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Texas regulator goes after cryptocurrency scammers boasting fake Obama endorsements

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 12:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) is taking emergency action against cryptocurrency scammers, peddling fake endorsements and posing as well-established blockchain services. In a statement from yesterday, TSSB Commissioner Travis J. Iles revealed the board has issued a cease and desist letter for three cryptocurrency businesses. The suspected businesses are currently under investigation. The TSSB claims that Coins Miner Investment, DGBK Ltd, and Ultimate Assets LLC have been duping potential customers with incorrect, false, and totally misleading information. “According to the Emergency Cease and Desist Order, Coins Miner is manipulating its email solicitations to make them appear as if they…

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Coinbase, EOS, and Stellar paid $60K to white-hat hackers this week

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 12:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


There has been a sharp increase in payouts from cryptocurrency bug bounties. Major platforms Coinbase, EOS, Stellar, and Augur have all recently rewarded hackers (the good kind) handsomely for discovering security flaws. Notably, Block.one – the company behind EOS – paid out bug bounties worth more than $60,000 over the past week. Six of those bounties were labeled as ‘critical threats,’ earning rewards of $10,000 each – the maximum amount currently offered for discovering individual kinks in EOS. With this week’s bounties, Block.one has awarded a total of more than $500,000 to bug-hunting hackers since launching in May this year.…

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Coinbase, EOS, and Stellar paid $60K to white-hat hackers this week

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 12:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


There has been a sharp increase in payouts from cryptocurrency bug bounties. Major platforms Coinbase, EOS, Stellar, and Augur have all recently rewarded hackers (the good kind) handsomely for discovering security flaws. Notably, Block.one – the company behind EOS – paid out bug bounties worth more than $60,000 over the past week. Six of those bounties were labeled as ‘critical threats,’ earning rewards of $10,000 each – the maximum amount currently offered for discovering individual kinks in EOS. With this week’s bounties, Block.one has awarded a total of more than $500,000 to bug-hunting hackers since launching in May this year.…

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Chaos follows Linux dev community’s new code of conduct

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 11:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Developer Stories, Insider, world


On Sunday, Linus Torvalds – the chief programmer of Linux Kernel – sent out a letter in which he apologized for his hostile behavior towards others in the community that maintains the project. He added that he will be taking some time off: I am going to take time off and get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately. Torvalds is referring to what he described as “My flippant attacks in emails” which he believes were “both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal.” Following the letter, the Linux community announced…

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Chaos follows Linux dev community’s new code of conduct

Sep19
by on September 19, 2018 at 11:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Developer Stories, Insider, world


On Sunday, Linus Torvalds – the chief programmer of Linux Kernel – sent out a letter in which he apologized for his hostile behavior towards others in the community that maintains the project. He added that he will be taking some time off: I am going to take time off and get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately. Torvalds is referring to what he described as “My flippant attacks in emails” which he believes were “both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal.” Following the letter, the Linux community announced…

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