Bitcoin

Talk about making a rod for your own back: Pot dealer's seized €54m Bitcoins up in smoke after keys thrown out with fishing gear

Cops hope for high-tech solution

Science25 Feb 2020 | 66

Er, hi. Small Q. Where's our billion-ish dollars gone? We summarize Bitcoin exchange's subpoena requests

Show me the money. No, really, show me the actual money

Science21 Oct 2019 | 25

Hundreds charged in internet's biggest child-abuse swap-shop site bust: IP addy leak led cops to sys-op's home

23 kids saved, alleged scumbag-in-chief already in jail

Security16 Oct 2019 | 79

Thanks-thanks to TalkTalk teen hacker: UK cops' first auction of ill-gotten Bitcoin nets £240k

Cryptocoin from selling hacking services, ppldeets online helps fund crimefighters

Security30 Sep 2019 | 14

Now Uncle Sam would like a word with Brit teen TalkTalk hacker about a huge crypto-coin heist

Someone's popular!

Security26 Sep 2019 | 33

Bloke who claimed he invented Bitcoin must hand over $5bn of e-dosh in court case. He can't. He's waiting for a time traveler to arrive

Of course it's Craig Wright

Science28 Aug 2019 | 72

Iran's blame-it-on-Bitcoin 'leccy shortage probably isn't a US hack cover story... yet

Comment But just imagine Stuxnet: Consumer Edition

Security28 Jun 2019 | 20

Remember that crypto-exchange boss who mysteriously died after his customers' coins disappeared? Of course he totally stole them

So claims this Ernst & Young probe report

Science25 Jun 2019 | 109

Digi-dosh exchange Coinbase: Someone tried to pwn our staff via this week's Firefox zero-day security hole

Patch released after crypto-currency biz sounded alarm

Security20 Jun 2019 | 5

Money laundering and crypto-coin legislation could hurt open-source ecosystem – activists

Rights groups slam UK.gov's customer due diligence plans

Software11 Jun 2019 | 59

Protip: No, the CIA will not call off a pedophilia probe into your life in exchange for Bitcoin

Kaspersky warns of fake 'dirty agent' scam circulating

Security10 Jun 2019 | 36

Bitcoin drops 7 per cent on New York Attorney General's allegations of $850m fraud by Bitfinex

Virtual currency exchange's response probably tells you all you need to know

Science26 Apr 2019 | 54

Teen TalkTalk hacker denies flogging stolen personal data for Bitcoin

19-year-old also accused of breaching sex offence order, money laundering

Security03 Apr 2019 | 12

While this CEO may be stiff, his customers are rather stuffed: Quadriga wallets finally cracked open – nothing inside

This is the crypto-exchange that said only dead boss could unlock $137m in wallets

Science07 Mar 2019 | 88

Crypto exchange in court: It owes $190m to netizens after founder 'dies without telling anyone vault passwords'

QuadrigaCX granted 30-day legal protection by judge

Science05 Feb 2019 | 111

Influential cypherpunk and crypto-anarchist Tim May dies aged 67

Obit One-time Intel boffin

Security17 Dec 2018 | 15

US bitcoin bomb threat ransom scam looks like a hoax say FBI, cops

Extortion scheme gets national attention but not much in the way of funds

Security14 Dec 2018 | 31

AWS has a security hub, OpenSSL has a new license, London has a problem with cryptocoins, and more

Roundup Plus, South Carolina convicts go catfishing

OSes01 Dec 2018 | 11

Seeing as Bitcoin is going so, so well, Ohio becomes first US state to take biz taxes in BTC

Officials take steps to get off the e-currency's rollercoaster ride

On-Prem26 Nov 2018 | 24

Nvidia just can't grab a break. Revenues up, profit nearly doubles... and stock down 20%

Ongoing Bitcoin woes left the channel holding all the cards, and that's not a good thing

On-Prem16 Nov 2018 | 33

StatCounter fingers cache-poisoning caper for Bitcoin-slurping JavaScript hijack

The good news? Nobody appears to have lost any Bitcoin, says Gate.io

Security08 Nov 2018 | 1

Dollar for dollar, crafting cryptocurrency sucks up 'more energy' than mining gold, copper, etc

Maybe time to put down that Bitcoin-mining rig and pick up that spade?

Science07 Nov 2018 | 44

Hackers seed StatCounter with nasty JavaScript in elaborate Bitcoin cyber-heist caper

Updated Gate.io exchange believed to be target of embedded attack

Security06 Nov 2018 | 9

C'mon, if you say your device is 'unhackable', you're just asking for it: Bitfi retracts edgy claim

John McAfee-backed crypto-coin wallet eats humble pie

Security31 Aug 2018 | 19

As it turns out, no, you can't just run an unlicensed Bitcoin money exchange

21 year-old facing 31 charges for "no questions asked" cross-border cryptocurrency buys

Science20 Aug 2018 | 30

Facebook Messenger backdoor demand, bail in Bitcoin, and lots more

Roundup If you're not already suffering from Black Hat/DEF CON overload

OSes18 Aug 2018 | 25

Bitcoin backer sues AT&T for $240m over stolen cryptocurrency

Michael Terpin not happy about funds-draining SIM swap fraud

Security15 Aug 2018 | 41

Please forgive me, I can't stop robbing you: SamSam ransomware earns handlers $5.9m

