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Man Sent Letter Bomb to Bitcoin Firm ‘Over Password Reset’

A man has been jailed for sending a "potentially lethal homemade bomb" to a Bitcoin firm in London - after it refused to reset his password for him. The Met Police, which investigated the case, said detectives could "only identify one possible reason" for...

Friends Accused of Torturing Pal to Steal his Cryptocurrency

These guys are accused of taking a “bit” out of crime. A group of young professional men ransacked their pal’s luxury apartment after a night of drinking and forced him to cough up his cryptocurrency account login information, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office charges...

VersaBank Subsidiary VersaVault Initiates Commercialization Stage of Its Cryptocurrency Safety Deposit Box

VersaBank is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, VersaVault, has successfully completed beta testing for its previously announced digital safety deposit box and is initiating commercialization of its services. The first phase of the rollout will be to provide digital safe keeping as well...

Hackers Booked for Taking Control of 6,000 PCs to Mine Cryptocurrency

Four young hackers have been caught for cryptojacking, a hacking method which secretly takes control of personal computers to use their resources in mining cryptocurrency, police said. This was the first known case of cryptojacking in South Korea. The National Police Agency's cyber bureau said...

Summa Hosts World’s First Cross-Chain Cryptocurrency Auction

Summa, cross-chain financial service provider, is hosting the world's first cross-chain auction on November 15, 2018. The auction will allow participants to bid on the Ethereum Blockchain using Bitcoin for a chance to secure one of 10 limited-edition, non-fungible Summa tokens. Tokens exist solely...

Researchers Rank Cryptocurrency Exchanges by How Secure They Are

Prominent cyber-security firm Group-IB has graded the security of online cryptocurrency exchanges, as a means of assessing insurance risk. It found long-standing platform Kraken to be the most secure, with OKEx, Huobi Pro, and CoinCheck among the riskiest. Alongside IT platform CryptoIns, Group-IB claims to...