Ethereum Soft Fork Under Threat of DDoS AttacksThe situation around the attempts to bring back the lost assets of The DAO is gradually gaining farcical shades. This time, the soft fork proposed by Ethereum developers may never occur because yet another vulnerability has been discovered. The soft fork in question is aimed at blocking target DAO address, so that the organization will […]
The Robin Hood Team: The DAO’s Assets May Return Without a HardforkA joint team of Ethereum Project, Slock.it and some anonymous developers which calls itself the Robin Hood team intends to bring back the ethers stolen from the DAO without hard-forking Ethereum.
Recursive Call: The DAO on the Brink of Death and Ethereum To Be HardforkedEthereum Foundation headed by Vitalik Buterin opted to save the DAO funds for investors. However, the latter will only have an option of withdrawing funds. The DAO, as it may seem, is no more.
The DAO Under Attack: $50 Million StolenToday, the world’s first decentralized venture fund The DAO has been attacked. Unknown hackers keep on withdrawing ETH tokens from the fund. Overall amount of stolen assets comprises around $50 million at the time of writing. ETH and DAO exchange rate has dropped almost immediately across all cryptocurrency exchanges. 1 ETH is worth 0.02 BTC […]
Almost 33 Million Twitter Passwords Stolen and Put Up for Sale for BitcoinsInformation security website Leaked Source has announced that a database containing upwards of 32.8 million stolen Twitter passwords has popped up on the darkweb. The experts noted that the data had been stolen directly from users, most of whom use Russia-based services.
Malwarebytes Releases Anti-Ransomware Protection KitMalwarebytes, a well-known antivirus developer, has announced it releases a beta version of what it calls “the first ever anti-ransomware protection kit”.
Europol Arrests an Alleged DD4BC MemberEuropol, the European Union’s top police agency, announced that it has arrested and detained two alleged members of DD4BC, a notorious DDoS-attack group. The attackers are known for threatening and effecting DDoS attacks on various bitcoin-related services and mining pools. The group extorts bitcoins for ceasing an attack.
Two Major Exchanges Experienced DDoS Attacks. Who’s next?Shortly after DDoS attack on the major Chinese cryptocurrency exchange, BTCC, two other Bitcoin exchanges reported DDoS attacks on their sites within the last 24 hours. BTC-e Bitcoin exchange BTC-e has been offline for as long as four hours. According to the company’s tweets and official statements at the website, the exchange was subject to […]