Lost passwords lock millionaires out of their bitcoin fortunes
Bitcoin's unusual nature has meant that many people are locked out of fortunes as a result of lost or forgotten keys. They have been forced...
Robinhood pays $65 million to settle charges of misleading customers
The same practices that drove Robinhood’s success are increasingly leading to fines, complaints and scrutiny from state and federal regulators.
Bitcoin hits record, this time with less talk of a bubble
Bitcoin, the crazy cousin of traditional currencies, fell below $4,000 in March but has now passed $19,783. More investors are now buying it for the...
To do politics or not do politics? Tech startups are divided
Startups such as the cryptocurrency company Coinbase and the audio app Clubhouse have become embroiled in a debate over how much politics should be part...
When your last $166 vanishes: ‘Fast fraud’ surges on payment apps
People are getting defrauded as they turn to Square’s Cash App and PayPal’s Venmo to do more online banking in the pandemic.
A job that isn’t hard to get in a pandemic: swindlers’ helper
The number of criminal schemes relying on people who, either knowingly or unknowingly, help international criminal rings move their ill-gotten gains has spiked, just when...
Twitter hack may have had another mastermind: A 16-year-0ld
The teen and others allegedly played roles in taking over prominent Twitter accounts — like those belonging to Obama and Elon Musk — and using...
Florida teenager is charged as ‘mastermind’ of Twitter hack
The recent high-profile of 130 Twitter accounts, included the accounts of celebrities like former Vice President Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Silicon Valley...
Twitter accounts for Biden, Obama, Gates, Bezos and others are hacked
The company eventually disabled broad swaths of its service, including the ability of verified users to tweet, as it scrambled to prevent the scam from...
Can you really hire a hit man on the dark web?
Several online stores offer murder for pay. Researchers say they are scams, but people who want someone dead aren’t listening.