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A type of Mac malware active in August 2013, Bitvanity posed as a vanity wallet address generator and stole addresses and private keys from other bitcoin client software. [133] A different trojan for macOS , called CoinThief was reported in February 2014 to be responsible for multiple bitcoin thefts. [ 133 ]
The Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was hacked in August 2016. [1] 119,756 bitcoin, worth about US$72 million at the time, was stolen.[1]In February 2022, the US government recovered and seized a portion of the stolen bitcoin, then worth US$3.6 billion, [2] by decrypting a file owned by Ilya Lichtenstein that contained addresses and private keys associated with the stolen funds. [3]
Multisignature bitcoin transactions were sabotaged, which at shutdown would allow police to confiscate a larger amount of illicit funds. [15] Police enticed users to download a Microsoft Excel file (disguised as a text file) that, when opened, would attempt to ping back to a police webserver and unmask the user's IP address. [15] [16] [17]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Defunct darknet marketplace AlphaBay AlphaBay login screen Type of site Darknet market Available in English Owner DeSnake Created by DeSnake Revenue Over USD$23M (total over operation) Commercial Yes Registration Required Users 400,000+ Launched September 2014 Current status Offline ...
The term dark web first emerged in 2009; however, it is unknown when the actual dark web first emerged. [11] Many internet users only use the surface web, data that can be accessed by a typical web browser. [12] The dark web forms a small part of the deep web, but requires custom software in order to access its content.
On November 9, 2021, a raid on his Gainesville, Georgia, home resulted in the seizure of about 50,676 bitcoin, then valued at over $3.36 billion. [8] Zhong cooperated with investigators, forfeited all of his bitcoin and pled guilty to one count of wire fraud. [9] In April 2023, Zhong was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. [1]
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archive.today – Is a web archiving site, founded in 2012, that saves snapshots on demand [2] Demonoid – Torrent [3] Internet Archive – A web archiving site; KickassTorrents (defunct) – A BitTorrent index [4] Sci-Hub – Search engine which bypasses paywalls to provide free access to scientific and academic research papers and articles [5]