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Men who were paid $100,000 by Uber to hush-up hack plead guilty to extortion scheme

Two hackers face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to their involvement in a scheme which saw them attempt to extort money from Uber and LinkedIn in exchange for the deletion of stolen data.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Graham Cluley

Crypto Engineer Bravely Details Embarrassing $100,000 SIM-Hijack Bitcoin Theft – CCN

Crypto Engineer Bravely Details Embarrassing $ 100,000 SIM-Hijack Bitcoin Theft  CCN

By CCN: SIM hijackers aiming to steal bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are getting bolder and more daring. No longer are they just going for the soft targets but …

“HTTPS hijacking” – read more

Find QuadrigaCX’s missing $190 million, and you could win a $100,000 bounty

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There has been another twist in the curious case of QuadrigaCX, a Canadian cryptocurrency exchange whose CEO unexpectedly and suddenly died without telling anyone else his password.

And it sounds like more troubling news for investors.

Graham Cluley