Kacy Zurkus Banco de Chile publicly disclosed on 28 May that it had detected a virus, presumably from international networks, that affected thousands of its workstations. Now the bank has learned that…
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Iceland's Bitcoin heist suspect 'flees on PM's plane'
A man suspected of masterminding the theft of 600 computers that were being used to mine virtual currencies has escaped custody in Iceland, police say. Sindri Thor Stefansson escaped the…
UK company linked to laundered Bitcoin billions
By Geoff White A UK company has been linked to the laundering of 650,000 stolen bitcoins worth £4.5bn, a BBC Radio 4 investigation has found. The coins were taken by…
Hackers steal $400,000 of crypto-currency
ackers have stolen $400,000 (£290,000) of the virtual currency Stellar Lumen in an online attack on Saturday. The group hijacked the server that hosts BlackWallet, a web-based wallet application that…
Cyber criminals steal £235k from Bury Hospice
Cyber criminals have stolen £235,000 from a hospice – and a similar attempted theft was thwarted at another hospice the following day. Bury Hospice chairman, Prof Eileen Fairhurst, said staff…
What went wrong at Tesco Bank?
Internal systems blamed for monster cyber-attack. By John Leyden Tesco Bank has enlisted the help of recently established National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) following the most serious cyber-attack ever launched…