Blockchain biz goes nuclear: Standard Power wants to use NuScale reactors for DCs
Please, no crypto boom, thank you
Systems08 Oct 2023 | 36
Cryptocurrency
US v Sam Bankman-Fried trial begins ... as imploded crypto-biz boss sues his insurer
After people's funds go up in smoke, ex-CEO seeks cash to foot legal bills
Cyber-crime03 Oct 2023 | 14
Co-founder of collapsed crypto biz Three Arrows cuffed at airport
Asia in brief Plus: Philippine state health insurance knocked offline by ransomware, China relaxes data export laws, and more
Security03 Oct 2023 | 3
Hong Kong securities regulator to name suspicious crypto players
Tightens regulations after downfall of the brazen JPEX exchange
Legal27 Sep 2023 | 6
Cryptocoin Ponzi scheme AirBit Club co-founder jailed
12 years behind bars, and ordered to forfeit $65m in illicit proceeds
Legal27 Sep 2023 | 12
Mixin suspends deposits and withdrawals after $200m cryptocurrency heist
Cloud provider blamed for loss of 20% of exchange's capital
Cybersecurity Month25 Sep 2023 | 37
NARROWER TOPICS
Hong Kong authorities cuff six in connection with floundering crypto platform JPEX
Special Adminstrative Region aspires to be a crypto hub, is making an example of allegedly unlicensed operator
Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 3
Cryptojackers spread their nets to capture more than just EC2
AMBERSQUID operation takes AWS's paths less travelled in search of compute
Research18 Sep 2023 | 3
Britcoin or Britcon? Bank of England grilled on Digital Pound privacy concerns
At least the economists seem to have a better grip on tech than Online Safety Bill pushers...
Offbeat18 Sep 2023 | 54
SK hynix vice-chair denies selling to Huawei, calls for memory probe
Asia In Brief PLUS: Hong Kong’s CoinEx crypto exchange frozen; Uber eyes off India; and more!
Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 2
Stoner Cats NFT project declawed for being an unregistered security
You can't puff puff pass on the Securities Act
Offbeat14 Sep 2023 | 31
G20 sets 2027 as the year in which it hopes members can tax crypto transactions
Leaders settle for modest action on issues including AI, stablecoins, cross-border payments
Software11 Sep 2023 | 6
Texas cryptomining outfit earns more from idling rigs than digging Bitcoin
It's not a broken business model if the subsidies make up for cratering market and flagging demand
Systems07 Sep 2023 | 27
Guy who ran Bitcoins4Less tells Feds he had less than zero laundering protections
What? Yogurt Monster isn't really a legitimate customer's name?!
Cyber-crime06 Sep 2023 | 14
Blazar Token creator accused of using investor funds for renovating bathroom
Interesting choice, if true. Not a Lamborghini, is it?
Legal24 Aug 2023 | 10
Tornado Cash 'laundered over $1B' in criminal crypto-coins
Founder Roman Storm cuffed on conspiracy, sanctions busting charges
Cyber-crime23 Aug 2023 | 16
Token prison sentence for first convicted NFT insider trader
Prosecutors wanted 2 years, but former OpenSea employee got 3 months
Legal23 Aug 2023 | 9
SEC fines fintech crypto fund that promised 2,700% returns
Titan Global Capital Management to pay $1m to those it advised without admitting fault
Cyber-crime22 Aug 2023 | 13
Singapore opens to stablecoins – once they jump through some hoops
After regulators are done with them, providers will look a lot like boring old banks
Personal Tech16 Aug 2023 | 12
FTX crypto-clown Sam Bankman-Fried couldn't even do house arrest. Now he's in jail
Feds argue leaks to press amount to witness tampering
Cyber-crime11 Aug 2023 | 36
Five Eyes nations detail dirty dozen most exploited vulnerabilities
Infosec in brief PLUS: FBI admits buying NSO spyware; "IT" company busted for drugs 'n guns biz; this week's critical vulns
Security07 Aug 2023 | 6
Couple admit they laundered $4B in stolen Bitcoins after Bitfinex super-heist
A man, a plan, and Razzlekhan fought the law – and the law won
Cyber-crime04 Aug 2023 | 36
SEC lawsuit against Terraform Labs and cofounder Do Kwon lives to fight another day
Crypto bad boy’s appeal denied, despite recent Ripple Labs ruling
Legal01 Aug 2023 | 2
Myanmar's government in exile throws support behind launch of crypto-based bank
Ousted opposition seeks ways to circumvent military junta and access resources
Software22 Jul 2023 | 5
India Big four outsourcers all have people problems
APAC in brief Also: China taikonaut moon plans; Singapore's Temasek to stay clear of crypto; India ponders ban on for-profit .IN sales; and more.
