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City of London Police have arrested a 19-year-old citizen suspected of hacking major music acts in a bid to steal unreleased songs and sell them for digital currency, Canadian daily newspaper The Vancouver Sun reported on Sept. 13.The Manhattan District Attorney’s office initiated an investigation after receiving complaints from
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Watford F.C, an English professional football club, has extended its partnership with Sportsbet.io, an online sports betting firm, to enable the latter place the Bitcoin logo on the club’s shirt sleeves. The formidable alliance will also allow Watford fans to purchase club merchandise using bitcoin (BTC), reports Sportspromedia on September
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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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The ICO has urged businesses to “prepare for all scenarios” as it publishes dedicated guidance to help small and medium sized organisations
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One Phishing crime was reported lately by the UK’s Metropolitan Police where a hacker was ordered to pay back the 1-million-pound worth of Bitcoin(BTC)trade to victims. The judge told the accused that he would face four more years in jail if he refused to comply.The UK’s Southwark Crown Court ordered
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Norfolk Constabulary (local police) in the U.K. has recently announced that a 19-year-old man was sent to twenty months in prison and was also required to pay back more than £400,000 by Norwich Crown Court for hacking services that he had provided in exchange for crypto payments.According to Norfolk Police,
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It is being reported that Barclays, the London-based global bank, recently stopped banking for Coinbase, the United States-based crypto exchange. Coinbase reportedly found a quick replacement in the form of another United Kingdom-based establishment, ClearBank. While Barclays connected San Francisco-based Coinbase to the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme (FPS), enabling instant
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