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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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