Systems17 Jul 2023 | 7
Celsius feels the heat: Ex-CEO arrested, watchdogs line up to sue bankrupt crypto biz
Exec faces fraud charges, one regulator wants $5 billion fine
Cyber-crime13 Jul 2023 | 10
Singapore tells crypto operators: act like grown up financial institutions
Digital payment skeptics of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but grifters and crims
Black Hat and DEF CON05 Jul 2023 | 10
Japan rebukes Fujitsu for cloud security fails
Asia In Brief PLUS: Philippines cyber-slave raid; South Korea’s crypto crackdown; AWS boosts Chinese exports; and more
Security03 Jul 2023 |
Singapore, Amazon lead push for 'purpose bound' digital money
Asia In Brief PLUS: US joins India’s software diplomacy push; Suzuki to make flying cars; Indonesia's broadband bird
Software26 Jun 2023 | 14
Montenegro jails Do Kwon, accused of causing $40 billion LUNA crash
Crypto villain's passports were as fake as his stablecoin
Legal20 Jun 2023 | 11
Unsealed: Charges against Russians blamed for Mt Gox crypto-exchange collapse
What a blast from the past, the past being a year before the pandemic
Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 7
Posing as journalists, Pink Drainer pilfers $3.3M in crypto
First the interview, then the phishing attack
Cyber-crime12 Jun 2023 | 10
North Korea's Lazarus Group linked to Atomic Wallet heist
Users' cryptocurrency wallets look unlikely to be refilled
Cyber-crime08 Jun 2023 | 6
Google puts $1M behind its promise to detect cryptomining malware
If the chocolate factory's scans don't stop the miners, customers don't foot the bill
Security08 Jun 2023 | 4
Coinbase, don't feel left out. SEC has a lawsuit for you, too
Rules are rules, say watchdogs. Well, there aren't any clear ones, biz shoots back
Personal Tech06 Jun 2023 | 11
Cry-pto: Feds bury Bitcoin exchange giant Binance in 13-count fraud lawsuit
'We are operating as a fking unlicensed securities exchange in the USA bro'
Personal Tech05 Jun 2023 | 25
Crypto catastrophe strikes some Atomic Wallet users, over $35M thought stolen
Victims nursing huge losses haven't the foggiest how heist happened, yet
Security05 Jun 2023 | 22
Elon Musk hit with insider trading claims over his Dogecoin crypto-hype
Claim: Billionaire banked big bread boosting bizarro-bucks
Personal Tech02 Jun 2023 | 22
1. This crypto-coin is called Jimbo. 2. $8m was stolen from its devs in flash loan attack
3. It's asked for 90% of the digital dosh back, or else it'll beg the cops for help
Cyber-crime30 May 2023 | 46
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund regrets investment in crypto-villain FTX
No fault found, but execs responsible punished with reduced compensation
Software30 May 2023 | 9
Fahrenheit to take over Celsius
0°C×9/5+32 = how much money to thaw frozen crypto accounts?
Legal26 May 2023 | 43
US bans North Korean outsourcer and its feisty freelancers
They do your work – usually from Russia and China – then send their wages home to pay for missiles
Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 3
Pakistan turns its back on crypto to keep anti-terrorism watchdogs happy
Meanwhile, will train a million IT graduates in Artificial Intelligence
Legal24 May 2023 | 6
Ads for lucrative jobs in Asia fail to mention chance of slavery as crypto-scammer
FBI warns jobseekers to be very skeptical of working holidays in Cambodia
Cyber-crime23 May 2023 | 17
EU passes world's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency
Gone are the days of unlicensed exchanges and anonymous transactions – for EU citizens, at least
Personal Tech17 May 2023 | 54
OpenAI's Sam Altman rattles tin for crypto startup that will support bot-replaced workers
Idea is to scan irises to disburse universal basic income just for being human
Offbeat16 May 2023 | 20
New York AG offers law to crack down on backfire-happy cryptocurrencies
It's time to take out the trash
Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 28
Biden proposes 30% tax on cryptominers' power bills
Digi-dollars are toxic in many ways and the administration wants the sector to clean up its act
Software04 May 2023 | 71
DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea
If the DPRK is named, you know it somehow involves Lazarus Group
Cyber-crime26 Apr 2023 | 3
South Korea prosecutes Terraform Labs co-founder Daniel Shin
Alleges large scale fraud, embezzling, and maybe even bribery, before crypto collapse
Legal26 Apr 2023 | 5
Intel axes Blockscale mining ASICs it brought out just in time for crypto winter
Another one bytes the dust
Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 7
Inside FTX: Jokes about misplaced funds, diabolical IT, poor oversight, and worse
How's the saying go? $50m here, $50m there, pretty soon you're talking real money
Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 22
Feds seize $112m in cryptocurrency linked to 'pig-butchering' finance scams
Thieves go nose-to-tail stripping cash from victims
Cyber-crime04 Apr 2023 | 13
British Prime Minister Sunak’s plans for UK NFT on ice
Consultation with the Treasury puts non-fungible token proposals under review
Offbeat28 Mar 2023 | 33
Where in the world is Terraform Labs villain Do Kwon? Montenegro, actually
Probably in a jail cell, waiting to be extradited stateside
Legal24 Mar 2023 | 12
Attackers hit Bitcoin ATMs to steal $1.5 million in crypto cash
Terminal maker General Bytes shutters its cloud business after second breach in seven months
Security23 Mar 2023 | 30
B-List celebs including Lindsay Lohan fined after crypto shill probe
Didn't disclose payments as mastermind pumped up value of tokens with fake trades
Cyber-crime23 Mar 2023 | 40
Police pounce on 'pompompurin' – alleged mastermind of BreachForums
In Brief Crypto laundering service gets cleaned up by police and SVB mess draws in more criminals
Security20 Mar 2023 | 3
Feds arrest and charge exiled Chinese billionaire over massive crypto fraud
This one has it all: Donald Trump’s inner circle, a Beijing bot backlash, conspiracy theories, and more
Cyber-crime17 Mar 2023 | 22
FTX inner circle helped itself to $3.2B, liquidators say
SBF alone pocketed $2.2B, or so this bankruptcy paperwork goes
Cyber-crime16 Mar 2023 | 20
Tough luck, Brits: Binance suspends UK deposits and withdrawals
Perfect timing – we could use another bank run
Legal15 Mar 2023 | 52
SVB collapse's mix of money, urgency and uncertainty makes it irresistible to scammers
Phishing, dodgy domain names, and sophisticated attacks already deployed
Security15 Mar 2023 | 1
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