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Cryptocurrency exchange botches airdrop, gives $5.3M to its users

Jan22
by on January 22, 2019 at 10:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Every week we seem to read another new story about yet another cryptocurrency exchange hack or scam in which users’ funds are stolen. But this week, a South Korean exchange has flipped the narrative on its head. In what is being called a “computer error,” CoinZest done^  goofed and gave away around $5.4 million worth of cryptocurrency to some of its customers, Cryptonews reports. The blunder came as part of an airdrop of We Game Tokens (WGT), but instead the exchange credited accounts with Bitcoin and Ethereum, amongst other cryptocurrencies. But don’t worry, not all is lost. CoinZest was able…

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Protecting yourself from inevitable data breaches is easier than you think

Jan22
by on January 22, 2019 at 10:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


It’s tempting to give up on data security altogether, with all the billions of pieces of personal data – Social Security numbers, credit cards, home addresses, phone numbers, passwords and much more – breached and stolen in recent years. But that’s not realistic – nor is the idea of going offline entirely. In any case, huge data-collection corporations vacuum up data about almost every American without their knowledge. As cybersecurity researchers, we offer good news to brighten this bleak picture. There are some simple ways to protect your personal data that can still be effective, though they involve changing how…

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I’m kicking myself for not buying an iPhone SE last weekend

Jan22
by on January 22, 2019 at 8:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Apple just started clearing out its stock of iPhone SE handsets – which launched back in March 2016 and discontinued last September – at $249 a pop (the 128GB version is listed at $299). It’s not exactly big news from Cupertino, but it is a hell of a good deal even in 2019, with a couple of caveats. Too bad it’s already sold out across the US. Let me explain why I’m bummed out. The SE is essentially an iPhone 6S fitted into the compact, beautifully designed body of the iPhone 5 from 2012. It’s one of the only phones…

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Reddit shuts down popular soccer streaming subreddit, but new ones pop-up

Jan22
by on January 22, 2019 at 7:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, world


Soccer (forgive me, football gods) is arguably one of the most popular sports across the globe and has loads of fans tuning into matches via illegal video streams. These could be found easily enough on Reddit – until now. The company has sent a notice to /r/soccerstreams, a popular destination for fans looking to catch current matches, to stop posting links to illegal broadcast streams. Two days ago, the moderators of the subreddit posted that it will no longer host threads with stream links for its 430,000 subscribers: We’ve officially reached critical mass. I regret to inform you all that…

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