blackmail Targets Cheating Husbands
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has noted that Bitcoin blackmailing scams targeting cheating husbands are on the rise. The commission is now attempting to stop the blackmail scams...
Fake Ethereum App Bamboozles Google Play
Cryptocurrency scams are constantly evolving; indeed, some of the most flamboyant and breath-taking...