Bitcoin-Trader Goes Rogue - HYIP Exposed
Bitcoin-Trader.biz has disappeared overnight with the only communication being a letter sent out to all of their victims claiming that a hacker stole all of their funds and that they offered to comply with the hacker's ransom notice. Bitcoin-Trader closed all of their social media accounts as well as their website almost overnight, while ducking under the cover of playing the victim of a hacker and claiming to file for bankruptcy. The letter sent to all former account holders reads like an emotionless story of cop-outs to the effect of, "We got hacked, and we'll file for bankruptcy. Ciao!"....
Related News
This time of year, Bitcoin users are looking to spend some of their digital wealth on gifts and presents for themselves, as well as for friends and loved ones. Unfortunately, this also attracts a lot of different types of sites, making promises on how Bitcoin users can double their coins by investing in HYIP schemes. A few months ago, these schemes became a major plague, and it looks like they are making a return during the holiday season. The saying “the gift that keeps on giving” is not applicable to HYIP sites such as DoubleCloud.pw. Instead, these types of Ponzi schemes focus more on....
Rogue actors at e-commerce partner Shopify exposed 20,000 new Ledger customer records, including emails, names, postal addresses and phone numbers.
Reddit community r/wallstreetbets’ coordinated action on GME had systemic effects, exposed inequalities and presented the case for Bitcoin. The post r/WallSteetBets Has Exposed The Game, But Bitcoin Is A Contender appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
Bankrupt Celsius exposed personal information of thousands of users amid its restructuring process. Here’s what happened and what you can do for protection.
Carl Force IV, the DEA agent who pled guilty earlier this year will be facing sentencing on October 19th for his crimes as a rogue officer. The crimes committed were extortion, money laundering, and obstruction of justice during the Silk Road investigation and the arrest of the Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR). Force and his colleague Shaun Bridges were known special task force agents who went rogue while working undercover on the Silk Road case. The two have been said to have stole millions of dollars in Bitcoin while serving as law enforcement agents and many say tainted the entire case The....