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BREAKING: A severed fiber optic cable shuts down Virginia’s online voter registration system, the last day to register before the November general election. https://t.co/PAnYn7DzJn — The Associated Press (@AP) October 13, 2020 Daily Beast: The entire Virginia voter registration system has crashed on the last day for voters to register before Election Day—and officials have blamed it on a cable being cut accidentally, according to […]
Blockchain-based networks provide a unique and unprecedented opportunity to experiment with new forms of organization – both organization of information and software processes as well as governing human action. But nobody ever said creating new forms of organization would be easy, or glitch-free. When a group of enthusiastic entrepreneurs or developers design a new blockchain-based network – figuring out the consensus mechanisms, the economic logic and […]
Back in 2016, the Democratic National Committee suspected a breach in its computer systems and hired California-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to investigate the potential hack. The company eventually accused Moscow of malicious activities, setting off a multiple-year-old saga that later became known as Russiagate. Recently-filed financial disclosures from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi showed that the couple had invested between $500,000 and […]
The seven transactions involved in the movement of these funds on Wednesday were flagged by Twitter-based blockchain tracker bot Whale Alert. Source link
The South Korean exchange is bringing more services back online after suffering a major hack late last month. Source link
Conservative critics of South Korea’s government persist in pressing claims of widespread fraud in the country’s April elections, pointing to what they say is new evidence—in the form of alleged electronic distortions and mail-in balloting irregularities—to suggest the country’s ruling party won its majority in the National Assembly with expertise and advice from China. The ongoing controversy comes as U.S. President Donald Trump and his Justice […]
The CEO of the hacked South Korean crypto exchange says suspects in the hack have been identified. Source link
Regardless of one’s impression of the two contenders during the first in-person showdown between the candidates to occupy the Oval Office, both conservative and liberal commentators agreed on one thing – the debate moderator’s job left much to be desired. Fox News host Chris Wallace landed in viewers’ crosshairs as he attempted to referee the first of three presidential debates between the two major parties’ presidential […]
Artificial intelligence and data service Ocean Protocol has suspended its old contract on the Ethereum blockchain and hard-forked its project, following the $150 million KuCoin hack. On Sunday at 22:00 UTC, Ocean Protocol announced it had migrated from its old token address to a new one to thwart the KuCoin hacker’s attempts to offload 21 million OCEAN tokens worth some $8.6 million, according to the Ocean […]
The argument that Mr Assange conspired with Chelsea Manning in 2010 to hide her identity in order to secure classified US documents is not supported by the evidence a 20-year-long US Army investigator told the Old Bailey on Friday. The conspiracy to commit computer intrusion charge levied against Julian Assange by the US government is not based on a reliable set of presumptions, the Old Bailey […]
AT&T has won a motion to dismiss a $200 million punitive damages claim from Mike Terpin, who lost $24 million in crypto via SIM hack Source link
Pornhub will accept BTC and LTC payments, a nonprofit is calling upon Coinbase to be more transparent and credit default swaps are coming to the Ethereum blockchain. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top shelf Porn paymentsPornhub, the popular adult entertainment site, […]
Joseph Sullivan allegedly insisted that the hackers sign NDAs in exchange for $100,000 in bitcoin hush money. Source link
Bitcoin may have been the salacious pretext to Marina Butina’s fling with Patrick Byrne. Source link
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday alleged that Russia engaged in an aggressive, multi-pronged effort to influence the result of the 2016 US presidential election. “The Committee found that the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election,” the panel said in the fifth volume of the report on […]
President Trump announced on Saturday he will sign executive orders on China Coronavirus stimulus payments to the American public. President Trump RIPPED Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats for holding the talks hostage. Trump then bashed Democrats for eliminating election safeguards in their proposals.Democrats also wanted stimulus checks for illegal aliens. Following his announcement in Bedminster, New Jersey the president took a few […]
Another crypto hedge fund is winding down, Huobi launched a new unit to invest in DeFi and the Twitter hacker is reportedly a bitcoin millionaire. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top shelf Fund DownNeural Capital, a crypto hedge fund, has closed, having […]
The FBI and local officials have arrested three individuals who allegedly committed the largest hack in Twitter’s history. Florida resident Graham Clark was arrested Friday morning, according to Florida news channel WFLA. State Attorney Andrew Warren filed 30 felony charges, including organized fraud, communications fraud, fraudulent use of personal information and access to computer or electronic devices without authority, WFLA reported. Federal officials are also charging […]
