Bank customers extorted for ten percent of balances
The clientele of a privacy-focused bank in the tiny European country of Liechtenstein, Valartis Bank, received an email on Wednesday demanding that ten percent of their account balances be liquidated and sent to a hacker, via Bitcoin.
Hacker holds San Francisco railway to ransom, demands 100 bitcoins
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The entire ticketing system was taken offline on Friday evening, and stayed down all day Saturday, with the message: "You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. Contact For Key(cryptom27@yandex.com)ID:681” appearing on MUNI agents’ computer screens.
Bitfinex hacked, halts trading, deposits and withdrawals
Earlier today, Bitfinex announced a security breach requiring them to halt all trading, deposits, and withdrawals on the Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange.
Modern day Robin Hood bank robber donated 25 Bitcoins to help fight ISIS
A self-described “ethical hacker,” who goes by the handle Phineas Phisher, is responsible for some of the highest-profile hacks on questionable organizations in internet history. Two of his previous targets were shady malware makers, assisting governments to spy on their own people. With the help of websites like Wikileaks, Phisher's hacks have illuminated dark corners of government around the world.
Coinbase responds to white hat bounty complaint
A white hat hacker has publicly voiced their concerns regarding the Coinbase exchange bug bounty program. The company CEO has responded to the complaint by offering further transparency.
Samsung Attack Highlights Bitcoin’s Advantages
[Samsung Pay](http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/13/samsung-launches-samsung-pay-in-the-u-s/) was recently released to the general public. On Oct 6, its centralized server LoopPay was breached by a group of Chinese hackers known as Codoso, or the [Sunshock group](http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/07/new-york-times-digital-chinese-hackers-breached-looppay-a-contributor-to-samsung-pay.html), before the technology was even applied to the mobile processor.
BitStamp Hack Result of Phishing Attack says Leaked Internal Report
In January, the hot wallet of the popular European exchange BitStamp was hacked and over 5,000 BTC, about $5 million, was stolen. The story quickly made the media rounds, tainting the exchange’s, and Bitcoin’s, start to the new year.
Bitfinex Hacked: Users Urged to Change Deposit Addresses
Bitcoin's largest dollar-based exchange has been hacked, and it's active-trading wallet has been emptied.
Exchanges Under Attack
During the past week 6 exchanges have experienced hacks or losses, some losing large amounts of Bitcoin.
Blockchain.info Bug Exposes Users Private Keys
A bug caused by developers at the worlds most popular online bitcoin wallet provider compromised the private keys for addresses generated and used during a time period of several hours.
