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MyEtherWallet Hola VPN Compromised, User Accounts Exposed
So far in 2018, a series of major cryptocurrency exchange hacks have resulted in over $750 million stolen.
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Exchanges
Cryptocurrency Exchange Theft Rising in 2018 According to CipherTrace
On July 3rd, 2018, CipherTrace reported that the first half of 2018, had three times the amount of cryptocurrency exchange theft than all of…
Hacks
Bitcoin Hackers Monitoring 2.3 Million Bitcoin Addresses
On June 13th, 2018, Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 Total Security announced the discovery of a cryptocurrency clipboard hijacker that infected over 300,000 computers. A…
Exchanges
Bithumb Recovers Half of Stolen Funds From $31 Million Hack
Last week, Bithumb–one of South Korea's largest digital currency exchanges–was hacked for $31 million in various cryptocurrencies. Announced on June 28, 2018, Bithumb confirmed…
Exchanges
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Skyrocket as Bithumb Cleans Out Hot Wallets Due to Hack
Bitcoin transaction fees have increased significantly due to a dramatic surge in network congestion associated with the recent Bithumb hack. The average Bitcoin transaction…
Hacks
Bithumb Hacked for $31.5 Million, Withdrawals and Deposits Frozen
South Korean Exchange Bithumb confirmed that it temporarily stopped all deposit and withdrawal services subsequent to a large-scale hack. Tweets posted and deleted by…
Academia
Cornell University Professor Predicts Massive Exchange Hack Due to EOS Vulnerability
A Cornell University computer science professor has taken aim at the governance model of the rapidly-evolving EOS model, predicting that the way in which…
