Hackers Compromise Web Portal Bitcoin.org — DNS Hijack Replaces Site With BTC...
On Thursday, the pseudonymous operator of Bitcoin.org told the public on Twitter that the web portal has been “compromised.” The operator, Cobra, explained that the hackers were able to implement a bitcoin doubler scam model and stressed that the site would be down for a “few days.” Website Operator Cobra Warns Bitcoin.org Has Been Compromised The mysterious operator of the web portal Bitcoin.org, Cobra, is once again surrounded by controversy. According to the pseudonymous operator of the website, Bitcoin.org has been attacked. “Bitcoin.org has been....
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Crypto Scammers Are Attacking Crypto Scammers
The rise of the cryptocurrency ecosystem has brought interest in targeting investors through scam sites using different resources that include Youtube streams to do so, as....
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Police in the Netherlands are appealing for witnesses to find a person who is planting explosives and requesting a bitcoin ransom. According to the police, the first attacks took place in May, when the perpetrator placed explosive devices in three different Jumbo supermarkets - a chain of stores belonging to the Van Eerd Group - in Groningen, the largest city in the north of the country. Subsequent attacks followed in June and July when the offender sent a congratulatory card containing a small amount of explosive substance to another supermarket in Zwolle, a small town in the province of....