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…

South Korea bans anonymous trade in cryptocurrencies from January 30

South Korea’s regulators are pushing cryptocurrency traders and exchanges to follow Know-Your-Customer (KYC) procedures to curtail money laundering and other crimes. In a significant development surrounding bitcoins and such cryptocurrencies, from January 30, South Korea will ban the use of anonymous bank accounts for trading in cryptocurrencies. The move is designed to bring to bring…

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…