South Korea makes crypto crackdown a national justice priority It's listed alongside issues like tackling gang violence, drugs, and sex crimes Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 2
New York again mulls letting people pay the state in crypto Ah, the 2020s, in which we fund public roads and schools with Dogecoin Personal Tech30 Jan 2023 | 17
AWS, Microsoft, Google among businesses owed money after FTX collapse Join the queue, eh? Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 | 5
FBI catches up with infosec and crypto communities, blames Lazarus Group for $100 million heist Well played, feds. What's next? Ransomware is rampant? Strong passwords are important? Cyber-crime25 Jan 2023 | 4
Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay up Near 50% drop in extorted dosh ... or so it says here Cyber-crime19 Jan 2023 | 18
FTX audit finds $415m in crypto mysteriously vanished Meanwhile SBF proclaims he's both innocent and solvent Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 44
Crypto exchanges freeze accounts tied to North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group Well whaddya know, the crypto ecosystem did the right thing by stiffing the WannaCry bandits Cyber-crime17 Jan 2023 | 11
FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty on eight charges $32 billion cryptocurrency failure on the dock Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 31
Crypto craziness craps out – and about time too Opinion Fintech, you're better than this. Time to concentrate on more helpful stuff Networks23 Dec 2022 | 150
FTX CTO and Alameda Research CEO admit fraud, pair 'cooperating' with Feds Samuel Bankman-Fried in FBI custody to face court 'as soon as possible' Networks22 Dec 2022 | 57
Anti-money laundering bill targeting cryptocurrency introduced in US Senate Frankly my dear, I do give a DAAML Personal Tech15 Dec 2022 | 11
To protect its cloud, Microsoft bans crypto mining from its online services Updated Windows giant fears coin crafting may upend its servers Off-Prem15 Dec 2022 | 51
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried charged with fraud by just about everyone Billions in people's private funds siphoned off to bankroll hedge fund, watchdogs say Personal Tech13 Dec 2022 | 54
Bahamian rap: Crypto villain Sam Bankman-Fried arrested Indictment imminent from America, extradition likely. Grab some popcorn Software13 Dec 2022 | 43
FTX Japan would let customers withdraw funds … if only anyone could log in Add a busted tech platform to the list of the company's sins Software06 Dec 2022 | 7
Remuneration coming for TrustCor customers impacted by CA revocation In brief Also, a Capone henchman lands behind bars, while nearly 9/10 DoD contract firms fail security standards Security05 Dec 2022 |
Blockchain needs a reason to exist, Boris Johnson tells roomful of blockchain pros As for Twitter, politicians need to grow thick skins and stop mistaking it for advertisement Software02 Dec 2022 | 107
Domain aging gang CashRewindo picks vintage sites to push malvertising Like fine wine, the longer it sits, the better it is Cyber-crime02 Dec 2022 | 22
FTX's crypto villain Sam Bankman-Fried admits 'I made a lot of mistakes' Is it too late to enter for Understatement of the Year? Software01 Dec 2022 | 49
India’s retail digital currency pilot launches on December 1st Four participating banks, four cities, expansion to come Software30 Nov 2022 | 7
Japan's LINE shutters crypto exchange to focus on less controversial blockbiz Decision is unrelated to recent crypto crashes, presages pivot to some kind of tokenised chat Software29 Nov 2022 | 3
Block Fi seeks bankruptcy protection as 'shocking' FTX contagion spreads Crypto lending biz wants its money back "as promptly as practicable" Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 72
Too soon? Amazon commissions FTX mini-series Spoiler alert: court proceedings suggest crypto exchange was a mess and investors will be out of pocket Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 31
New York cracks down on carbon fuel-based crypto-mining operations Two-year ban comes as state attempts to reduce emissions by 85% Networks23 Nov 2022 | 33
'Pig butchering' romance scam domains seized and slaughtered by the Feds 'We allege these fraudsters bled dry each of their victims' of $10m Security23 Nov 2022 | 14
Two arrested in massive $575m cryptocurrency 'Ponzi scheme' Yet another cautionary tale of diving into crypto investment opps Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 26
FTX disarray declared 'unprecedented' by exec who cleaned up after Enron Corporate funds bought employee homes, no accounting department, uncertainty about who's an employee, and other baffling behavior Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 111
Cloud vendors should take some responsibility for stolen compute, says Canalys CEO Canalys Forums APAC Crypto winter also attributed to semiconductor slumps in recent quarters Cyber-crime16 Nov 2022 | 5
Swiss bankers warn: Three quarters of retail Bitcoin investors are in the red Little fish lured into the market help whales cash out Security16 Nov 2022 | 70
