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Is Dogecoin set to follow Shiba Inu’s (SHIB) 400% breakout?

'Much ow' ahead? Dogecoin chart fractal puts Shiba Inu's 390% QTD rally in danger

Shiba Inu rebounds 40% despite major selling by SHIB whales

One currency to rule them all: Facebook’s Diem has global ambitions

Shiba Inu is now a top-20 cryptocurrency with SHIB price soaring 300% in 9 days

Cybercriminals earned $1.2 million in Bitcoin through “sextortion” and bomb threat email scams in the last 12 months, according to a recent report.

Report: $1.2M Earned Through Bitcoin ‘Sextortion,’ Bomb Threat Scams

Adrian Zmudzinski

2019-08-04T18:04:00+01:00

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Bitcoin Private (BTCP) developers have accused cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC of fraud in connection with the recent coinburn.

Bitcoin Private Team Accuses Crypto Exchange HitBTC of Fraud After Delisting

Adrian Zmudzinski

2019-03-10T15:10:00+00:00

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The kidnappers of a 13-year-old boy in South Africa have demanded a “non-negotiable” ransom of 15 BTC, worth around $120,000.

South Africa: Gang Kidnaps 13 Year Old Boy, Demands Ransom of 15 Bitcoins

2018-05-23T16:55:00+01:00

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Another case of fraud involving Bitcoin surfaces in India as Wipro receives a $78 mln ransom demand.

Bitcoin $78 Mln Ransom Demand Hits India’s IT Giant

2017-05-08T13:30:00+01:00

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The banks are now coming to terms with the view that it is cheaper to pay off criminals than risk ferocious cyber attacks on a high scale.

Top British Banks Stock Up On Bitcoin For Cyber Ransoms

Olusegun Ogundeji

2016-10-23T12:25:00+01:00

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According to a cyber-security survey, 33% of UK companies are buying Bitcoin in anticipation of ransomware attacks. This comes after a Canadian university paid ...

UK Companies Buy Up Bitcoins As Ransom Money While Canada University Pays Up

Charlie McCombie

2016-06-11T14:20:00+01:00

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Cointelegraph stongly advises NOT to fulfill any email demands coming from scammers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a division of ISIS.

Security Experts Advise on Fighting Cybercrime Amid Reports on Syrian Email Scam Attacks

2015-11-08T19:09:00+00:00

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ProtonMail, an open-sourced encrypted mail service founded by MIT and Stanford engineers at the CERN research facility, has suffered from a series of extremely ...

ProtonMail Pays Bitcoin Ransom to Stop DDoS Attack

2015-11-06T17:23:00+00:00

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