Hackers Claim To Breach NSA, WikiLeaks Claims Old News
A hacker group has claimed to have breached a NSA affiliate, obtaining details of cyber weapons which it wishes to auction for 1,000,000 bitcoins. NSA Cyber Weapons for A Million Bitcoins? An assumed group of hackers, the ‘Shadow Brokers,’ has claimed responsibility for the hack, but this is currently disputed. Released August 13 on GitHub but now....
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has been a major issue among NGOs and activists who claim that the proposed agreement undermines national sovereignty, the environment, and digital rights. Now, Wikileaks has entered into the fight, attempting to crowdfunding a €100,000 reward for anyone that can secure information on the TTIP. As of press time, Wikileaks had collected $70963.62 from 1929 people, which is 65% of the set goal. This is not the first time that Wikileaks has crowdfunded a reward for information; this same tactic was used in June for the Trans-Pacific....
International whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks has published classified media and news leaks since it was founded in 2006. In 2011 – due to a payment blockade from traditional finance services – the nonprofit started accepting bitcoin. Since this time the group has accumulated a massive $2.9 million in bitcoin donations. WikiLeaks Has Raised 4,000....
While a group which claims to be made up of ethical hackers has been on the trail of the suddenly-disappeared HashOcean for over a week, it finally announced the breakthrough that it has had direct contact with the defunct Bitcoin mining company which allegedly dashed away with miners’ investment worth millions of dollars. However, Kypertech’s announcement came with a sad twist to it. As they get the direct contact they have been seeking in a while, it would likely be the closest they could go as the hope of getting deeper to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance is dashed. Hackers’....
The Kraken support team has drawn to the attention of Cointelegraph its recent blogpost in response to various claims of compromised accounts and stolen funds on the exchange. In the last month, CoinTelegraph received two separate mails from alleged Kraken users who claim their accounts were compromised after a reported security breach on the Kraken system. Kraken was not hacked. Both cases were presented to Kraken for clarification before our articles were published about them in July and August. But in a response on Monday August 15, Kraken says the claims of a breach could be as a....
But the threats by North Korea extend to the cyberspace department as well. South Korean officials claim the North has “an effective cyber army”, which has been responsible for various attacks over the past few years. The war between North Korea and South Korea is still going on behind the scenes to this very day. A new report surfaced as to how North Korean hackers stole data of over 10 million South Korean shoppers. While these claims have yet to be proven, the police are investigating the data breach. Once again, this is a clear example of how more secure solutions are needed to....