Day: June 12, 2018

Bitcoin Price: ‘Bloody Sunday’ Not Caused by Coinrail Hack

Posted on by Robin Edgar

As CCN reported, the little-known Coinrail became the latest cryptocurrency exchange to fall prey to hackers, who are said to have made off with approximately $40 million worth of tokens, a fairly pedestrian figure relative to some of the hacks seen over the years. Later that day, the bitcoin price began to careen downwards, taking Read more about Bitcoin Price: ‘Bloody Sunday’ Not Caused by Coinrail Hack[…]

Hackers Stole Over $20 Million From Misconfigured Ethereum Clients

Posted on by Robin Edgar

A group of hackers has stolen over $20 million worth of Ethereum from Ethereum-based apps and mining rigs, Chinese cyber-security firm Qihoo 360 Netlab reported today. The cause of these thefts is Ethereum software applications that have been configured to expose an RPC [Remote Procedure Call] interface on port 8545. The purpose of this interface Read more about Hackers Stole Over $20 Million From Misconfigured Ethereum Clients[…]