KeepKey Loses Control of Its Twitter Account to Hackers, Wallets Not Affected
KeepKey loses control over its Twitter account following the hacking incident involving the email account of Darin Stanchfield. Hackers have been wreaking havoc both within and beyond the Bitcoin community. The number of hacking incidents faced by Bitcoin platforms, banks, companies and other organizations and even individuals stands proof to that. KeepKey, the Bitcoin hardware wallet company has had a taste of it after some of their email and social media accounts got compromised. On Reddit social platform, a user going by the username “dstanchfield” claiming to be “Darin from KeepKey”....
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Ascendex, a cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a security breach that allowed hackers to take control of some of the wallets of the exchange. The attack focused on hot wallets, where funds are kept as a buffer to tend to customers’ withdrawals. The company announced that it would reimburse these funds to any affected user. Peckshield, a security and auditing company estimated losses of around $77 million.
Ascendex Hot Wallets Ransacked
Yesterday, Ascendex, a cryptocurrency exchange, reported a security breach caused by a hack attack that focused on the hot wallets of the....
Bitcoinist is excited to give away a total of seven KeepKey hardware wallets to our readers this holiday season! Keeping the Holiday Spirit. The holidays are meant to be spent with those we love and care about. Of course, we know you love and care about your bitcoin savings as well. Which is why Bitcoin and KeepKey are keeping the holiday spirit and showing appreciation to our readers with our 2016 Holiday Season Giveaway. We’re giving away a total of 7 brand new KeepKey hardware wallets to any lucky participant. Got some bitcoins for Christmas? Spilled some egg nog on your paper wallet?....
KeepKey, a hardware bitcoin wallet, has advised customers that a hacker on December 25th got into the owner’s email account using the wallet’s account recovery mechanism and tried resetting passwords linked to the compromised email address, according to a KeepKey blog. The company shut down the affected email service and reversed the account resets. The hacker then demanded 30 million BTC to stop the attacks, which the company did not oblige and notified the FBI. The company said the attacker may have stolen some customer information. KeepKey is offering a 30 BTC reward for information....
A group of hackers exploited the Twitter account of a crypto exchange, Gate io, to promote fraudulent activities. In an attempt to access the users’ wallets, fraudsters posted a fake giveaway of Tether (USDT) through the social media account. By offering 500,000 USDT in rewards, they tweeted to ask users to connect wallets with a […]
KeepKey, a secure hardware wallet designed to optimize Bitcoin and altcoin storage, transfer and trading, has completed the integration of Ethereum. Darin Stanchfield, the CEO at KeepKey, revealed that its users increasingly proposed the integration of Ethereum, considering that the digital asset has a market cap of $800 mln and a solid user base. Stanchfield stated: “Of all the assets we get asked to support on KeepKey, Ethereum is by far the most requested. It’s a massive project with a huge following and we are thrilled to release our public beta on Friday. The KeepKey and KeepKey....