New Delhi: Charge sheet filed by the National Investigations Agency (NIA) clarifies that cryptocurrency Bitcoins is being used for terror funding in India. A Kashmiri couple, linked to the IS, had been arrested from Jamia Nagar in Delhi in March this year. NIA has filed a charge sheet in this matter, and this is the […]
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Mexico City: It has emerged that Pemex, known to be the second-largest oil company in Latin America, has come under a major cyberattack. The attack, which was carried out using a Ransomware, caused a shutdown of more than 5% of the company’s computers, affecting the daily financial transactions and communications systems. The cyber attackers have […]
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Florida: Two towns from the state of Florida in the United States were forced to pay a ransom of $ 1.1 million to hackers launching cyber attacks. Hackers had held at ransom, systems in the Riviera Beach and Lake City in Florida, through a cyber attack. After failing in all the efforts to streamline the […]
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Moscow, 03 Nov 2017: The number of cyber-attacks on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is on the rise over the past few months indicating that this mode of currency is no longer invulnerable, reports Russian Cybersecurity firm ‘Kaspersky’. The cryptocurrencies are being attacked with the help of a malware named ‘Cryptoshuffler’ which has led to the […]
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New Delhi – The ‘Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021’ will be introduced in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament. The bill will outline the cryptocurrency to be issued by the Reserve Bank. At the same time, the bill would provide for a ban on the use of other private cryptocurrencies. However, […]
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Washington: A major cyberattack was launched on Colonial Pipeline, recognised as the US’ largest gasoline and jet fuel pipeline and operator. The company has closed down the entire pipeline and energy supply following the cyberattack. President Joe Biden has been informed about the incident, and the White House said the Energy Department and the central […]
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New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur informed that the government is willing to evaluate the use of newer technologies including cryptocurrency. A few months ago, the government had appointed a high-level Inter-Ministerial Committee, presided over by the Economic Affairs Secretary. The committee has submitted its report to the government and it […]
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Washington: – Janet Yellen, US Secretary of the Treasury, warned that Cryptocurrency is increasingly used for terror funding and this is a major problem. Only last week, the United Nations published a vital report regarding terrorist activities. The report said that terrorist organisations like IS and Al Qaeda are using Cryptocurrency. It was recently exposed […]
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Bengaluru – An international gang involved in E-ticket fraud, using a Pakistani software, has been busted by the Railway Protection Force (RPF). Investigation revealed that this gang is a part of the international black market comprising of 25,000 hackers and brokers. South Western Railway has issued a statement in this respect and more than 100 […]
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Washington: – The price of Bitcoin cryptocurrency jumped to over $10,000 per unit, following the forecast made by the US Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. There is an atmosphere of uncertainty in the investors because of the fear of the Coronavirus pandemic and the announcements made by the central banks from […]
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