FTX collapse prompts other cryptocurrency firms to suspend withdrawals Bankruptcy filing for $32 billion firm follows inability to give customers their money Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 89
Another crypto shocker: Major player actually corrects $400m mistake instead of cratering Fellow crypto-exchange Gate.io spots error, returns funds Security14 Nov 2022 | 26
Musk sows more Twitter chaos, now with Official policy snafu Today's messes: a possible crypto venture; blue tick blackflips; advertiser assurances; and a promise to try dumb things Personal Tech10 Nov 2022 | 31
Feds find Silk Road thief's $1b+ Bitcoin stash in popcorn tin, hidden safe Uncle Sam follows the money ... all the way to a single-board computer Cyber-crime07 Nov 2022 | 50
Singapore's fintech boss says stablecoins might win before CBDCs even get started Monetary authority presses ahead with Ubin+ cross-border CBDC trial anyway Software04 Nov 2022 | 2
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin: If Musk's Twitter flops, it's not such a bad thing Predicts replacement, without Elon's problems, is waiting to fly Software03 Nov 2022 | 28
Terraform Labs and crypto bro Do Kwon face $57 million court case in Singapore But will Kwon show up in court? Probably not. Legal01 Nov 2022 | 10
Hong Kong wants to be the world’s home for virtual assets The Capital of VA? Virtual assets have to live somewhere and HK thinks it has the regulation for it Personal Tech31 Oct 2022 | 14
Purpleurchin cryptocurrency miners spotted scouring free GitHub, Heroku accounts This is why we can't have nice things Research27 Oct 2022 | 14
Luxury smartphone brand returns with $41,500 device If your mobile's not 18k gold with diamonds, do you even crypto bro? Offbeat25 Oct 2022 | 48
India to lead drive for global crypto regulations to bust money laundering As president of the G20, it will have the platform to make it happen Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 6
Bitcoin energy consumption a feature, not a bug, says crypto-miner But it's OK because we use non-carbon energy, argues CEO On-Prem14 Oct 2022 | 28
America, use Bitcoin instead of old-school money? Not likely, says Fed It's all about the Benjamins, says Michael Barr Personal Tech13 Oct 2022 | 10
Crypto exchange Bittrex coughs up $53m to end claims of US sanctions busting Feds also said the biz sucked at policing transactions for suspicious activity – as if! Cyber-crime11 Oct 2022 | 12
Google Cloud to accept cryptocurrencies as payment GCN Plus: AI services, security tools and more from Google Cloud Next this week PaaS + IaaS11 Oct 2022 | 11
Singapore suggests blockchain to speed cross-border payments Monetary Authority director calls current system 'not fit for 21st century' Software11 Oct 2022 | 9
600k+ Celsius customer crypto-coin records revealed And why it's not actually a leak Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 8
Mastercard moves to protect 'risky and frisky' crypto transactions Expands into a sector so toxic many won't touch it Security10 Oct 2022 | 17
South Korea cancels passport of Terraform Lab's Do Kwon Whereabouts of wanted cryptobro unknown, but he's reliably on Twitter Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 1
FBI: We tracked who was printing secret documents to unmask ex-NSA suspect Infosec systems designer alleged to have chatted with undercover agent Security03 Oct 2022 | 53
Bitcoin worse for the climate than beef, say economists Researchers mince 'digital gold' claims with study showing cryptocurrency's impact Science30 Sep 2022 | 39
China's central bank declares victory over online lenders, Bitcoin speculators Just in time for the Party Congress, whatever the reality of the situation Software28 Sep 2022 | 3
Interpol seeks Do Kwon, man blamed for $40b crypto implosion Founder of firm at center of fraud claims says he's 'not running' right now. Ditched the Fitbit, have you? Personal Tech26 Sep 2022 | 4
Ethereum Merge signals end of GPU shortage, but not necessarily high prices Analysis What a mine field Personal Tech24 Sep 2022 | 12
Open up, it's the IRS. We're here about the crypto tax you dodged 'At least ten' people didn't declare coin income. Wow, what a bust Cyber-crime23 Sep 2022 | 23
Cambodian authorities crack down on cyber slavery amid international pressure Lured by fake jobs, victims are isolated abroad and forced to carry out crypto and romance scams, and more Security22 Sep 2022 | 15
Crypto biz Wintermute loses $160m in cyber-heist, tells us not to stress out The other Tessier-Ashpool AIs are surely disappointed Cyber-crime20 Sep 2022 | 10
Where in the world is Terraform Labs' alleged crypto-crasher Do Kwon? South Korean prosecutor believes he is on the run from charges laid over Luna stablecoin crash Legal19 Sep 2022 | 8
America taps 150+ prosecutors to fight cryptocurrency crime As President Biden rolls out a blueprint for future regulations Personal Tech17 Sep 2022 | 10
Merge shifts Ethereum to full proof-of-stake, price slumps Power consumption plummets, too, so there's that Personal Tech15 Sep 2022 | 42
Arrest warrant issued for Do Kwon – the man blamed for 'crypto winter' Terraform Labs CEO was boss of the TerraUSD and Luna crypto crash. South Korea wants him in cuffs Legal15 Sep 2022 | 32