The teenage 'mastermind' of the recent Twitter breach, who had a difficult family life, poured his energy into video games and cryptocurrency
India recorded a cryptocurrency mining encounter rate that was 4.6 times higher than the regional and global average
The research showed that India, together with Hong Kong and Singapore, continued to face high drive-by download attack volume
Some people fell for the scam and transferred bitcoins equivalent to about $120,000 to the referred wallets
Reiterates the view that they should not be regarded as currency
Others whose Twitter accounts were caught up in the security incident included Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Uber Technologies Inc, Apple, and Michael Bloomberg
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So far, the crypto address mentioned in the tweets received more than $110,000 Bitcoins
Twitter's statements confirm fears that the service itself had been compromised, say security experts
Accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos hijacked to solicit digital currency
Twitter had limited some users' ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified "account functions" after many of the platform's top accounts were hacked
There were some expectations that bitcoin would soar, similar to what happened after the two previous adjustments as the "halving" effectively decreased its supply
A cyber attack is no longer about one company or a government department. In today's world, an attack on one entity can easily escalate to several others
Monday's "halving" cuts the rewards given to those who "mine" bitcoin to 6.25 new coins from 12.5. The next halving will be in 2024.
The previous events fueled huge rallies in bitcoin's market value, but there is a wildcard this time in the form of the coronavirus pandemic, some analysts said.