Is CipherTrace’s Monero Tracking Tool as Effective as it Claims?
A spate of exchange delistings has pushed privacy coins further to the fringes of cryptocurrency. The likes of
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Major Argentine Telecom Falls Victim to $7.5M Monero Ransomware Attack
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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Hackers Demand $7.5 Million in Monero Following Phone Company Hack
Reports have emerged that hackers have demanded $7.5 million in Monero following an attack on Telecom Argentina S.A, a major telecom provider that serves the country’s north region. Anonymous sources claim the cyberattack has been on-going since Wednesday. At first, staff attributed poor IT performance to glitches within the system. But investigations
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Australian Beverage Giant Faces Monero Ransom Demand of Nearly $1M
Another ransomware attack has hit the Australia-based drinks manufacturer, Lion. This is the second attack on the company in less than one week. The cybercriminals behind the attack are threatening to double the ransom amount if Lion does not pay by the specified date. The currency of choice for the
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1000 Corporate Systems Infected With Monero Mining Malware
The Blue Mockingbird malware gang has infected more than 1000 business systems with Monero mining malware since December 2019.The global scale of the hacker group’s operations was revealed by cloud security firm Red Canary on May 26.The report outlined the group’s methodology. The malware attacks servers running ASP.NET applications and
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Another Exchange Delists Monero Amidst Ongoing Sex Scandal
Cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, officially announced that they will be delisting Monero (XMR) from their trading platform as of June 1.According to local media outlet, Newsway, Bithumb’s delisting auditory board decided to permanently remove the coin after it was provisionally delisted in April.Recently, XMR has been in the spotlight due to
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Millionaire Arrested for Wife’s Murder in $10M Monero Ransom Kidnap Case
When Norwegian millionaire Tom Hagen reported that his wife had been kidnapped in October 2018, included was a ransom note demanding $10 million worth of the cryptocurrency Monero.Now, after Hagen’s arrest by local authorities on April 28 on suspicion the murder of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen, it seems as if the ransom
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Sodinokibi Crypto Ransomware Switches from Bitcoin to Monero to Hide Money Trail
A kind of ransomware — a malware that encrypts user data and asks for a ransom to restore access to it — switched from Bitcoin (BTC) to Monero (XMR) to better protect the hackers’ identities.According to an April 11 report by cybersecurity news outlet BleepingComputer, using Monero will make
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HTC Says Its Exodus ‘Blockchain Smartphone’ Will Mine Monero (XMR)
Mobile phone manufacturer giant HTC will allow users to mine Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency through its blockchain phone, Exodus, according to an announcement made on April 10.The announcement said that thanks to the partnership with the ASIC chip design firm Midas Labs, the Taiwanese company would be able to mine Monero
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Bitcoin, Monero and Zcash Will Still Be Used in the Year 2414 According to Netflix’s Altered Carbon
Several cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, monero and zcash were featured on the recently released and highly anticipated second season of Altered Carbon,
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