Plustoken Cash-Outs Could Be Behind BTC Price Drop, Says Report
Dec18

Plustoken Cash-Outs Could Be Behind BTC Price Drop, Says Report

On Monday, the blockchain surveillance company Chainalysis published an excerpt from the firm’s upcoming crime report that will publish in January. According to the Chainalysis research, the Ponzi scheme called Plustoken not only defrauded investors out of $3 billion but the scam “may also be driving down the price of bitcoin.” Also read: Mystery Surrounds DDoS Attacks That Have Downed the Darknet Are Ponzi Schemes...

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Mining Pool Simplecoin and Interactive Faucet Chopcoin Shut Down Due to EU Regulations
Dec18

Mining Pool Simplecoin and Interactive Faucet Chopcoin Shut Down Due to EU Regulations

Like crypto payments provider Bottle Pay, mining pool Simplecoin and interactive bitcoin faucet Chopcoin are shutting down in light of restrictions imposed by EU anti-money laundering legislation, AMLD5. Simplecoin co-founder Marvin Janssen addressed Telegram users last month saying “We believe in the power of cryptocurrency and its potential. Mining should to be available to anyone and we refuse to jeopardise our users’...

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OpenSubtitles Redirects Danish IP-Addresses Following Anti-Piracy Group Request
Dec18

OpenSubtitles Redirects Danish IP-Addresses Following Anti-Piracy Group Request

OpenSubtitles is one of the largest and most advanced subtitle repositories on the Internet, with millions of subtitles being downloaded every week. The site was founded over a decade ago by a Slovakian programmer who came up with the idea while drinking a few beers at a local pub. In the early days, copyright concerns weren’t much of an issue, but that position has changed. In recent years, OpenSubtitles and similar sites have...

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After Helix Hosting, PrimeStreams IPTV Suffers Hack, $70K Extortion Attempt
Dec18

After Helix Hosting, PrimeStreams IPTV Suffers Hack, $70K Extortion Attempt

Just one week ago, customers and resellers of ‘pirate’ IPTV service Helix Hosting were handed bad news via the service’s homepage. A message, placed there by a hacker, warned that Helix had been hacked and its operator had been given the option to either pay a ransom or face the personal details of his subscribers being leaked out onto the Internet. Initial reports suggested that Helix refused to pay but precisely...

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Introduction to automation with Bash scripts
Dec18

Introduction to automation with Bash scripts

Sysadmins, those of us who run and manage Linux computers most closely, have direct access to tools that help us work more efficiently. To help you use these tools to their maximum benefit to make your life easier, this series of articles explores using automation in the form of Bash shell scripts. It covers: read...

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