ASEAN nations likely to sign cybersecurity deal with Russia

A draft agreement is being circulated among foreign ministers on the area of cybersecurity, the details of which is likely to be published this coming Saturday. Following high-profile hacking attacks in Southeast Asia, nations in the region are hoping to enter into joint agreements on cybersecurity with Russia. The draft agreement, which aims to formalize…

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail hacked

The hack occurred over the weekend. Coinrail has temporarily suspended trading in the virtual currency exchange. On Monday, with Coinrail, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, disclosing that it was hacked during the weekend, there followed an extended sell-off of bitcoin which saw it touch its 2-month low. In recent given the number of hacks involved…

Japan’s Coincheck Inc to repay investors, resume trading on selected cryptocurrencies

Investors who lost out due to the $530 million heist, will now be reimbursed. On Thursday, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc, stated from next week, it plans on reimbursing lost digital monies to investors who were affected by the $530 million heist. Coincheck also stated, it plans on resuming services for some cryptocurrencies starting from…

Cryptocurrency investors file lawsuit against Coincheck Inc

While Coincheck wants to resume trading once it can guarantee the secure resumption of its operations, investors want to withdraw their holdings so that they can continue trading on other cryptocurrency exchanges. On Thursday, cryptocurrency investors in Japan launched a lawsuit against Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc in efforts aimed at forcing it to allow…

Cyber security researchers attribute string of recent cyberattacks on virtual currency exchanges on North Korea-backed hackers

With much of its exports to China being blocked by U.N sanction, an impoverished and increasingly cornered North Korea has taken the cyber route to enriching itself. With the recent surge in the price of bitcoins, cyber security experts opine the net worth of its stolen tokens amount to $82 million. With more international sanctions…