A couple weeks ago Twitter accounts belonging to massive figures were hacked, including Barack Obama. Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Mike Bloomberg, Elon Musk, Uber, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and others. The hacker used the accounts to request money be sent to a Bitcoin wallet, which raked in tens of thousands of dollars in minutes. The Twitter “hack” also revealed the apparatus behind Twitter censorship […]
A Tampa teenager was taken into custody Friday, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a huge Twitter hack that targeted some of the world’s most wealthy and influential people, authorities said. The Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office filed 30 felony charges against Graham Ivan Clark, 17, for “scamming people across America” in the July 15 attack. The scheme “stole the identities of prominent people” and “posted messages in […]
The DAO exploit of 2016 was a $55 million heist that forever altered Ethereum’s trajectory. On Tuesday, CoinDesk Live gathered a handful of blockchain veterans to look back at the incident. Cornell computer science professor Emin Gün Sirer, white-hat hacker Griff Green and MyEtherWallet founder Taylor Monahan were joined by Bloomberg reporter Matt Leising to unpack the hack’s lingering mysteries. Beyond leading to a contentious hard […]
Today Show news anchor and MSNBC hack Craig Melvin harassed Democrat Vernon Jones for supporting President Trump earlier today. Vernon Jones is no wallflower and did not sit back and take the abuse. Advertisement – story continues below Vernon Jones slammed Melvin, “You get paid to attack this president. I don’t get a dime to defend this president. To insult me, to say I’m getting paid? […]
On Tuesday Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, played video of the continuing violence and leftist rioting on the streets across America. This was devastating and revealing. Advertisement – story continues below Following Jordan’s remarks and video MSNBC hack reporter Andrea Mitchell complained about the use of this revealing video on MSNBC. TRENDING: Swarm of Police Officers with K-9 Units […]
The monumental 2016 hack resulted in one of the single-largest losses in bitcoin of all time. Source link
A rundown from one of CoinDesk’s editorial Slack channels during an action-packed hour on Wednesday last week reads like a high-pace drama. It tells the tale of a news team going through a process of incremental information discovery. First, there’s the realization that a big story – a massive hack on Twitter – is developing. Second, there’s the sudden comprehension that CoinDesk itself has been targeted […]
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have repeatedly denied allegations that the emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee which they published in 2016 were provided to them by Russian or any other state actor, but rather than they were leaked to the organisation via “official circles in Washington DC”. Democratic National Committee (DNC) documents published by WikiLeaks in 2016 and could not have been obtained through hacking, according […]
Although some people still believe that Bitcoin transactions are untraceable and anonymous, the facts prove otherwise, says crypto expert and Bitcoin Foundation member Alexander Kitchenko, commenting on last week’s Twitter hack resulting in the theft of roughly $120,000 worth of cryptocoins. On 15 July, hackers took over high-profile Twitter accounts to kick off a massive Bitcoin (BTC) scam: the accounts of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, […]
Brenna Smith is an open source researcher and contributor for the investigative web site Bellingcat, where she publishes a weekly newsletter about cryptocurrencies, called CryptOsint. The Twitter hack was a shock to the company. It shouldn’t have been. The great Twitter hack of 2020 (or at least so far) was a shock to everyone, most especially the social media company itself. But, it shouldn’t have been. […]
Every year has a handful of days that you’ll never forget. Sometimes for great reasons, sometimes for awful ones, and sometimes because a level of noise and action coalesces into an awareness that something big has shifted. Wednesday was one of those days, with the staccato of compromised Twitter accounts (including ours) escalating to reach prominent public figures including current and former heads of state. The […]
Twitter says it is “embarrassed” about the cybersecurity breach earlier this week that targeted several of its most prominent users. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Leon Neal/Getty Images Twitter says it is “embarrassed” about the cybersecurity breach earlier this week that targeted several of its most prominent users. Leon Neal/Getty Images Twitter says a total of 130 accounts were hacked in some fashion during […]
Cryptocurrency traders yawned at one of the year’s biggest news stories for bitcoin, with prices barely budging as the digital-asset industry became a primary victim of this week’s massive hack on Twitter accounts. The notoriously volatile bitcoin slid just 0.8% to about $9,100 on Thursday after slipping a meager 0.7% on Wednesday as the news hit. That’s in a market where it’s not uncomon, at least until recently, […]
While the crypto wallets associated with the scam registered over 400 transactions, the attackers seem to have made away with a relatively small haul. Source link
Lawmakers are pushing Twitter for answers, warning the hack exposes vulnerabilities in its systems. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Lawmakers are pushing Twitter for answers, warning the hack exposes vulnerabilities in its systems. Jeff Chiu/AP Updated 6:51 p.m. ET Twitter is now under scrutiny from the FBI, Congress and state authorities in New York. Officials are demanding details about a breach that targeted […]
