Duncan Riley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Lizard Squad hacks Taylor Swift, offers nudes for Bitcoin

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2015

Notorious hacking group Lizard Squad appears to have ticked off another entry on its achievements list today having successfully hacked the Twitter and Instagram accounts of Taylor Swift. The hack occurred Tuesday morning with multiple…

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ANX acquires Bitcoin exchange CoinMKT for U.S. expansion

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2015

Bitcoin services company ANXBTC.COM (ANX) has acquired Santa Monica-based cryptocurrency exchange West Orange Labs, Inc (CoinMKT) for an undisclosed amount. CoinMKT opened its doors in 2013 and bills itself as being “positioned to be…

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Facebook and Instagram are down (UPDATE: now back up, Lizard Squad takes credit)

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2015

Update: services are back up after a one hour outage, and hacker group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility, see updates further down. It’s not just you: Facebook Inc. and Instagram services are down early Tuesday morning U.S.…

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Police accuse Google’s Waze of stalking them, want the tracking feature gone

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2015

Police are demanding that Google Inc. turn off the police tracking feature in its Waze app as they believe it could be used for stalking them. Waze, acquired by Google for 1 billion in…

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Surface sales up, XBox sales down as Microsoft books revenue of $26.5 billion in Q2

By Duncan Riley Jan 26, 2015

Microsoft Corp. has booked $26.5 billion in revenue for its second quarter with sales increasing in its Surface and Mobile divisions, while XBox One sales declined. Operating income was reported at $7.8 billion/ $0.71 per…

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P2P money startup TransferWise takes $58 million Series C

By Duncan Riley Jan 26, 2015

P2P money transfer startup TransferWise Ltd has raised $58 million Series C in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz that included previous investors Sir Richard Branson, Valar Ventures, Index Ventures, IA Ventures, and Seedcamp. Founded in…

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Colorado man facing 5 years jail for buying and selling Bitcoin without a license

By Duncan Riley Jan 26, 2015

Bitcoin trader Burton Wagner is facing five years in jail after being arrested in Colorado for the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business. In a filing to the United States District Court, the Federal…

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404 plane not found: Lizard Squad hacks Malaysian Airlines site

By Duncan Riley Jan 26, 2015

Malaysian Airlines has come to the attention of the infamous Lizard Squad with their site being hacked today to show the message “404 Plane Not Found.” The message is related to the unresolved mystery…

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Millions stolen: Inside the elaborate Bitcoin scams of Tadas Kasputis, EgoPay, Virtex.com & Paymentbase

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2015

Mt Gox has become the ongoing meme for any negative story in the Bitcoin space. It is, and remains to date the largest loss by any Bitcoin exchange, but unlike what we are about…

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Snapchat hires journos in push to become an original content publisher

By Duncan Riley Jan 22, 2015

Snapchat Inc. is entering the publishing space after hiring an unspecified number of journalists to create original content. The chat app is to direct the content to its new Discover feature at the end of…

Duncan Riley

Lizard Squad hacks Taylor Swift, offers nudes for Bitcoin

ANX acquires Bitcoin exchange CoinMKT for U.S. expansion

Facebook and Instagram are down (UPDATE: now back up, Lizard Squad takes credit)

Police accuse Google’s Waze of stalking them, want the tracking feature gone

Surface sales up, XBox sales down as Microsoft books revenue of $26.5 billion in Q2

P2P money startup TransferWise takes $58 million Series C

Colorado man facing 5 years jail for buying and selling Bitcoin without a license

404 plane not found: Lizard Squad hacks Malaysian Airlines site

Millions stolen: Inside the elaborate Bitcoin scams of Tadas Kasputis, EgoPay, Virtex.com & Paymentbase

Snapchat hires journos in push to become an original content publisher

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