New Hampshire District Court Affirms IRS’s Right to Obtain Personal Data from Coinbase
The New Hampshire District Court affirmed the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) right to obtain users' personal data from cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, overruling the objections of its client James Harper. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante dismissed a laws ...
Bitcoin Wallet Owners’ Privacy at Risk: LinkingLion Collecting Personal Data
As per the application developer of the Bitcoin network who goes by the name 0xB10C, the security of personal information of Bitcoin wallet owners is under threat. A group or an individual named LinkingLion has been gathering data on Bitcoin owners since March 2018 and has used over 800 different ...
San Antonio Couple Arrested for Stealing $250,000 Worth of Crypto Assets
This is a disturbing case of SIM card fraud and theft of cryptocurrency assets by a couple in San Antonio. Andrew Trujillo and Zena Dounson were able to steal at least $250,000 worth of cryptocurrency using a SIM spoofing scheme. They copied SIM card data and forwarded short messages to custom ...