2023 proved to be a be a challenging year on the ransomware front after a brief lull in 2022. According to data from cryptocurrency tracing firm Chainalysis, victims […]
Crypto hacks and chaos aren’t halting this holiday season
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A16Z will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has announced its intent to begin lobbying the US government, and their plan is as tone-deaf and obtuse as this summer’s dreadful “Techno-Optimist […]
Supply chain attack targeting Ledger crypto wallet leaves users hacked
Hackers compromised the code behind a crypto protocol used by multiple web3 applications and services, the software maker Ledger said on Thursday. Ledger, a company that makes a […]
Bitcoin ATM company Coin Cloud got hacked. Even its new owners don’t know how
In November, the cybersecurity collective vx-underground wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that unknown hackers were claiming to have breached Coin Cloud, a bankrupt Bitcoin ATM company. According to […]
Secondaries investors tell us what’s hot heading into 2024
Since the market corrected in 2022, late-stage funding rounds have been few and far between. It’s been hard to predict what is still attractive to investors in the […]
Feds seize Sinbad crypto mixer allegedly used by North Korean hackers
As part of an international law enforcement investigation, the FBI and the Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigation Service have seized the websites of a crypto mixer that was […]
British Library confirms customer data was stolen by hackers, with outage expected to last ‘months’
The British Library has told customers that their personal data may have been stolen during a recent ransomware attack that knocked the library’s systems and website offline for […]
Europol arrest hackers allegedly behind string of ransomware attacks
Europol and its international law enforcement partners have arrested five individuals who authorities accuse of involvement in a string of ransomware attacks affecting more than 1,800 victims worldwide. […]
‘Gay furry hackers’ breach nuclear lab, demand it create catgirls
Idaho National Laboratory has been breached by “gay furry hackers” SiegedSec, who have demanded it research how to create catgirls.