How Roger Ver Got Hacked, and What He Did to Stop it
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....
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A hacker targeting Roger Ver has given up his attempts to access the angel investor's accounts after a 37.6 BTC bounty was issued for his arrest. In a Facebook post earlier this morning, Ver said he was seeking information about the hacker "who is trying to steal all my stuff at the moment". The bounty is currently worth around $20,000. He also revealed the hacker is using the Skype username 'nitrous'. He posted a similar message on Twitter: 37.6 BTC reward for information that leads to the arrest of the hacker that is trying to hack all my stuff at the moment. details to come! - Roger Ver....
Unfortunately, those of a criminal nature (usually theft) often do not care who their targets (victims) are, whether they be little old grannies, or your local Bitcoin self made millionaire. Roger Ver ("Bitcoin Jesus") recently became the target of a hacker, and not of the nice variety of hackers out there. He quickly posted a reward for the apprehension of the hacker who was trying to access his emails, accounts and personal information. As a very successful bitcoin entrepreneur from pretty much what is currently referred to as 'the early days', it can be seen that Roger Ver is a likely....
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....
Dogecoin has now become a favorite of crypto investors around the world. The meme coin has now grown to the point where it is being pitted against the largest cryptocurrencies in the space. The latest comparison comes from Roger Ver, who is famously known as the ‘Bitcoin Jesus’. Roger has put forward that he believes […]
We promised the coming of Bitcoin Jesus, and his time has come. Here is Roger Ver answering the questions put forward by you, our readers and community members at the Inside Bitcoins conference in Hong Kong! We had a huge number of entries and so tried to allow Roger to speak about as wide a variety of topics as possible - we hope you enjoy hearing what he has to say. Don't forget to give us your feedback and let us know who else you would like to ask some Bitcoin questions, and as always, be sure to keep following CT!