Pastebin now accepts Bitcoin

Popular web app Pastebin - which allows users to store text for public viewing - is now accepting payments in bitcoin for their "Pro" tier of service. The news was pointed out on social sharing website Reddit Monday morning, though it doesn't seem like Pastebin themselves have made an announcement. Upon visiting the site's upgrade page, however, there is a "Bitcoin accepted here" logo - so we can only assume this is true. Pastebin's Pro tier removes restrictions on what can be done on the website, such as increase paste sizes, https access, and the removal of CAPTCHA security checks. Check....

It's been a rough few days for Dropbox. The popular cloud storage service recently had a bug in its Selective Sync system where many users suffered data loss. And if that weren't bad enough, it looks like nearly 7 million Dropbox accounts may have been compromised. Dropbox is used by bitcoin users around the world, many of whom keep unencrypted wallet.dat backups in their Dropbox. If this sounds like you, now would be a good time to change your Dropbox password, enable two-step verification, and only store an encrypted wallet backup in the cloud. Just yesterday, an unnamed hacker group....

Earlier today a user under the handle of “daoattacker” came to the DAO slack channel and seemingly gave away 6.37 bitcoin. I was preparing to write an article on an alleged statement from the DAO attacker, so when I checked the slack channel the giveaway was just ending, but everyone was posting their bitcoin address. I was not sent any bitcoin or any other currency nor did I request through address posting, but I asked the alleged attacker some questions. The following has been modified only cosmetically – to add capitalization at beginning of sentences and punctuation at the end: Andrew....

On May 30, the author of thecrypto-ransomware known as Locker posted an apology on Pastebin and claimed that he “never intended to release” the malware program. According to Threatpost.com, the author says he terminated distribution as of June 2 and that he has decrypted all infected files. The author said on Pastebin: Security firm KnowBe4 explains Locker ransomware is a “sleeper campaign” that is installed through a social engineering attack and then sits silently on computers and encrypts files upon the activation of the malware creator. " I am the author of the Locker ransomware and....

The adult entertainment website now accepts payment in 16 cryptocurrencies.