# Hack (Page 45)

Catch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the Americas while the rest of the world was asleep.Coincheck Explains How its Wallets Were Hacked Coincheck, the Japanese exchange platform that suffered the world’s biggest-ever cryptocurrency...

In order to resume their operations as soon as possible, Coincheck said they would be compensating the users who had fallen victim to their hack starting next week, Bloomberg reported.At a news conference on Thursday, the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange company said that all of the 260,000...

While a Chrome browser extension MetaMask is popular with many users, it is important to be aware of the ways through which malicious parties can compromise the security of this Ethereum wallet with more than 1 million users.MetaMask allows its users to interact with the Ethereum network. This...

According to BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group Inc., part of the stolen funds of the infamous Coincheck hack of January this year has been traced to Vancouver, Canada, where they are being laundered out.According to Shone Anstey, president and co-founder of BIG, not only are the funds being...

Israel-based Coindash, a social trading platform, recently announced via its blog that 20,000 Ethereum tokens had been transferred to the company’s wallet from the same address that stole ETH 37,000 (USD 32 million) from them in July last year.The transaction constitutes the second instance...

Coincheck to Be Sued, Submits Improvement Report to Regulator Energy Provider Discovers 38 Illegal Crypto Mines Online Gift Certificate Crypto Fraudster Caught Japan’s FSA Tells Macau-based Exchange to Back OffCatch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories...

S Korea’s Regulator to Step up Crypto Trade Monitoring Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Launches Blockchain Pilot Cryptocurrency, Blockchain Courses in S Korea US City to Launch ICO to Help the Homeless Canadian Gov’t Sites among those Hit by HackCatch up on the most essential...

20 to 30 elite cyber warriors may be behind the hacks.South Korea’s cryptocurrency mania is well-documented, but the country’s northern neighbor is every bit as keen on crypto – and appears to be prepared to steal whatever it cannot earn. Per South Korea’s government, North...

A T-Mobile, a telecommunication company, user filed a suit in Washington federal court, saying that the company’s lacking security measures were the reason thousands of dollars’ worth of crypto was drained from his crypto exchange account.Carlos Tapang accused T-Mobile for...

After the biggest crypto theft in the history of the industry, the hackers had already started moving the funds onto six exchanges where they would be sold, according to Reuters.NEM Foundation had traced the stolen XEM tokens to an unidentified account, the news outlet reports. Lon Wong, President...

On January 26 and 27, Experty, a developer of blockchain based project, users who signed up for notifications for the Experty ICO started receiving emails with a pre-ICO sale announcement of Experty (EXY) tokens.Users were asked to send money to a Ethereum wallet if they wanted to buy EXY tokens...

Threats from cryptocurrency-related ransomware will increase Blockchain could be more beneficial to cybersecurity than it will be harmfulBlockchain villains are coming for you and your computer, while defenders are working hard to protect you, say cybersecurity experts. The battle will get hotter...

Japanese Promise Tighter Self-regulation Experts: “South Korean Exchanges Woefully Exposed to Hacking Risks” Coincheck Pulls Plug on Popular Advertising Campaign IBL: Vietnamese Government “Very Excited” about BlockchainCatch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and...

The hacked Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck has confirmed its intention to refund the stolen money to the affected 260,000 users, the NEM.io Foundation said in its blog post.The refunds will be done using the exchange’s own capital, it added.Coincheck was hacked and had 526 million XEM (at...

This morning, the Japanese crypto exchange platform Coincheck was hacked and had 526 million XEM (c. USD 400 m) stolen, Lon Wong, President of the NEM.io Foundation, told PulseWire.com.It has nothing to do with NEM - there is no issue with the tech, and according to them, the blame lies...

Opera Software, a web browser company, announced they will add an anti-crypto mining feature into their integrated ad-blocker on mobile browsers - something they have had on their desktop versions since December. Cryptojacking is a process by which your computer or phone is used to remotely mine...