Judge Dismisses $200M Damages Claim in AT&T Crypto Hack Lawsuit
AT&T has won a motion to dismiss a $200 million punitive damages claim from Mike Terpin, who lost $24 million in crypto via SIM hack Source
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European Crypto Exchange Falls Victim to $1.6M Hack
Slovakia's Eterbase said early on Tuesday that hackers had managed to steal a total of $1.6 million in various cryptocurrencies. Source
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Steep Sell-Off, Pornhub’s Crypto Payments, Twitter’s Latest Hack
Pornhub will accept BTC and LTC payments, a nonprofit is calling upon Coinbase to be more transparent and credit default swaps are coming to the Ethereum blockchain. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to
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Twitter Hack May Have Involved Another Teenager: Report
Authorities have identified another teenager who may have played a role in July’s Twitter hack, according to the New York Times. While three individuals have been arrested so far for their alleged involvement with the attack, authorities are now looking at a 16-year-old Massachusetts resident who is thought to have
Read MoreAlleged second teen mastermind behind Twitter’s ‘Bitcoin giveaway’ hack
The FBI executed a search warrant against a 16-year-old Massachusetts resident in connection with the massive Twitter breach.According to a New York Times report, on Sept. 1 authorities raided the home of a 16-year-old boy who may have played an “equal, if not more significant role” in the infamous July
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Uber’s Former Security Chief Charged With Trying to Conceal Hack Using Bitcoin
Joseph Sullivan allegedly insisted that the hackers sign NDAs in exchange for $100,000 in bitcoin hush money. Source
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Russia, With Bitcoin Playing Bit Part, Tried to Hack 2016 US Election, Senate Report Finds
Bitcoin may have been the salacious pretext to Marina Butina's fling with Patrick Byrne. Source
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$39M of Bitcoin Stolen in 2016 Bitfinex Hack Is on the Move
Some of the 119,756 Bitcoin that was stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex in 2016 has started moving again. According to a series of tweets posted by Whale Alert on July 27-28, wallet addresses known to be associated with one of the largest breaches ever of a crypto exchange moved 3503 Bitcoin
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Tron Obstructed Legitimate Attempts to Claim Its $1 Million Twitter Hack Bounty
There is more to Tron’s bounty on the Twitter hackers than the company is willing to talk about.An anonymous source contacted this Cryptox reporter, asking to be put in touch with Tron to collect the company’s $1 million bounty for identifying the people responsible for last week’s Twitter hack. Cryptox
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$5 Million Worth of Bitcoin From Bitfinex’s 2016 Hack Just Moved
While the winnings of a bank heist can be hard to track, it’s a different story for Bitcoin
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