Cryptocurrency thefts are rising: How to safeguard Bitcoin, Crypto assets?Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency assets holders must be aware of Crypto thefts. Wrench attacks are on the rise thanks in part to cryptocurrency’s mo...
28 May, 2025, 09.26 PM IST
FBI says North Korea was responsible for $1.5 billion ByBit hackThe FBI said it is expected the assets will be further laundered and eventually converted to fiat currency. ByBit said on Friday an attacke...
27 Feb, 2025, 08.32 AM IST
Bitcoin slides under $90000, erasing some of gains made under TrumpBitcoin, the world's most popular cryptocurrency, was trading at about $89,000 as the US stock market opened. That's down from about $106,0...
25 Feb, 2025, 10.07 PM IST
Bitcoin slides again? Top cryptocurrency again sees major dip, now down almost 20% from Trump’s Inauguration Day spikeDuring the Donald Trump inauguration ceremony, Bitcoin saw a steep surge, but it has yet again shown a steep slide this month, dropping nea...
25 Feb, 2025, 04.52 PM IST
Crypto hacking thefts double to $1.4 bln in first half, say researchersThe amount of cryptocurrency stolen in hacks globally more than doubled in the first six months of 2024 from a year earlier, driven by a sm...
05 Jul, 2024, 06.47 PM 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
3 legal and regulatory challenges surrounding the use of cryptocurrenciesCrypto assets have moved from a niche product segment used by cypherpunks to having a more mainstream presence as instruments for savings a...
26 Jul, 2023, 03.59 PM IST
Congress regime government to revisit Bitcoin probeThe Home minister was responding to the BJP’s accusation of the Congress regime having gone silent on all the allegations it had made while...
14 Jun, 2023, 06.39 PM IST
FBI to form digital currency unit, Justice Dept taps new crypto czarThe creation of the FBI's "virtual asset exploitation" unit comes after the Justice Department's largest-ever financial seizure earlier thi...
18 Feb, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
US justice department seizes $3.6 billion in Bitcoin and arrests married coupleThe couple, Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31, were accused in a criminal complaint of conspiring to launder 119,754 bitcoins t...
09 Feb, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
Bitcoin tops $8,000 as it hits highest since July 2018There is no real fundamental explanation as to why bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, hit a 10-month high on Monday.
14 May, 2019, 08.56 AM IST
Hackers steal $41 million worth of bitcoin from Binance cryptocurrency exchangeThe 7,000 bitcoin were withdrawn by hackers using a variety of techniques.
08 May, 2019, 11.21 AM IST
McAfee reports 629% increase in coin miner malware in Q1 2018In finance, the attacks were not always region specific, as was the case in previous years, but McAfee identified activity in Russia, and r...
27 Jun, 2018, 01.49 PM IST
Lens on chief security officer of bitcoin firm after theftA team led by additional DCP (Cyber Cell) K P Malhotra has started going through the servers of the company to determine the extent of the ...
14 Apr, 2018, 10.49 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 falls on $31 million hack of cryptocurrency peer TetherBitcoin dropped 5.4%, the most since Nov. 13. It was last trading 1.6% weaker at $8,117.
21 Nov, 2017, 03.35 PM IST
Now bitcoin malwares target personal computersBitcoin craze is turning into a fertile ground for cyber fraudsters as thousands of computers, including in India.
30 Dec, 2013, 06.29 PM IST