Cloudminr User Accounts Hacked: Data Sold for a Single Bitcoin?

Users of the "cloud mining" service Cloudminr.io were greeted with an unwelcome surprise when they showed up at the site in the last several hours: a CSV (comma separated values) file containing a sample of the entire user database for the website. The whole site is apparently for sale, and the hackers appear to have full control of the server at this point. Poor security practices are one of the hazards one can run when putting their money with anyone remotely. For some (yet) unknown reason, the passwords and other user information for the entirety of the database were not stored as a....

A bitcoin mining service called Cloudminr.io has collapsed, resulting in the loss of bitcoins, the publishing of personal user information and accusations of fraud. Over the weekend, the main Cloudminr page was altered with an offer to sell a list of passwords, email addresses and usernames for 79,267 individuals. One thousand entries from that list were published on the site at the time. The website is currently offline. Cloudminr, which its owners previously said was hosted in Norway, had been offering mining contracts since November of last year. The service drew criticism for its....

The collapse of bitcoin mining service Cloudminr.io resulted not just in the loss of bitcoins but also in the exposure of customer data. According to its owners, the website was previously hosted in Norway then later on drew accusations for starting a mining-related Ponzi scheme. Over the weekend, the bitcoin mining service's main page was altered to show an offer selling a list of passwords and other account information. A thousand entries out of the 79,267 claimed to be included in that list were published online before the site was eventually taken down. Bitcoin Mining Service Hack?....

3.1 million email addresses linked to CoinMarketCap accounts were reportedly being traded on hacking forums, according to Have I Been Pwned. CoinMarketCap, a price-tracking website for cryptocurrencies, has reportedly fallen victim to a hack that leaked 3.1 million user email addresses. The information came into light after the hacked email addresses were found to be traded and sold online on various hacking forums, and revealed by Have I Been Pwned, a website dedicated to tracking hacks and compromised online accounts. CoinMarketCap, a subsidiary of Binance cryptocurrency exchange,....

Yahoo has finally revealed that it was indeed hacked in 2014 after user credentials goes up for sale on the darknet. It’s now official, Yahoo was indeed hacked! The reports of possible security breach have been floating around since last month. The company has now officially announced that the platform suffered The reports of a possible security breach have been floating around the internet for months now. A recent announcement by the company confirms these reports. According to Yahoo, the platform was hacked in late 2014, compromising over 500 million user accounts. The hackers have....