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Bitcoin exchange website goes offline
Associated Press, Published on 25/02/2014
» TOKYO — The website of major Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox is offline amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft, a new setback for efforts to gain legitimacy for the virtual currency.
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Japan: bitcoin 'collapse' expected
Associated Press, Published on 28/02/2014
» TOKYO — Japan's finance minister scoffed at bitcoin woes, dismissing them as inevitable on Friday, and Vietnam banned the virtual currency, but enthusiasm was undimmed among its supporters in the aftermath of the apparent collapse of a major exchange.
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Former Hong Kong leader gets 20 months in jail
Associated Press, Published on 22/02/2017
» HONG KONG -- A former leader of Hong Kong was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Wednesday for misconduct after failing to disclose plans to rent a luxury apartment for his retirement from a businessman applying for a broadcasting licence.
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Worldwide cyberattack demands ransoms, cripples UK hospitals
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2017
» LONDON - Britain's health service was hit Friday by a huge international cyberattack that froze computers at hospitals across the country - an attack that shut down wards, closed emergency rooms and brought medical treatments to a screeching halt.
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Did Kim Jong Un hack the world?
Associated Press, Published on 17/05/2017
» SEOUL - Cybersecurity experts are pointing to circumstantial evidence that North Korea may be behind the global ransomware attack. The way the hackers turned computers and servers across the world into hostages was similar to previous cyberattacks attributed to North Korea.
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Canadian's suicide shut 'world's biggest darknet' drug site
Associated Press, Published on 21/07/2017
» PARIS - Two of the world's most notorious darknet marketplaces have been knocked out in a one-two punch that officials say yielded a trove of new intelligence about the drug merchants that operate out of the hidden corners of the internet.
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Wildlife crimefighters start to sniff the money trail
Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2017
» In most cases, the conviction of a Thai man trafficking rhino horns through a bizarre scheme that involved hiring prostitutes to pose as trophy hunters would have marked the end of the story.
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Bitcoin nears B500,000 as miner NiceHash reports hack
Associated Press, Published on 07/12/2017
» TOKYO: The Slovenian-based bitcoin miner NiceHash says it is investigating a security breach and the possible theft of tens of millions of dollars' worth of bitcoins, as the value of the virtual currency has soared to a new record high.
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New Bitcoin-based security bounces in trading debut on CME
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2017
» NEW YORK: A new security based on the price of the digital currency bitcoin is trading lower after its debut on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a week after another such security launched on a rival exchange.
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Marshall Islands creates virtual money to raise cash
Associated Press, Published on 03/03/2018
» MAJURO, Marshall Islands: The tiny Marshall Islands is creating its own digital currency in order to raise some hard cash to pay bills and boost the economy.
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