Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Engineers from Gridless create makeshift computer labs to maintain their bitcoin mines The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids. […]
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Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of social messaging app Telegram, has been allowed to fly home to Dubai as French authorities continue their unprecedented case against him. The tech billionaire was arrested in August after being accused of failing
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TikTok’s uncertain future in the US has caused a surge in people putting the app on their phones through unofficial means, the BBC has been told. An executive order from President Donald Trump means the social media platform can be
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Getty Images Craig Wright attending the London High Court in February 2024 A computer scientist has been found to have committed contempt of court for falsely and persistently claiming to be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. In March,
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After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The Internet Watch Foundation
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Reuters Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election has helped push the price of Bitcoin to a series of record highs. Backers of the digital currency are celebrating, and wondering how much more valuable it could become – with
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BBC Stephen Mollah is latest person to claim to be the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin Bitcoin underpins a two trillion-dollar cryptocurrency industry, is now traded by the world’s biggest investment houses and is even an official currency in one country.
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Getty Images A company has been hacked after accidentally hiring a North Korean cyber criminal as a remote IT worker. The unidentified firm hired the technician after he faked his employment history and personal details. Once given access to the
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GitHub Peter Todd – picture from his GitHub page A new documentary claims to have solved the greatest mystery in cryptocurrency: the true identity of the inventor of Bitcoin. The question has captivated the internet since the digital currency was
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NCA Maksim Yabubets, his father Viktor and brother Artem are accused of running Evil Corp The UK, US and Australia have announced sanctions against 16 people authorities accuse of being part of the most wanted cyber crime gang in the
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