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SIM-swappers face hundreds of years in prison for $2.4M cryptocurrency theft

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


An Irish man, part of a hacking group called “The Community,” is facing upwards of 100 years in a US prison after allegedly stealing over $2 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a series of SIM-swap attacks. Conor Freeman, a 20 year-old Irish man, was named as part of the group and – if found guilty – could be extradited to the US and face over 100 years in prison, the Independent IE reports. Five other individuals were named as being part of The Community in documents from a Michigan, US court last week and face similar charges. Court documents state the…

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SIM-swappers face hundreds of years in prison for $2.4M cryptocurrency theft

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


An Irish man, part of a hacking group called “The Community,” is facing upwards of 100 years in a US prison after allegedly stealing over $2 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a series of SIM-swap attacks. Conor Freeman, a 20 year-old Irish man, was named as part of the group and – if found guilty – could be extradited to the US and face over 100 years in prison, the Independent IE reports. Five other individuals were named as being part of The Community in documents from a Michigan, US court last week and face similar charges. Court documents state the…

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Here’s why I’m genuinely excited about GitHub’s new package registry

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 8:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


Fridays are frequently used by companies to bury bad news. By announcing dismal sales figures and privacy SNAFUs when everyone has left the newsroom (either in body or in mind), they can avoid the attention and scrutiny they’d otherwise get on literally any other day of the working week. I mention this because on Friday, GitHub announced something really fucking awesome, and I’m only just getting the chance to write about it. The Microsoft-owned company, which is best known for its source management platform, announced the launch of GitHub Package Registry. Now, I’ve got to be really careful here. It…

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CHEAP: Never run out of juice with this $5 (!) Morphie external battery

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 8:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Despite all the joys that gadgets, gear, and general electronics have bought me, there’s one downfall: battery. Everything always needs to be recharged and, well, who has the time for that? That’s not going to be a problem for much longer. Why? Because there’s a fantastic deal on the Morphie Powerstation external battery pack. And what’s that deal? Oh, nothing much – ONLY THAT YOU CAN NOW GET THE DEVICE FOR $5! Yep, $5. For that extravagant amount of money, the Morphie Powerstation has a 6,000mAh…

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HTC’s new $300 blockchain phone will double as a Bitcoin node

May13
by on May 13, 2019 at 8:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Taiwainese mobile phone manufacturer HTC is launching a more affordable blockchain phone with full Bitcoin node capabilities. Originally announced last month, the Exodus 1S will be launching in Q3 this year and will have an extra SD card to support its blockchain capabilities. For what it’s worth, HTC was gunning to include node capabilities in the Exodus 1, but the company ultimately decided to drop the functionality for the device’s first iteration – perhaps due to Google’s updated Play store policy that forbids on-device mining. The manufacturer has not shared a specific launch date but says the device will be…

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