News
China central bank’s Shanghai unit officially announces to crack down on crypto exchanges - People’s Bank of China (PBoC) regulatory enforcement action targeting cryptocurrency companies in Shanghai.
Hacks
Monero download site and binaries compromised - report on the backdoor Monero wallet binaries downloaded from the project’s Github page. The compromise was first reported on Github when a user observed release binaries not matching.
Password data for ~2.2 million users of currency and gaming sites dumped online - a large data dump from Gatehub and RuneScape compromises
Phineas Fisher Offers $100,000 Bounty to Hack Banks and Oil Companies - a bug bounty was announced that would pay hacktivists in crypto to target financial institutions.
Crime
Roughly $400 million of Ripple tokens tied to illegal activity - a blockchain analytics company, Elliptic, report on criminals starting to use XRP for illegal activities such as scams, Ponzi schemes, thefts, and some stolen credit card trading act…
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