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'Teflon' Sam Bankman-Fried illustrates why the crypto community holds him in high regard, as Blockfolio exploit results in clear communication and a rapid response. On February 9, Blockfolio's Signal feed was briefly compromised, resulting in some users receiving racist messages within the company's app.Users said that the culprits went so far as to threaten loss of funds if deposits were not removed from the crypto portfolio platform. While the derogatory messages were reportedly scrubbed by Blockfolio's security team within about 30 minutes, the incident left many wondering how such an....
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The crypto portfolio tracker Blockfolio, owned by the exchange FTX, got its messaging system compromised, as racist notifications started to appear. Blockfolio’s users received the offensive messages with a warning that they’re about to lose all funds. Some Offensive Messages Included a URL Reportedly Linked to Pornography According to the crypto tracker and trading app, they’re almost entirely back with their notification system, and the company issued a public apology: We are incredibly sorry about the offensive messages posted today. No funds/etc were affected; this....
A breach of Blockfolio’s signal feed saw racist messages sent to some users of the crypto portfolio platform. Some Blockfolio users received shocking messages from the app on Tuesday in what has now been confirmed as a breach of the platform’s signal feed.The hackers responsible for the breach sent racist and offensive messages, threatening them to withdraw their funds or risk losing their deposits.Responding to the matter, Blockfolio released a tweet apologizing for the incident while assuring users of the safety of their funds.According to Blockfolio, the breach only affected the signal....
A "Signals" account has been blocked after making racist posts available to all users of the app.
A new video examines the alleged racist and white supremacist symbols hidden in plain sight by Yuga Labs in its most popular NFT collection. A video released by investigative YouTuber Philip Rusnack, known as ‘Philion,’ has revived the debate over whether Yuga Labs’ flagship Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collection employs racist imagery and white supremacist esotericism.In the hour-long video released June 20 on YouTube, Rusnack laid out his case, claiming that BAYC is “one massive alt-right inside joke” using language, symbols, and memes from the anonymous image....
Is the Bored Ape Yacht Club secretly racist? We at Bitcoinist studied both sides of the case back in the day, but the rumor persists. In fact, the Internet seems to be even more obsessed now, and a lot has happened since we first analyzed it. For example, all of the creators were doxxed and […]