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Firm hacked to spread ransomware had previous security flaws

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For 21 years, the software company Kaseya labored in relative obscurity — at least until cybercriminals exploited it in early July for a massive...

Liz Weston: Who gets the keys to your digital estate?

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You may not own cryptocurrency or nonfungible tokens. You may not have a big Instagram following or run an online business. But if you...

Israel says it’s targeting Hamas’ cryptocurrency accounts

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JERUSALEM — Israel said Thursday it will begin seizing cryptocurrency accounts used by the Palestinian Hamas group to raise money for its armed wing. ...

Cassill to be paid in cryptocurrency in deal with Voyager

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Landon Cassill will be the first NASCAR driver paid entirely in cryptocurrency in a sponsorship deal with Voyager that begins at...

At El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, a glimpse of crypto economy

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EL ZONTE, El Salvador — After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on...

Pipeline exec to face Congress as US recovers most of ransom

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WASHINGTON — The chief executive of the massive fuel pipeline hit by ransomware last month is expected to detail his company's response to the...

El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced in a recorded message played at a Bitcoin conference in Miami Saturday that...

EXPLAINER: Why ransomware is so dangerous and hard to stop

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Recent high-profile “ransomware” attacks on the world’s largest meat-packing company and the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline have underscored how gangs of extortionist hackers can...

SEC says group illegally raised $2B in crypto offering

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have accused a group of people of promoting a securities offering tied to digital currency that raised over $2 billion...

Tax changes would boost IRS monitoring of cryptocurrency use

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<p>The Biden administration is taking steps to ensure Americans who pay for goods or services with cryptocurrencies don’t sidestep the tax man. </p> ...