Hacks
New Crypto Exchange Altsbit Says It Will Close Following Hack
Altsbit says it can only issue partial refunds after the hack and will shut down after that process is complete.
Cryptopia’s Liquidator Claws Back Nearly $5M, But Identifying Crypto Ownership a 'Mammoth Task'
The liquidator for the collapsed New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia now has NZ$7.2 million on balance for potential user refunds. Finding out who's owed what, though, is proving a tough task.
Upbit Is the Seventh Major Crypto Exchange Hack of 2019
These seven major hacks remind us: not your keys, not your crypto.
Crypto Exchange Upbit Confirms Theft of $49M in Ether
342,000 ether have been taken from the wallets of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, the firm's CEO says.
North Korea Denies It Hacked $2 Billion in Fiat and Crypto
North Korea has denied a recent U.N. report suggesting it was behind major hacks that reaped around $2 billion for its weapons programs.
Cryptopia Exchange Kept Users' Cryptos in Pooled Wallet: Liquidator
The liquidator for the collapsed Cryptopia exchange says the way the platform was managed is slowing up the task of determining user holdings.
Exit Scams Swindled $3.1 Billion From Crypto Investors in 2019: Report
In total, investors, users, and exchanges have lost some $4.3 billion from illicit activity.
Coinbase Sets Out How It Foiled a 'Sophisticated' Hacking Attack
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has detailed how it was targeted by, and foiled, "a sophisticated, highly targeted, thought out attack."
An Extortion Gone Bad: Inside Binance’s Negotiations With Its ‘KYC Leaker’
This is the inside story of how a "white hat hacker" approached Binance with inside information - and how it went wrong.
Hacked BITpoint Exchange to Refund 50,000 Affected Users in Crypto
BITPoint Japan has said that the roughly 50,000 users who lost funds in its recent hack will be reimbursed in cryptocurrency on a 1:1 basis.
