Attack

The unknown attacker has promised to gain majority hashrate control of an altcoin to show how smooth the process is. They have given decent warning of the attack but promised to live stream the whole event on October 13, 2018, 3:00 CDT.

A new report, produced by CTA, has revealed that the occurrence of digital currency mining malware greatly increased in 2018. The reason for the rapid growth has allegedly been leaked code, stolen from the US National Security Agency (NSA).

In the Ontario province of Canada, there is a town known as Midland with a population of over 16,000 people. Recently, its computer systems have been hacked and infected with deadly ransom malware.

On Wednesday, August 29, the Bitcoin price soared over $7,000 for the first time in almost 3 weeks.

Several hackers are using a network of unprotected routers to circulate cryptocurrency-mining malware to users without any suspicion, security experts and researchers have revealed.

A civil servant who had been keeping control on cryptocurrency and taking steps against its speculation joined the majority on Sunday, February 18, a government spokesman reported. The unfortunate man is thought to have experienced a heart attack in his sleep.

In a hack attack, the government websites, including the Information Commissioner's Office and thousands of other sites around the world have been running a malware program that uses the visitor’s computer to mine Monero, a cryptocurrency, which like Bitcoin is blockchain based, but with a greater concentration on transaction privacy.

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are quickly becoming recognized as one of the biggest threats in cyber security right now.

The largest Chinese mining equipment producer and bitcoin mining pool operator – Bitmain – has warned its users about a security breach on one of its servers.