Alleged hacker compromises Satoshi Nakamoto's email account and says to divulge Bitcoin's creator identity details if 25 BTC bounty is fulfilled. On September 8, BitcoinTalk administrator Michael Marquardt, aka 'theymos', started a new thread untitled '[email protected] is compromised'. He wrote: "Today I received an email from [email protected] (Satoshi's old email address), the contents of which make me almost certain that the email account is compromised. The email was not spoofed in any way. It seems very likely that either Satoshi's email account in particular or gmx.com in general was compromised, and the email account is now under the control of …

BTer recently suffered a hack of over 51 million NXT, which was its single largest market. They were, with the help of a negotiator, able to recover most of the funds. This morning, we were handed a sort of self-interview / narrative written by the key negotiator himself. While we are not in the practice of posting information handed to us verbatim, this piece included exclusive and important information. We felt that it was in the public's best interest that we post this information, since BTer's account of the event (mostly told through its Twitter page) is the only official …

Whether it’s from hackers, thieves, or simple carelessness, one of the biggest threats to Bitcoin safety is wallet security. An Austrian research and development startup, however, is trying to bypass some of the greatest digital currency dangers by moving Bitcoin wallets off electronic gadgets completely and onto the old-school stuff: paper. A bit of technology (in the form of a USB device and a printer) is still obviously required, though the development team at Megion Research and Development say the process is simple. “Paper wallets are created in 3 simple steps,” When the USB is plugged in, it creates a …