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LocalBitcoins, a popular platform for the physical purchase and sale of bitcoins, confirmed that it had undergone a phishing attack, as a result of which at least six of its users lost their funds. In total, 7.95205862 BTC was stolen from them (about $ 28,000). The LocalBitcoins message on Reddit says that at about 10:00 UTC on Saturday, January 26, employees of the exchange discovered a vulnerability in […]

Employees of the Department of Cyber Police detained a 30-year-old resident of Zaporozhye, suspected of fraud and theft of cryptocurrency. This is reported on the site office. According to law enforcement officers, a 30-year-old male resident created the Stealer virus and distributed it among network users to gain access to these wallets on various crypto-countertops. The virus got into the file system of users through spam mailing. He also disguised himself on […]

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said at the Stockholm conference of the Nordic Business Forum that he had sold all the bitcoins at a price peak, because “he was tired of the hyip around the industry.” This is reported by Business Insider Nordic. According to him, “for the sake of experiment” he acquired a certain amount of cryptocurrency at a price of about $ 700. “My goal was to go to places like […]