A crypto-related Twitter hack didn’t deter traders from snatching up $9,000 bitcoin. Wednesday’s Twitter hack didn’t seem to bother traders very much. “The attack may have harmed bitcoin’s public perception, but the fact that the market has hardly reacted is a positive sign,” said Rich Rosenblum, co-founder of New York-based trading firm GSR. Investors continued to buy in when bitcoin dipped to $9,000. The price headed […]
Wednesday’s Twitter hack would seem to spell regulatory doom for Bitcoin, which is widely distrusted in Washington. Some lawmakers – and U.S. President Donald Trump himself – associate it with crime. In 2019 Trump tweeted he is not a fan of bitcoin and that “unregulated crypto assets can facilitate unlawful behavior.” He also reportedly told Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to “go after Bitcoin.” But immediately following the […]
For five hours, all of Twitter became Crypto Twitter. Yesterday, one of the biggest digital hacks in recent memory went down. A hacker, likely a Bitcoiner, gained access to Twitter’s administrative functions and began a crypto-scam campaign. Some of the world’s most notable accounts on the site started offering to double their investments if they sent funds to a Bitcoin wallet. It’s the type of scummy […]
Donald Trump will keep tweeting despite a massive hack suffered by the social media platform, the White House has said, adding that the US president’s Twitter account was unaffected by the bitcoin scam attack. “The president will remain on Twitter,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed at a press briefing on Thursday. Trump’s account, which has over 83.6 million followers, “was secure and not jeopardized […]
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is looking into Wednesday’s massive Twitter hack, which saw dozens of accounts belonging to prominent figures and crypto exchanges compromised to shill a sketchy crypto scam. The takeover saw some $120,000 in bitcoin flow through the address in question, though it remains unclear if that is the total figure sent by victims or if the perpetrator(s) laundered funds through […]
Twitter appears to have locked all verified accounts, preventing them from tweeting, as the biggest figures on the site were hacked as part of a Bitcoin scam. This reporter can confirm that while unable to tweet, verified accounts were still able to retweet other non-verified accounts. GREATEST TWITTER DAY EVER ALL BLUE CHECKS SILENCED — Brett MacDonald (@TweetBrettMac) July 15, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: Joe Biden and […]
Someone hacked Twitter Wednesday – and they used bitcoin to capitalize on it. Bitcoin is an alternative money system based on the value of censorship resistance. In other words, Bitcoin was built from the ground up to evade third-party interference (think banks, governments and law enforcement), making it a natural tool in the hands of a world-class hacker. Read more: Why Use Bitcoin? Bitcoin’s value proposition […]
Twitter has said that alleged bitcoin scammers targeted some of its employees to get access to “internal systems and tools,” which they then apparently used to hack into a high-profile accounts, such as Joe Biden’s. Noting that it is still investigating the circumstances behind the hack, Twitter said that it has taken “significant steps to limit access to internal systems and tools” which were compromised by […]
US President Donald Trump has tapped a new campaign manager, but deprived of his Twitter handle following a major hack on the platform, decided – or was forced by a shutdown of verified accounts – to declare the move on Facebook. “I am pleased to announce that Bill Stepien has been promoted to the role of Trump Campaign Manager,” Trump said in a lengthier-than-usual social media […]
On Monday New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released a poster at his press conference Monday that celebrates his response to the COVID-19 China coronavirus that devastated New York state and especially New York City this year. New York state ended up being the epicenter of the coronavirus. The state totaled over 32,000 deaths. The new poster is cynically topped with a statement by Cuomo, “Wake Up […]
Former high-dollar Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy has long maintained that the Qatari government was behind the hacking of his emails and their distribution to the press. Now, he’s implicating a former senior aide to Jared Kushner, who Broidy says advised a firm that helped orchestrate the hacking campaign while serving in the White House. Broidy’s new allegation is buried in a 112-page legal filing submitted in […]
Fake News media Jumps the Shark! On Thursday the Trump economy created 4.8 million jobs. It was the best economic report in US history!The unemployment rate dropped from 13.3% to 11%! President Trump made the announcement today in front of the White House Press Corps. But rather than focus on the historic economic news — The White House press corps asked if President Trump is “more […]
St. Louis homeowner and attorney Mark McCloskey appeared on CNN Tuesday evening to discuss his confrontation with Black Lives Matter militants who broke through a gate onto a private street in his neighborhood. A livestream of the militant mob clearly shows they entered through a gate into a private community. Mark McCloskey and his wife Patricia defended their home from hundreds of Black Lives Matter militants. […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 15 June, Indian and Chinese troops engaged in violent clashes in Ladakh region, leading to the death of 20 Indian soldiers. The two sides have since held several rounds of talks to de-escalate tensions. Amid the persisting standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India has witnessed a 300 percent jump in hack attacks allegedly carried out by China-backed […]
