Step by step: How crypto fraud and security breaches are investigated
What’s an exchange’s next move after falling victim to a security breach? This is a step-by-step guide to following a crypto thief’s tracks through analytics software. It’s every exchange’s worst nightmare: Falling victim to a security breach. An incident can disrupt a trading platform’s operations for weeks, affect customer confidence and damage a carefully cultivated reputation — even causing crypto markets to fall in some cases.Crypto companies have been ramping up their security measures in recent years, determined to ensure that malicious actors don’t get an opportunity to infiltrate....
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The blockchain technology is now sitting at a stage of evolution that is somehow similar to the that of the internet in the 1990s. No one can overlook the millions of dollars invested, the hefty merchant adoption and the large number of businesses inspired by bitcoin and the blockchain technology. Nevertheless, the lack of standardized security models has rendered most of today's bitcoin exchanges & businesses vulnerable to hack attacks, especially when basic security measures are overlooked. The aftermath of this immature and inconsistent handling of security issues has unfolded many....
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On November 15, the Bitcoin Cash blockchain underwent a scheduled upgrade but also the chain saw a consensus split, and the network bisected into two. After the split, numerous users have been looking for methods in order to split their coins in order to store them separately or sell the unwanted tokens on an exchange. The following is a step-by-step guide on how to split forked tokens by leveraging a few different tools. Splitting Coins from the Bitcoin Cash Network Fork Using Electron Cash Version 4.2.0 In mid-November, just like every year before, the Bitcoin Cash network upgraded in....
Two Turkish cryptocurrency exchanges are being investigated by the authorities in Turkey after they abruptly halted trading. The authorities have blocked access to the bank accounts of the second exchange and detained four people so far. Sixty-two people have been detained in connection with the first exchange whose CEO has fled the country. Second Turkish Crypto Exchange Being Investigated Following the alleged exit scam pulled by cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, another crypto trading platform is being investigated by Turkish authorities, the state-run Anadolu news agency said Friday.....