Altcoins News
By Steven Anderson
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Over 400,000 computers were infected by the duo Romanian cybercriminals who have been guilty of using malware to mint cryptocurrency.
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The Department of Justice on April 11, 2019, published, ‘Two Romanian Cybercriminals Convicted of All 21 Counts’.
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“The duo was convicted after a 12-day trial of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit service marks, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to…
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The sentencing has been scheduled to August 14, 2019.
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The duo reportedly began their operations in the year 2007, when they began sending malicious e-mail messages.
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Majority of the cryptocurrency accounts belongs to US residents, and the malware method has as well been used to mine cryptocurrencies.
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While the developers and researchers are busy building secure blockchain platforms and other kinds of custodian solutions, the scammers and hackers are coming up with new ideas…
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Meanwhile, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund rolled out a Learning Coin, which is a quasi-cryptocurrency.
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When talking about the purpose of the learning coin, the IMF stated: “The development of crypto-assets and distributed ledger technology is evolving rapidly, as is the…
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It is very interesting and worthwhile to see that the IMF has been particularly bullish about its perceptions around the cryptocurrency.
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The poll called on Twitter read like: “We would like to hear from you. How do you think you will be paying for lunch in 5 years.”
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