The recent “Blue Leaks” file dump has provided netizens with over 250 gigabytes of video, audio and other data from more than 200 law enforcement agencies across the US. The damning records are proving to be key explanations for the current social unrest in the country, according to technology and security analyst Patricia Gorky. “This is showing what the police are doing. This is showing what […]
The hack comes amid ongoing anti-racism and anti-police violence protests sparked by the May 25 killing of a subdued African American by a white Minneapolis police officer. A ‘hacktivist’ collective going by the name DDoSecrets has released a 269-gigabyte trove of police and FBI data including law enforcement databases, emails, audio and video files, and intelligence documents going back over 20 years. According to Wired, the […]
Failed presidential candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California congressman best known for farting on live TV and running one of the shortest and pathetic campaigns for president ever, used a congressional hearing earlier today to shame his Republican colleagues into supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. A tweet posted by The Hill, shared a video of an exchange between Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, widely viewed as […]
What a complete shock! Earlier this week The New York Times published an editorial by Mariame Kaba on abolishing the police departments. Advertisement – story continues below This insanity is what passes for intellectual opinion on the far left today. Jordan Schachtel later pointed out that the author of the anti-police is a Soros alumnae. TRENDING: Biden Narrows VP Pick Down to Six Women — But […]
This is CNN. Advertisement – story continues below CNN hack Chris “Fredo” Cuomo this week blamed President Trump for “systemic racism” in the US economy while using data that stopped in 2016. Barack Obama was president in 2016. Under President Trump, black and Hispanic unemployment have been at record lows. TRENDING: JUST IN: Minneapolis City Council Unanimously Votes to Replace Police with ‘Community-Led Public Safety System’ […]
During the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing Wednesday on police brutality, FOX News contributor Dan Bongino refused to play games with Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. Jeffries is not the brightest bulb in the shed. Dan Bongino quickly corrected the Democrat on his racist suggestions. REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY): Mr. Bongino, the police are at times able to show restraint under very difficult circumstances — is that correct? […]
An unknown culprit used the official Twitter account of the UK Civil Service to hammer Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The PM was defending his adviser, Dominic Cummings, who’s been reported to police for breaking lockdown rules. Cummings has been hounded by the British press and urged to resign since it emerged on Friday that he’d traveled 250 miles from London to his parents’ farm in Durham […]
The suspected leak involves sensitive information about a prototype of a cutting-edge, high-speed gliding missile intended for deployment for the defense of Japan’s remote islands. Source link
As expected The New York Times is attacking Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Campaign for “smearing” Joe Biden. Donald Trump Jr. posted video of former Vice President Joe Biden groping women and children during a US Senate swearing-in ceremony.The footage is real. The @nytimes is right. There’s NOTHING CREEPY at all about how @JoeBiden interacts with the kids in this 4+ min long video. All […]
The liberal media reporters that make up the White House press corps are completely incurious about the Obamagate scandal except to mock the president and his administration. White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany thanked one reporter, Steven Portnoy, on Friday for asking about Obamagate crimes today.According to McEnany the White House reporters have only asked about the unmasking of General Flynn once this week! On Friday reporter […]
Germany’s chancellor has lamented what she says was irrefutable proof of a Russian “hacking attack” on her Bundestag office, adding that she is working day and night to fix relationships with Moscow despite the “painful” incident. Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the hacking allegations while speaking to MPs on Wednesday. “I can honestly say that it hurts me,” she said of the perceived Russian involvement in a […]
In May 2017 Former Attorney General Sally Yates went before Congress and lied about General Michael Flynn being compromised by Russia. Yates knew General Michael Flynn was not compromised. She lied anyway. The Deep State was listening in on all of General Flynn’s conversations with foreign leaders which was his job. They knew Russia had nothing on him. They knew this was a lie. Crooked Sally […]
Last week Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, were charged with murder and assault in the shooting death of African-American Ahmaud Arbery. Advertisement – story continues below On Sunday Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined Jake Tapper on CNN. Bottoms defended Joe Biden from the credible charges of sexual assault by Tara Reade.Bottoms told Jake Tapper, “The Joe Biden that I know is a man […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107921/41/1079214123_85:0:1339:705_1200x675_80_0_0_69ba080e15610cda676fa02abad23ace.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005061079209914-escape-hack-indian-tipplers-line-up-slippers-to-stay-in-long-queues-outside-shops/ New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian government has prolonged the lockdown for the third time until 17 May, however, the extension came along with partial relaxations including allowing the sale of alcohol. People lined up their slippers in a queue outside a liquor store in Hyderabad on Wednesday in order to avoid standing in lines in the scorching heat. In the […]