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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has been granted a U.S. patent for an invention that makes sending bitcoin as easy as email, literally. The patent, granted on Tuesday and filed in March 2015, details a system for users to make cryptocurrency payments with email addresses linked to corresponding wallet addresses. The
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On the first day of November, it came to light that popular crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX had accidentally leaked sensitive data related to its users, which occurred as a result of the company failing to apply a blind copy protocol to its mass mail servers.The lapse was acknowledged by the
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Facebook’s crypto project Libra will be more similar to email tech than payment services such as PayPal, vice president of product at Calibra said.Speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov. 5, Kevin Weil, vice president of product at Facebook's Calibra digital wallet unit, emphasized that interoperability —
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BitMEX says its internal processes “failed” last week, subsequently exposing thousands of the exchange’s clients to privacy risks. In a company blog posting on Monday, the crypto-derivatives exchange said its mass emailing operation failed causing “most BitMEX users” to
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BitMEX, a Bitcoin mercantile exchange that also happens to be one of the largest crypto derivatives markets, might have exposed their entire userbase by forgetting to use the blind carbon copy (bcc) option in the header when sending an email to its customers about a recent update in its services.The
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If you have an account with crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, there’s never been a better time to update your security preferences. On Friday at 08:00 UTC, BitMEX alerted its clientele via blog and Twitter that it had accidentally revealed
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A new version of sextortion Phishing scams is using alternative cryptocurrency wallet adresses other than Bitcoin(BTC)trade in an attempt to bypass email protections i.e. Secure Email Gateways (SEGs), according to a new report.On Tuesday, Cofense, a leading provider of human-driven phishing defense solutions, revealed that a new malicious technique has
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The United Kingdom arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase settled a two-month legal battle with a man who lost 80 Bitcoins (BTC) in an email phishing attack.Stolen Bitcoin diverted to CoinbaseOn Sept. 10, legal news site Law360 reported that Coinbase U.K. had reached an undisclosed settlement with Liam Robertson to
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