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Security31 Jul 2018 | 13

Top banker batters Bitcoin for sucky scalability, security

Australia’s Reserve Bank sees no need for national cryptocurrencies, for now

Science27 Jun 2018 | 7

Hardened Azure logins, softened containers, leaky encrypted images on Macs – and more

Roundup Plus: Crypto-cash and keeping up with McAfee

OSes23 Jun 2018 | 8

Script kiddie goes from 'Bitcoin Baron' to 'Lockup Lodger' after DDoSing 911 systems

US bloke gets 20 months for knackering city govt IT

Security20 Jun 2018 | 16

Shatner's solar-powered Bitcoin gambit wouldn't power a deflector shield

The dilithium crystals cannae take it, Captain

Bootnotes15 Jun 2018 | 52

Korean cryptocoin exchange $30m lighter after hacking attack

Coinrail theft send vapor-coin prices tumbling

Science11 Jun 2018 | 45

Great Scott! Bitcoin to consume half a per cent of the world's electricity by end of year

Marty McFly dangles extension lead as miners get busy

Science17 May 2018 | 78

Bitcoin hijackers found at least one sucker for scam Chrome extension

Victim of 'FacexWorm' malware clicked on random link from Facebook Messenger

Security01 May 2018 | 1

Power spike leads Chinese police to 600-machine mining rig

Six Bitcoiners cuffed for electricity heist

Security26 Apr 2018 | 18

Australian Feds cuff woman who used BTC to buy drugs on dark web

'We can see you everywhere and so can our friends in the UK', says Border Force

Security16 Apr 2018 | 34

Tried checking under the sofa? Indian BTC exchange Coinsecure finds itself $3.5m lighter

Outfit loses 438 bitcoin in security snafu

Security13 Apr 2018 | 15

When SecureRandom()... isn't: JavaScript fingered for poking cash-spilling holes in Bitcoin wallets

If you've got an old money store, check it for hacked gaps

Security12 Apr 2018 | 7

Cryptocoin investors sue Chase Bank for sky-high credit card charges

Bank treated funbux buys as high-interest 'cash advances'

On-Prem12 Apr 2018 | 41

Internet Society: Cryptocurrency probably not an identity system

ID on a blockchain? Maybe. ID on Bitcoin? Forget it

Security22 Mar 2018 | 8

Bitcoin's blockchain: Potentially a hazardous waste dump of child abuse, malware, etc

Boffins warn of legal risks from arbitrary data distribution

Science19 Mar 2018 | 53

Crypt-NO-coins: US city bans mining funbux on its electrical power grid

New commercial alt-cash crafters turned away from slurping cheap electricity

Science16 Mar 2018 | 30

Crooks opt for Monero as crypto of choice to launder ill-gotten gains

Study examines the cutting edge of cybercrime

Security16 Mar 2018 | 12

Crypto crackdown: Google bans ads for unregulated currencies

Bitcoin prices plummet

Legal14 Mar 2018 | 35

Blockchain nears peak hype: UK politicos to probe crypto-coin

Digi currencies falling under glare of Treasury committee

Science22 Feb 2018 | 45

Talk about a MINER offense! Crypto-cash crafter clashes with T-Mob US in hipster haven

Watchdog steps in after box found fuzzing up signals

Science20 Feb 2018 | 10

And lo! Crypto-coins came unto the holy land. And the wise decreed they must all be taxed

Israel decides Bitcoin and pals are property, not currency, and attract biblical levels of tax

Science20 Feb 2018 | 47

Essex black hat behind Cryptex and reFUD gets two years behind bars

Goncalo Esteves sobbed as he was sentenced

Security15 Feb 2018 | 10

T-Mobile US let hackers nick my phone number, drain my crypto-wallets, cries man who lost $20k

PIN 'ignored' – no wonder T-Mob has put out an alert

Security06 Feb 2018 | 21

Why is Bitcoin fscked? Here are three reasons: South Korea, India... and now China clamps down on cryptocurrencies

More like Ohsh-itcoin

Science05 Feb 2018 | 54

Lloyds Bank bans Bitcoin purchases by credit card customers

B-b-b.. is that the sound of a bubble bursting?

Legal05 Feb 2018 | 78

Suspicion of villainy leads Facebook to ban cryptocoin ads

‘Many companies advertising ICOs and cryptocurrencies are not operating in good faith’

Science31 Jan 2018 | 22

Watchdog: Uh, sit down, AriseBank. This crypto-coin looks more like a $600m crypto-con

Updated SEC looks to freeze upstart to protect investors

Science30 Jan 2018 | 13

'Bitcoin heist' shock: Cops seek 4 for aggravated burglary in Midsomer Murders town

Fintech workers reportedly targeted

Science29 Jan 2018 | 26

Blockchain bros' London powwow: Regulation, education, oversaturation

BlockchainWeek Investors, firms grapple with the bubble

Science29 Jan 2018 | 10