bitcoin

Hospital Pays Bitcoin Ransom to Fix Ransomware

Viruses and malware are issues for the best of us, from forgetting to scan your computer once to being baited in by that interesting link in an email, there are many ways for ...

February 18, 2016 at 10:10 am by

Silk Road Investigator Arrested Again!

The message we are often told is that no one is above the law. This became all too apparent last year when a secret service agent was caught stealing money in the Silk Road ...

February 2, 2016 at 11:02 am by

Cryptsy on Verge of Bankruptcy After $7.5m Bitcoin Theft

Popular cryptocurrency exchange Cryptsy is on the verge of bankruptcy after the startup admitted that it had fallen victim to an online heist in July 2014, during which a ...

January 17, 2016 at 8:00 am by

Australian Securities Market to Begin Trading Bitcoin Shares

The Australian Securities Market (ASX) is preparing to debut the Bitcoin Group on the public market under the symbol BCG. This is seen as a potentially billion dollar ...

January 15, 2016 at 9:00 pm by

Australian Man Arrested After Exposé Reveals He May Be the Real Bitcoin Inventor

The real inventors of notorious cryptocurrency Bitcoin could be an Australian entrepreneur and his dead friend, separate investigations by Gizmodo and Wired have revealed. ...

December 9, 2015 at 10:00 pm by

Fallout 4 Pirate Learns Expensive Lesson as Bitcoins Go Missing

You should never pirate games or software in general, that is something that we all know. There are those who can’t resist that temptation now and the, but it can end ...

December 7, 2015 at 11:53 am by

EU Considers Bitcoin Ban After Paris Attacks

Following the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris, France on 13th November, the European Union is meeting to discuss a ban on cryptocurrency Bitcoin, according to Reuters. The ...

November 20, 2015 at 8:00 pm by

UK E-tailers Taken Offline by DDoS Attacks

Yesterday, UK based e-tailers were the apparent victims of a DDoS attack that took Aria Technology, Novatech, and Scan Computers websites offline. Channelweb reported that ...

October 21, 2015 at 9:03 am by

Ashley Madison Hackers Leaving Behind Footprints

Hacking has been big news in recent years, with everyone from Sony to Apple having breaches and personal information released. The latest in this long stream of hacks is a ...

August 24, 2015 at 11:00 am by

California Pot Smokers to Get Their Bitcoin-Paid-For Gear Delivered by Drone

New startup Trees will deliver marijuana, bought using Bitcoin, to Californian potheads via drone. San Francisco-based Trees allows cannabis smokers to order boxes of weed ...

August 7, 2015 at 6:00 pm by

Could Bitcoin Become Currency in Australia?

Australia has begun a government enquiry which could lead to Bitcoin becoming a legitimate currency within the country. The Senate Economics References Committee is ...

August 4, 2015 at 7:30 pm by

Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès Arrested Over Lost 650,000 Bitcoins

More than a year after troubled Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox folded, authorities have finally moved against the beleaguered firm. Japanese police have arrested former CEO Mark ...

August 2, 2015 at 1:28 pm by

Hacking Team Were Tracking Bitcoin Users

Leaked documents, published by WikiLeaks, have revealed that Italian spyware firm Hacking Team have the ability to track Bitcoin users, and have been selling the software with ...

July 15, 2015 at 3:28 pm by

A New Digital Currency In Development

Digital currencies have been gaining popularity in recent years due to the notion of a stateless payment method which is not influenced by any bank or country. This is perhaps ...

July 12, 2015 at 9:00 pm by

Hacking Team Employee Threatens to Put a Hit on ACLU Technologist

Hacking Team’s staff sound like a charming bunch, thanks to the hoard of internal e-mails that have been leaked – offering unethical malware services to US law ...

July 12, 2015 at 5:00 am by

  • Be Social With eTeknix

    Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Reddit RSS Discord Patreon TikTok Twitch
  • Features


})