Roger Ver Becomes Target of Hack Attempt, Attacker Eventually Backs Down
Read more about this incident here. "Bitcoin Jesus" Roger Ver has apparently been the target of a major hack attempt, according to posts he's put up on social media websites Facebook and Twitter. It all started with Ver declaring an emergency: "I need to contact Patrick Khajehtoorian right now!!! If anyone has his contact info or know where he lives. Please wake him up right now!!!!! Please have him call me ASAP!!! He has my number". The update intrigued members of the bitcoin community, eager to find out more about what was going on. Shortly after his post, a user responded with,....
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Known to many as "Bitcoin Jesus," Bitcoin super-investor and activist Roger Ver has run into major problems recently. Ver famously renounced his United States citizenship in 2014 and was denied a traveling visa this week by U. S. consulate officials. This being his latest attempt to visit Miami to attend an upcoming Bitcoin conference. Roger Ver has taken to social networking site Twitter to vent his frustrations at these new traveling restrictions. Ever since the Christmas holiday, Ver has been turned down three different times in the span of eight days. Roger Ver @rogerkver@tom_sharkey....
More details are available on last night's hacking and identity theft attempt on Roger Ver, with the bitcoin icon and his security team revealing how they tracked the hacker and forced him into a humiliating backdown. The story became more compelling when Ver posted a 37.6 BTC reward on his Facebook account to anyone who supplied information leading to the hacker's capture. He stressed that everything was now back under control and that no amount of bitcoin was stolen. CoinDesk verified we were speaking to the real Roger Ver. What was later described as a series of hack attempts by an....
According to Roger Ver, the outcome of Ethereum’s hard fork was considered a good thing by the market. The cryptocurrency investor noted that, since the #2 cryptocurrency split into Ethereum and Ethereum Classic following the theft resulting from the hack of the DAO, the combined value of both forks is now equal to greater than the original total value of a unified Ethereum: Ethereum fork meant to isolate stolen funds. Following a hack of the DAO involving the theft of millions of Ether, the Ethereum community decided a hard fork was in the best interests of the cryptocurrency. The....
The bearish continuation setup could push Solana price to drop to nearly $50 in the sessions ahead. Solana (SOL) became one of the worst performers among the top cryptocurrencies on Feb. 3 as traders assessed its links with the second-biggest hack to date.$325M worth of wETH goneSOL price dropped by 5.50% to below $96.50 as Wormhole, a bridge between Solana and Ethereum blockchains, reportedly lost $325 million worth of Wrapped Ethereum (wETH) due to a technical vulnerability. Prior to the hack on Wednesday, SOL was trading as high as $112.Solana security hole needs fixing asap? Seems....
In the early hours of Friday, news broke that a hacker had been able to successfully exploit the BNB Chain. However, unlike decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks that have become prominent in the crypto market, the hacker did not steal user funds. They had actually brought new BNB coins into circulation, in what would be one of the largest hacks recorded in crypto so far. Hack Puts New BNB In Circulation The hack had happened directly on the Binance bridge, where the attacker had been able to somehow convince the bridge to send them millions of new tokens. The attack happened in two waves,....