Are your Cryptocurrencies safe from cyber attacks? Over $350 million heist at Crypto exchange platform raises questionsCryptocurrency heist: Last year, attackers stole $2.9 billion worth of crypto across nearly 150 different attacks, according to researchers...
26 Sep, 2026, 02.33 AM IST
Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenariosWhat companies have described as their AI agents going rogue has involved bots working toward goals set by humans, skeptics note. But the i...
23 Sep, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
UK fintech Revolut reveals customer data breachBritish digital bank Revolut said Wednesday that an impersonation attack caused it to share customers' information with an "unauthorized th...
16 Sep, 2026, 04.57 PM IST
BlackRock helps pull more Bitcoin wealth deeper into Wall StreetBlackRock and other Wall Street firms are making it easier for large Bitcoin holders to move crypto wealth into spot Bitcoin ETFs through i...
29 Aug, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
China sees American hand in $13-billion Bitcoin theftThe theft of the 127,272 Bitcoin tokens from the LuBian Bitcoin mining pool that took place in December 2020 ranks as one of the largest cr...
13 Nov, 2025, 12.45 AM IST
China accuses US of stealing 127,000 Bitcoin worth $13 billion — calls it a state hack; BTC price prediction turns tenseChina has accused the US of stealing 127,000 Bitcoin (BTC). The total value is over $13 billion. Beijing says it was a state-backed hack. T...
11 Nov, 2025, 08.05 PM IST
Japanese crypto exchange says lost $300 million bitcoin in 'leak'Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin said it had lost bitcoin worth around $300 million in what it described as "an unauthorised leak" from...
01 Jun, 2024, 09.38 AM IST
New York couple plead guilty to bitcoin launderingIn total, the couple admitted to laundering conspiracies arising from the theft of approximately 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, a global cr...
04 Aug, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
CBI rules out FBI presence in Karnataka to probe Bitcoin hacking caseThe Bitcoin case had brought turmoil in the state last year when media reported that a hacker had hacked into the Bitcoin portal and siphon...
10 Apr, 2022, 02.08 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary panel questions MeitY officials on hacking of PM Modi's Twitter handle: SourcesThe officials deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on the subject of safeguarding citizens' rights...
14 Dec, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
Hacking of PM Modi's Twitter account exposes chinks in cyber security: OppositionShiv Sena deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Priyanka Chaturvedi said, "Prime Minister's account hacked briefly. Cyber security level exposed gre...
12 Dec, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
Bitcoin enthusiasts face bigger problems than twitter scamBitcoin fell as much as 1.9% in Thursday’s session to trade as low as $9,037 in New York -- just points away from testing the critical $9,0...
18 Jul, 2020, 10.25 AM IST
Bitcoin enthusiasts face bigger problems than Twitter scam“A break below $9,000 would raise a yellow warning flag on Bitcoin,” said Matt Maley.
16 Jul, 2020, 09.52 PM IST
Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, other Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scamThe ruse included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a num...
16 Jul, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
USD 60 million in virtual currency hacked in JapanJapan-based exchange Coincheck suspended deposits and withdrawal for virtual currencies
20 Sep, 2018, 11.02 AM IST
Coinsecure announces 2 crore reward to recover lost bitcoins; Promises refund in 15 daysIt is still unclear why the private key -- password that is kept by the company and stored offline — were leaked online, leading to the hac...
14 Apr, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
Bitcoin: Income tax department in tough spot as investors go all techThe income tax department just found it difficult to figure out whether investors actually hold any bitcoins or the income earned from thes...
30 Dec, 2017, 09.24 AM IST