Microsoft’s Windows 10 Store No Longer Accepting Bitcoin <em>Updated</em>

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Store No Longer Accepting Bitcoin Updated

Redmond pulls the plug on Bitcoin deposits in the store

Chrome Extension Caught Stealing Bitcoin from Users <em>UPDATE</em>

Chrome Extension Caught Stealing Bitcoin from Users UPDATE

Beware: Extension is still available for download

Bank of England Is Preparing to Launch Its Own Bitcoin Version Called RSCoin

Bank of England Is Preparing to Launch Its Own Bitcoin Version Called RSCoin

England's central bank will be RSCoin's Big Brother

Bank Boss Charged with Taking Bribe from Bitcoin Exchange Website

Bank Boss Charged with Taking Bribe from Bitcoin Exchange Website

Bank chairman helped illegal Bitcoin exchange site coin.mx

New Side-Channel Attack Steals Encryption Keys from Android and iOS Devices

New Side-Channel Attack Steals Encryption Keys from Android and iOS Devices

Researchers find another complicated method of breaking encryption that's probably never going to get used

US School Agrees to Pay $8,500 to Get Rid of Ransomware

US School Agrees to Pay $8,500 to Get Rid of Ransomware

Ransomware shuts down school website for a week

Hollywood Hospital Pays $17,000 to Get Rid of Ransomware

Hollywood Hospital Pays $17,000 to Get Rid of Ransomware

Hospital officials give in, pay to remove the infection

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 17th, 2016
Hackers Drain $100,000 from Bitcoin Brain Wallets

Hackers Drain $100,000 from Bitcoin Brain Wallets

Attacks took place between September 2011 and August 2015

Phone Hacking Group Is Selling Fake Bomb Threats for Bitcoin

Phone Hacking Group Is Selling Fake Bomb Threats for Bitcoin

Darkness.su admin arrested in connection to the bomb threats

Hackers Demand $3.6 Million from Hollywood Hospital Following Cyber-Attack

Hackers Demand $3.6 Million from Hollywood Hospital Following Cyber-Attack

Hospital staff severely impeded in their day-to-day work

  • Finances
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 13th, 2016
Bitcoin Revolution Is on Its Way but Many People Reject the New Version

Bitcoin Revolution Is on Its Way but Many People Reject the New Version

The "block size" issue will be the death of Bitcoin

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 11th, 2016
Ransomware Gang Made $337,607 in Just Three Months

Ransomware Gang Made $337,607 in Just Three Months

670 people paid ransoms to 140 different Bitcoin wallets

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 10th, 2016
Researchers Discover a Cheap Method of Breaking Bitcoin Wallet Passwords

Researchers Discover a Cheap Method of Breaking Bitcoin Wallet Passwords

It will cost attackers only $1 to check 17.9 billion possible Bitcoin passwords, $55.86 to check 1 trillion

Valve to Adopt Bitcoin for Steam

Valve to Adopt Bitcoin for Steam

Information about Bitcoin has been spotted on Steam servers

Loanbase Hacked Due to WordPress Bug, Loses Customer Bitcoins

Loanbase Hacked Due to WordPress Bug, Loses Customer Bitcoins

Loanbase blames WordPress blog for their data breach

  • Finances
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 3rd, 2016
EU Wants to End Bitcoin Anonymity

EU Wants to End Bitcoin Anonymity

European Commission wants to de-anonymize Bitcoin transfers so it could fight new-age terrorist groups

  • Finances
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 18th, 2016
Bitcoin Is Dying, Says Famous Bitcoin Developer

Bitcoin Is Dying, Says Famous Bitcoin Developer

Mike Hearn says the Bitcoin "experiment" has already failed

 
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