‘Crypto exchange FTX lost at least €970 million in customer funds’
Reuters reports that crypto exchange FTX is missing more than €970 million in customer funds. Founder and CEO Bankman-Fried allegedly moved as much as €9.7 billion to his own investment company.
The founder previously transferred $10 billion in customer funds to Alameda Research, a personal ... Read more
Cybercriminals steal nearly €600 million in hack on Binance BNB Chain
Cybercriminals captured about €586 million ($570 million) in a hack on Binance. The hack was possibly caused by a flaw in a software tool for automatically executing transactions.
The hack allowed the cybercriminals to steal 2 million BNB, Binance's own cryptocurrency. 2 million BNB has a mark... Read more
‘Personal data of 1 billion Chinese residents for sale’
An anonymous user of a hacker forum claims to hold the personal data of 1 billion Chinese citizens. Although proof is lacking, enterprises are upping their security measures.
The user goes by the forum name of 'ChinaDan'. In a recent post, the user offered 23 terabytes of data for 10 bitcoin (ap... Read more
Binance US will suspend all XRP trading after Ripple sued by SEC
The The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Ripple of selling unregistered securities.
Binance US decided to suspend all XRP trading on its platform, according to a report making it the 14th exchange to do so after Ripple got hit with a lawsuit by the US SEC commission for sellin... Read more
Binance introduces new developer platform for blockchain innovation
Binance, one of the largest crypto-currency exchanges in the world, launches a new developer platform. The platform should lead to new blockchain innovations, preferably focusing on already existing Binance platforms.
The new developer platform will be called Binance X. This will include a hub where... Read more
Binance makes it possible to buy cryptic currency with a credit card
Binance now also allows users to spend money they don't have. To this end, the platform has added support for Mastercard and Visa credit cards.
The use of credit cards in cryptographic currency is somewhat controversial. This is because of the risks involved. Just think of the way in which the pric... Read more
Google Play app turned out to steal binance login details and banking apps
Google is of course doing its utmost to prevent malware from being given a chance in the Play Store. But there are some loopholes in the net, as it turns out again today. A new malware app has been found that steals sensitive data from unsuspecting users.
Security researcher Lukas Stefanko yesterday... Read more