Over $5 Billion In BTC Paid In Top 10 Ransomware Variants, Says U.S. Treasury
Ransomware attacks in the U.S. have been on a rise since late 2020, but it is particularly booming in 2021. ...
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Why Bitcoin Is Actually “Bad For Crime” Contrary To Belief
Bitwise Management CEO Hunter Horsley was on Yahoo Finance Live to talk about why Bitcoin is bad for crime. The ...
Peter Schiff’s Alleged Tax Evading Bank Was Targeted By Bitcoin Ransomware
Peter Schiff is one of Bitcoin's biggest naysayers. The well-known gold bug recently had his dirty laundry aired out for ...
New Report: $2.5 Million Ethereum Fee is Neither Fat Fingers nor Money Laundering
The two Ethereum transactions where senders paid millions of dollars in fees for transactions worth as little as $130 are ...
Crypto-Demanding Cybercriminals Ramp Up Ransomware Threat With Data Exposure
Cybercrime is growing at an exponential rate, and showing zero signs of slowing down or stopping in the near future. ...
Johannesburg City Infrastructure Locked Down Due to Bitcoin Ransom
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are often requested by hackers after deploying ransomware on unsuspecting user's computers due to the layer ...
California City Confirms It Was Hit by Bitcoin Ransomware Attack
According to its city manager, Steve Schwabauer, Lodi City, California, was hit by a ransomware attack earlier this year. Those ...
Trump Blasts Bitcoin For Illicit Use As NY College Is Hit With $2M Ransomware
Last night, the TV personality, businessman, president of the “free world,” Donald Trump took to twitter to blast Bitcoin, Facebook’s ...
Ryuk Ransomware Targets Businesses with Bitcoin Demands, Links to North Korea?
A new, highly targeted ransomware attack has been affecting large businesses. The Ryuk operation demands that victims make large Bitcoin ...
Mad Money Host Jim Cramer Argues That the Tide is Turning Against Bitcoin
Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money, argued that Bitcoin may have reached its peak. His comments come as the ...
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