‘Pony’ botnet steals bitcoins, digital currencies: Trustwave
(Reuters) – Cyber criminals have infected hundreds of thousands of computers with a virus called Pony to steal bitcoins and other digital currencies, in the...
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Mt. Gox’s CEO resigns from Bitcoin Foundation
(Reuters) – Mark Karpeles, chief executive of Mt. Gox, the embattled Toyko-based bitcoin exchange, resigned on Sunday from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, in...
Cyber attack on bitcoin a big warning to currency’s users
(Reuters) – A massive cyber attack from unknown sources that has been spamming bitcoin exchanges is highlighting some of the dangers people can encounter when...
Bitcoin hit by denial of service attacks as regulators prepare clampdown
(Reuters) – Bitcoin is being hit by attacks from unknown computer hackers who are sending mutated lines of code into the program that runs the...
Russian authorities say Bitcoin illegal
(Reuters) – Russian authorities have issued warnings against using Bitcoin, saying the virtual currency could be used for money laundering or financing terrorism and that...
A Swipe at Traditional Banking at a Forum Illuminating Bitcoin
A hearing Tuesday on the regulatory future of Bitcoin instead turned into a forum on the shortcomings of the traditional banking industry. The hearing, called...
Bitcoin entrepreneurs Charlie Shrem and Robert Faiella charged with money laundering
Two Bitcoin entrepreneurs have been arrested and charged with money laundering by US authorities. Charlie Shrem, chief executive of New York-based BitInstant, and Robert Faiella,...
Bitcoin Exchange CEO Arrested For Laundering Drug Money With Bitcoins
BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem has been charged with laundering money for customers of online drug bazaar Silk Road. U.S. government agents have arrested BitInstant CEO...
The U.S. government’s bitcoin bonanza: How, where and when to sell?
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan are sitting on a multimillion-dollar bitcoin gold mine. And it could get much bigger. Federal authorities hauled in 29,655...