Bitcoin is often compared to the Wild West – a lawless, unregulated environment where anything can and does happen. But it’s not true that a lack of formal oversight and structured governance necessarily leads to anarchy, as the victim of one hacker found out. When Androklis Polymenis turned on his computer on the morning of …
DGEX.com, the first ever NXT <-> BTC Exchange, which launched back in late 2013, has been closed for trading and cash transfer operations since July 16th, when a hacker successfully managed to steal 1.2 million NXT and 52 BTC. “DGEX was just in the process of migrating servers and deploying sizable changes and security enhancements to …
Creating a safe Nxt private key is no joke! Your private key is derived from the passphrase you choose which is all that’s needed to gain access to your account. So, don’t use a joke passphrase. If you do, your account will inevitably get hacked and that’s no laughing matter! You must have a passphrase of …
Topics covered in this article is: Firewall / router OS updates Encrypted backups Using antivirus For an operating system to keep functioning in length, it should always be protected against malware and hackers (not to be confused with targeted hackers). This doesn’t have to be difficult or costly. With the right combination of simple free …