Crime
Hong Kong Banks Targeted By DDOS Attacks, Bitcoin Payout Demanded
On May 9, an international group of hackers launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on two of the largest financial institutions in Hong...
Ripple Labs Fined $700,000 by FinCEN, Will Institute Transaction Monitoring Across Ripple Protocol
Earlier today, Ripple Labs Inc. was fined $700,000 for “willfully violating several requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).” The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...
€1.5m / $1.8m Worth of Bitcoin Seized in Dublin Drug Raid
Less than a mile from my home, as the Web Summit wrapped up in Dublin's RDS, Gardai (the Irish police) raided an office in the...
Government Lists Bitcoin as Potential Terrorism Threat
The United States government just can’t quite decide whether to regulate bitcoin, or deem it a threat by declaring it a form of financial...
SEC Files Charges Against Bitcoin Ponzi Mastermind Trendon Shavers
Victims of the largest scam in Bitcoin’s brief history can find solace today as the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged fraud charges against Trendon...
The Pirate Saga: And So It Ends
Pirate40's Bitcoin Savings & Trust Ponzi come to a messy end.
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