Data of 12,000+ users of US-based cryptocurrency exchange to be disclosed to tax officials

Coinbase, a US-based cryptocurrency service, has informed its users that it must provide the data of thousands of them to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The request was part of a probe into alleged tax evasion. Read more According to a Friday letter to customers from Coinbase, which operates as a cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service, the […]

Flaw crippling millions of crypto keys is worse than first disclosed

Enlarge / A digital identity card issued by the Republic of Estonia. (credit: Republic of Estonia, Interior Department) A crippling flaw affecting millions—and possibly hundreds of millions—of encryption keys used in some of the highest-stakes security settings is considerably easier to exploit than originally reported, cryptographers declared over the weekend. The assessment came as Estonia […]

Microsoft never disclosed 2013 hack of secret vulnerability database

Enlarge / Microsoft in Dublin, Ireland. (credit: Red Agenda / Flickr) Hackers broke into Microsoft’s secret, internal bug-tracking database and stole information related to vulnerabilities that were exploited in later attacks. But the software developer never disclosed the breach, Reuters reported, citing former company employees. In an article published Tuesday, Reuters said Microsoft’s decision not […]