Hacked Snapchat Website Behind "The Snappening" Asking for More Bitcoins
Thousands of Snapchat pictures saved by third party app Snapsaved.com have been leaked to the public via the internet. While the public is not yet sure exactly how the pictures were stolen or released from Snapsaved.com, the community is in an uproar. The fiasco has been dubbed "The Snappening," in recognition of a similar nickname given to Celebgate, which also involved a centralized third party storage system being breached. The cryptocurrency community's ranks bolsters after each of these hacks: Home Depot, Kmart, etc. Also read: Celebgate Could Inspire More Bitcoin Blackmail. "The....
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The recent news of how Snapchat is valued at US$18bn has sent shockwaves through the financial world. For a company that is not monetized in a traditional way, there seems to be a lot of interest from investors. So much even that the company continues to raise cash, albeit their business model may not be very clear to most people. Most people know Snapchat as a social messaging app where messages are deleted within mere seconds of being read. But there is much more to this platform, as investors are flocking to this company for some reason. They already raised over US$1.8bn, which is not....
Bitcash.cz - a Czech exchange - claims to have been hacked, with the aftermath being 4,000 user wallets being emptied and funds stolen. teh alleged hacking took place on Monday, on November 11th, though it's unknown just how much of user money was stolen by the criminals involves. The website's Facebook page has the following statement: Unfortunately, as we have already announced on our website Bitcash.cz, our server was attacked and compromised - including the wallets. We are trying to resolve the situation, but we want to warn our users about fraudulent emails and scams [claiming to be....
OpenEx.com has been hacked for more than 11 Bitcoins. The website states: The Server was hacked. Bitcoin wallet was stolen. do not deposit any more bitcoins. please withdraw the rest of your coins for details on the hack see: Bitcoin talk thread: .5 btc reward. Here the admin r3wt writes: attacker used ssh to gain access and steal btc wallet. i discovered this while trouble shooting a customer who had not received his deposit even though it showed pending. then i discovered our btc wallet was drained, all the accounts gone and the wallet.dat missing; i am offering 400 bucks for the....
Bitcoin payments processor BitPay Inc. is the latest victim in a series of massive hacking scandals that have rocked the cryptocurrency community. The Atlanta-based Bitpay was hacked on three separate occasions in December of 2014. More than 5 000 bitcoins were stolen. Subsequent to this, BitPay sent a claim to its insurer Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company, and the latter declined to pay. The matter is now in court. A Suspect Email. It began with an email that was sent to BitPay's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bryan Krohn. Court documents give the identity of the email's sender as David....
Today we’ll bring you news of Snapchat, Paraguay and Bobby Lee. Snapchat Investing in P2P Payments with Snapcash Snapchat, a popular mobile messaging service has announced integration of a peer-to-peer payment system called Snapcash. By partnering with the payment service Square, everyone over eighteen that are located in the US, can connect their debit cards to their account and instantly send money to friends. You just have to type the dollar sign, the amount, and press the new green pay button. When money is sent, it goes directly into your friends bank account. Square has integrated....