Google Alert - Cryptocurrency

	Cryptocurrency As-it-happens update ⋅ January 26, 2018
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	Hackers Abuse Google Ad Network To Spread Malware That Mines Cryptocurrency Forbes The malware's goal: to mine cryptocurrency on infected computers and funnel earnings back to its criminal controllers. Security researchers at Trend Micro have spotted malicious activity tied to a new campaign in five countries so far: France, Italy, Japan, Spain and Taiwan. The attack delivers Coinhive, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bitcoin Prices Rebound Following Possibly the Largest Cryptocurrency Hack Yet Fortune Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck confirmed that some $524 million worth of digital coins had been stolen—likely making it the largest single hack on an exchange, even outweighing the Mt. Gox breach of 2014. That's according to Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which reports that ... Coincheck hacked in ¥58 billion cryptocurrency heist, four years after Mt. Gox - The Japan Times Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Bitcoin fraud triples as criminals target cryptocurrency boom Telegraph.co.uk The rising price of Bitcoin has been met with a surge in cryptocurrency crime as reports of Bitcoin-related fraud tripled in 2017. Action Fraud, the UK's national fraud and cybercrime reporting agency, said crimes linked to Bitcoin increased to 999 in 2017, compared to 320 in the previous year. It came in a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Amid Bitcoin Frenzy, SEC Warns Against Risky Cryptocurrency Products KNBA In January, Kodak saw its shares rise on the announcement of its "KodakCoin" digital currency. Even Venezuela is making moves into digital money, with President Nicolas Maduro announcing the development of a "petro cryptocurrency" backed by the country's oil and gas reserves. But where some see ... Flag as irrelevant
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