Crypto bull Tim Draper has given advice to the president of Argentina to legalize Bitcoin (BTC) in order to improve the economic situation in the…
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Sale of Seized Bitcoin Attracts Buyers from 100+ Countries
Crypto auction firms like Wilsons Auctions are ushering a new way of legitimizing virtual assets even as fraudulent transactions seem to keep rising. In a…
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Ransomware or Wiper? LockerGoga Straddles the Line
Ransomware attacks have been in the news with increased frequency over the past few years. This type of malware can be extremely disruptive and even…
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Dark Web Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Using Cryptocurrency to Launder More Than $19 Million
Hugh Brian Haney pled guilty in Manhattan federal court last week to money laundering charges, based on the proceeds of a narcotics trafficking operation that…
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Tor Weaponized to Steal Bitcoin
A years-long campaign targets users of Russian darknet markets with a modified install of a privacy-oriented browser. Criminals are using the Tor browser — long…
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IRS Followed Bitcoin Transactions, Resulting In Takedown Of The Largest Child Exploitation Site On The Web
The largest dark web child pornography site in the world has been taken down. That was the word today from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for…
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US Man Pleads Guilty to Running $25 Million Bitcoin Laundering Scheme
A Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to running a $25 million Bitcoin (BTC) money laundering scheme and selling methamphetamine. Possible life sentence News outlet…
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Hong Kong Businesses Begin Adopting Bitcoin as a Form of Protest
The pro-democracy, anti-government protest movement in Hong Kong is spurring wider adoption of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC). Yahoo! Finance reported on Aug. 28 that…
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Hacker Uses Porn To Lure Victims to Download Android Ransomware
A hacker has been using links to a porn app to trick users into installing a new Android ransomware strain. The ransomware, dubbed “Android/Filecoder.C” has been circulating…
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Cyberattacks force Louisiana to declare state of emergency
Ransomware and cyberattacks continue to multiply and hit local governments in a scary, escalating pattern such that, now for the second time since 2018, a…
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