Popular cryptocurrency IOTA has temporarily shut down its entire network after a hacker stole funds from ten of its highest-value users.
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“Dig up his body,” say creditors of deceased cryptocurrency player
Apparently, dead men *can* tell tales… especially when millions and millions of cryptocoins are missing.
Why do cryptocurrency scams work and how do you avoid them?
What are ICOs, why are they so popular and why do crooks love them so much?
Blackmailed for Bitcoin – exchange rebuffs $3.5m ransom demand
Here’s a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.
DragonEx exchange hacked, smoking ashes being raked over
“Part” of its assets have been retrieved, and they’ve got an address for a suddenly much plumper Bittrex wallet.
Blockchain burglar returns some of $1m crypto-swag
In an interesting move for villainy, a thief who stole over $1 million from the Ethereum Classic blockchain has given some of it back.
Headmaster fired over cryptocoin mining on the school’s dime
O, that constant whirring noise? And the sky-high electricity bill? Why, it’s those darn air conditioners and heaters!
Crypto exchange collapses, victims accuse it of exit scam
Another day, another exchange goes down – but was it a hack or an exit scam?
Google bans Android miners from Play Store
Google has cracked down on apps that mine for cryptocurrency, banning them entirely from its official Google Play Store.