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Cyber threat grows for bitcoin exchangesWhen hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cyber theft -- the second largest by an exchange sinc More… |
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Facebook pays $10,000 to 10-year-old hackerSocial media giant Facebook has paid a $10,000 reward to a 10-year-old Finnish boy for finding a glitch in its picture sharing app Instagram. Jani, whose last name was not released for privacy reasons, is the youngest ever recipie More… |
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How a hacker's typo helped stop $1bn bank heistA spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said. Unknown hackers still managed to get More… |
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How a hacker's typo helped stop $1bn bank heistA spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said. Unknown hackers still managed to get More… |
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Malaysia arrests hacker for supplying US data to Islamic StateAt the request of the US, Malaysia has arrested a man on charges of hacking personal data of more than a thousand US officials and handing it to Islamic State militants in Syria so they could target the individuals. The man, 20-ye More… |
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Bahraini rights watchdog targeted by anti-govt hackersA Bahraini human rights group said it had been targeted by anti-government hackers shortly before it was due to attend a major meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Soci More… |
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US govt warns on bug in Apple's iOS softwareThe US government warned iPhone and iPad users on to be on the alert for hackers who may exploit a vulnerability in Apple's iOS operating system that would enable them to steal sensitive data. There was the potential for hacks More… |
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Iranian hackers use fake Facebook accounts to spyIn an unprecedented, three-year cyber espionage campaign, Iranian hackers created false social networking accounts and a fake news website to spy on military and political leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries, a cyber intel More… |
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Bahrain plans new cybercrime lawHackers could face up to 10 years behind bars as Bahrain plans to introduce a new cybercrime law. The information technology bill will also carry fines of up to BD300,000 ($787,360), which has already been appr More… |
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Bitcoin bank shut down after hacker attackBitcoin bank Flexcoin said on Tuesday it was closing down after it lost bitcoins worth about $600,000 to a hacker attack. Flexcoin said in a message posted on its website that all 896 bitcoins stored online were stolen on Sunday. More… |
