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The crypto community is debating whether SMS two-factor authentication (2FA) should ever be used for account security following news that a Coinbase customer is suing the cryptocurrency exchange for $96,000.On Mar. 6 Jared Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Coinbase in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
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An innovation using the cellular network (GSM) could onboard millions of Bitcoin (BTC) users previously unreachable by the internet-dependent Bitcoin protocol. Built by South African developer Kgothatso Ngako, the new SMS-based service is named Machankura, a slang South African word for money.KG, as he’s known to his friends, spoke to Cointelegraph
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There is a phishing scam afoot targeting Binance customers via bogus SMS messages, which CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has described as "massive." Source
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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has warned investors of a “massive phishing scam via SMS.” The scammers sent SMS messages to crypto users informing them of a withdrawal request from an unknown IP address they may want to cancel. Massive Phishing Scam Targeting Crypto Investors Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) tweeted Friday: There is a
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Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has alerted the crypto community against a “massive” SMS phishing scam targeting Binance customers.Tweeting on Friday, CZ alerted users of a phishing scam campaign directed at Binance users through SMS.There is a massive Phishing scam via SMS with a link to cancel withdrawals. It leads
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British telco giant Vodafone has reportedly plans to auction the world’s first Short Message Service (SMS) in the form of a nonfungible token (NFT) on Dec. 21. The SMS, that reads “Merry Christmas”, was sent 29 years ago over the Vodafone network on Dec 3, 1992, and was received by
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) established messaging regulations that require scrubbing consumer communication messages to ensure that the receiver of the message has opted in for such interactions. The drive is supported by BSNL DLT, a content verification platform built on ledger-based blockchain protocols.As the SMS regulation is
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Text-My-Bits Wins Miami Hackathon Now Send Bitcoin Through SMS Text February 17, 2020 by Art Rozenbaum The Miami Bitcoin Hackathon is a long standing tradition during Miami Blockchain Week. This year it was hosted at the Bitcoin Center – Miami for the first time. This year’s winning team was particularly
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