Corruption Plagues Silk Road Trial Many know the Silk Road’s creator, Ross Ulbricht, is in jail, but what about the DEA agents? The Silk Road Scandal hasn’t Ended Almost 18 months of the site’s infamous closure, a DEA agent and a secret service agent were both arrested, facing charges for wire fraud – in relations to the Silk Road …
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Shapeshift Compromised in Hack Shapeshift has been down the past few days according to their site for scheduled maintenance. According to the CEO of Shape Shift their servers had a security breach. The reassuring part is that the way they’re designed Shapeshift doesn’t hold customer balances, so even in the case of a security breach, there …
Biggest Bitcoin Heists Bitcoin has gained a notorious reputation since mainstream media caught wind of heists in 2009. Mt Gox scandalmay be one of the most infamous accounts, but there are plenty more examples. Billions of Bitcoin are still “missing” in todays economy, which may lead to the higher price. Bitcoin has been prone to …
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center; a Hollywood hospital, had its electronic patient records hacked and held hostage chose to give in to ransomer demands and pay $17,000 in bitcoin to retrieve the ransomed records. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center staff noticed issues accessing its computer network on Feb. 5. The price to regain access to the hospital files was …
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