Crime
Will Linux Flaw Leave Bitcoiners Vulnerable to Attacks?
A longstanding error with the Linux gnuTLS package could have a wide-ranging impact on the bitcoin community.

Poloniex Loses 12.3% of its Bitcoins in Latest Bitcoin Exchange Hack
Withdrawals are once again live on Poloniex after it lost 12.3% of its bitcoins to hackers.

Bitcoin Bank Flexcoin to Close After $600k Bitcoin Theft
Flexcoin has revealed 890 BTC were stolen as part of a breach of its hot wallet storage.

Japan Mulls Bitcoin Tax Following Mt. Gox Failure
Japan’s Ministry of Finance and national tax agency are reportedly studying ways of governing and taxing digital currency transactions.

Mt. Gox Lawsuit Targets Mark Karpeles’ Personal Wealth
A London law firm says it will go after the Mt. Gox CEO personally to recover clients’ lost bitcoins.

Will Florida’s Money Laundering Laws Apply to Bitcoin?
Lawyers of two men arrested for bitcoin transactions claim state legislation only applies to fiat, but are they right?

Coin Miners Dogged By Mining Pool Security Flaws
Distributed denial-of-service attacks have posed an increasingly severe and frustrating problem for mining pools in recent weeks.

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Shrem Speaks Out About Mt. Gox, His Arrest and the Bitcoin Bromance
Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem speaks candidly about Mt. Gox and maintaining his sanity while under house arrest.

Nearly 150 Strains of Malware Are After Your Bitcoins
Dell SecureWorks researchers have identified 146 types of bitcoin malware – and most of them are after your wallet.

VC Firm Makes Bid for FBI’s Seized Silk Road Bitcoins
Falcon Global Capital has contacted the US government in an attempt to buy 27,000 seized Silk Road bitcoins.
