Silk Road case arrest exposes shady life of an Internet drug lord
Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a daily round-up of quality punditry from across the globe. Today: Finding a hitman is a risky business at the best of times. All too often, the putative...
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Jesse Kline: Behold the power of Bitcoin
News that a Bitcoin ATM has started operating in Vancouver has left many Canadians scratching their heads: What the heck is a Bitcoin and why should people care? Bitcoin is a digital currency. It is...
View ArticleSheep Marketplace customers fleeced in bitcoin heist
Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a daily round-up of quality punditry from across the globe. Today: Owners of bitcoins got a shock when millions of dollars of the virtual currency...
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From bitcoin to the NSA: What 2013 teaches us about technology as great...
Since the dawn of the commercial Internet, there has been the general sentiment permeating Western society that technology is a force for good. Where destructive technological advances, such as the...
View ArticleBitcoin owners learning the hard way — it's a virtual Wild West out there
Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a daily round-up of quality punditry from across the globe. Today: To put a 21st–century twist on an old saying, ‘Virtual money is the root of all evil’....
View ArticleJesse Kline: From Putin to porn stars — why everyone needs to start adopting...
In its effort to punish Russian aggression in Ukraine, the United States and its allies have imposed a series of sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s regime. As is typically the case, sanctions are being...
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Australian police raid home and business of man believed to be bitcoin founder
SYDNEY, Australia — Australian police on Wednesday raided the home and business premises of a man that technology news sites have claimed is the founder of virtual currency bitcoin. A statement from...
View ArticleL.A. hospital forced to pay $17,000 in bitcoin ransom to get medical records...
Not too long ago, taking the United States’ wild, messy, unreliable system of medical records online seemed like a worthy goal. “To improve the quality of our health care while lowering its cost, we...
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You can now purchase coffee exclusive to the dark web, as long as you’ve got...
The dark web is typically known for being the place where you can purchase illegal items of any kind, from drugs to weapons to hitmen-for-hire. But even creeps and hitmen need a pick-me-up in the...
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Global ransomware attacks backfire because few users actually know how to use...
An unprecedented cyberattack swept across the globe over the weekend, but so far the majority of victims haven’t paid hackers a ransom. After the ransomware began infecting users on Friday, they were...
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Clues point to possible North Korean involvement in massive cyberattack, code...
Security researchers have found digital clues in the malware used in last weekend’s global ransomware attack that might indicate North Korea is involved, although they caution the evidence is not...
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Canadian wanted for running online black market found hanged in jail
Until earlier this month, AlphaBay served as a one-stop shop for illicit consumer needs online. Essentially an internet-based black marketplace stationed on the dark web and accessible only through an...
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‘Doctors are under attack’: Group says medical offices are regularly hit by...
Hackers have repeatedly targeted Canadian doctors with ransomware recently, hobbling computer systems that hold thousands of medical records and impeding patient care, says a major health-care...
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Venezuela to launch its own cryptocurrency to skirt U.S. ‘financial blockade’
Venezuela’s currency is in free fall. Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are going precisely the other direction. And there, President Nicolas Maduro sees a way out of his country’s economic ills. On his...
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