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The “DogByte” attack would have allowed attackers to cheat the Ethereum 2.0 random beacon chain by gaming smart contracts and block validator selection. Source
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The Ethereum Classic blockchain suffered a 51% attack Saturday evening, its third 51% attack this month, noticed by mining company Bitfly, which also spotted the first attack on Aug. 1. UPDATE (Aug. 29, 23:03 UTC): Added comment from ETC Cooperative in third bullet point. Source
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Over $1 billion worth of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain are missing a software standard released in 2017, setting them up to be hijacked and drained from trading exchanges, according to new research. The software vulnerability, called a fake deposit exploit, was pinpointed in 7,772 issuers of ERC-20 tokens, according to
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Ransomware gang REvil, known also as Sodinokibi, claims to have mounted a successful attack against the U.S. wine and spirits giant, Brown-Forman Corp — but the company claims otherwise.The company is the official manufacturer of Jack Daniels whiskey.According to cybersecurity services provider, AppGate, the famous alcoholic beverages manufacturer did fall
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Place/Date: - July 23rd, 2020 at 11:24 pm UTC · 2 min read Contact: Lumi Wallet, Source: Lumi Wallet Lumi Wallet’s CEO Diana Furman, Global Data Privacy & Protection Expert Debbie Reynolds, and Brady Dale a CoinDesk Reporter discussed the latest scandals relative
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Telecom, Argentina's largest telecommunications company, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. Hackers are demanding $7.5 million in Monero (XMR) — an amount that will rise to $15 million if the company does not pay within 48 hours.Argentina's major telephone company, Telecom, just got hacked. Hackers requesting a ransom of
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A new trojan attack using malware called GMERA is targeting cryptocurrency traders who use trading applications on Apple’s macOS.The internet security company ESET found that the malware comes integrated into legitimate-looking cryptocurrency trading applications and tries to steal users’ crypto funds from their wallets.Researchers at another cybersecurity firm Trend Micro
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A massive scandal occurred on micro-blogging service Twitter yesterday as hacker/s took over popular cryptocurrency and technology accounts to patronize a Bitcoin scam. Hacked Early on Thursday, crypto-exchange Binance tweeted they “partnered up with an organization called CryptoForHealth and that they would be “giving back 5000 BTC to the community.” Similar messages were
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Twitter says "a coordinated social engineering attack" against an employee caused Wednesday's massive takeover. Source
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A massive attack hit crypto Twitter on Wednesday as many prominent accounts began tweeting about a bitcoin giveaway. Soon it was apparent that the breach was much more serious when major corporations and famous people tweeted that they will double your bitcoin, including Apple, Google, Joe Biden, Elon Musk,
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