So long as cryptocurrency exists, so too will the extraordinary lengths to which thieves will go to try to steal it. Unfortunately, that also includes preying on weak private keys, a method that has ...

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Last summer, Adrian Bednarek was mulling over ways to steal the cryptocurrency Ethereum. He's a security consultant; at the time, he was working for a client in the theft-plagued cryptocurrency ...

A “blockchain bandit” has managed to amass almost 45,000 ether (ETH) by successfully guessing weak private keys, according to a report released by Independent Security Evaluators on April 23. Adrian ...

There’s a blockchain bandit on the loose – and they’ve already thieved over $6.1 million worth of Ethereum. According to a report published by security consulting firm Independent Security Evaluators ...

DAVIE, Fla. — Video shows a masked bandit making his way into a Davie home as a family slept inside. But the thief didn’t break in: Instead, he had a spare set of keys. “Things are things. Stuff is ...