Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things.

Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days.

Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

Latest from Duncan Riley

April Fools? Bitcoin surges through $5,000 to hit highest price since November

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

In its biggest price increase since 2017, bitcoin surged through $5,000 on Tuesday, much to the relief of long-term investors. The current bitcoin price bull market started at the end of March, with bitcoin breaking through $4,000 to hit its highest level in …

Taiwanese woman arrested after trying to hack a Trump resort

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

A Taiwanese woman has been arrested after illegally attempting to enter the Mar-a-Lago Resort owned by U.S. President Donald Trump with a USB stick infected by malware. Some reports suggested that the woman, Yujing Zhang, was simply “Chinese,” but she was caught with two …

1.3M records stolen in hack of Georgia Tech database

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The records of about 1.3 million students and faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology have been stolen in the latest hack of an educational institution. The data accessed and stolen included the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and birthdates of current …

Iced tea maker Arizona Beverages suffers downtime following ransomware attack

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Arizona Beverages USA LLC, a large U.S. maker of iced tea, suffered downtime in February from a ransomware attack. The attack, that involved the use of a form of the IEncrypt ransomware, is said to have hit the company in late March …

Application security management startup Sqreen raises $14M

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Application security management startup Sqreen SAS early today said has raised $14 million in new funding, its first major round since it was founded in 2015. The Series A round was led by Greylock Partners and Y Combinator and included previous investors Alven Capital …

Police seize assets of Canadian blockchain firm over alleged coin offering fraud

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Canadian police have seized luxury vehicles and frozen bank accounts linked to blockchain services firm Vanbex Group Inc. over its involvement in an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering. Vanbex, which has been around since 2013 and offers various blockchain-related services, is in …

2M+ customer records stolen in hack of Planet Hollywood’s parent company

SECURITY By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Earl Enterprises Inc., the company behind Planet Hollywood and other restaurant chains, has admitted that customer data, including credit card details, has been stolen from its point of sales network. Detailed first by KrebsOnSecurity Friday, the hack was discovered after a database with …

Lyft shares fall below IPO price on second day of trading

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

The wheels have fallen off Lyft Inc.’s initial public offering as its share price plunged Monday, its second day of trading after going public on Friday. After initially popping 8.7% on debut to close Friday at $78.29, shares dropped 11% to close …

Report: Slack will offer a direct listing on the NYSE in June or July

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Slack Technologies Inc. is bypassing a traditional initial public offering and will instead offer a direct listing in either June or July, according to an unconfirmed report published Monday. The Wall Street Journal said Slack will make the direct listing on the New …

Bitcoin breaks $4,000 to hit its highest price in 2019

BLOCKCHAIN By DUNCAN RILEY8 YEARS AGO

Bitcoin has surged to its highest level this year in what some perhaps prematurely are arguing is a return to form for the cryptocurrency after a horrible 2018. The price of bitcoin was trading at $4,116.65 as of 11:20 p.m. EDT, a …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

April Fools? Bitcoin surges through $5,000 to hit highest price since November

Taiwanese woman arrested after trying to hack a Trump resort

1.3M records stolen in hack of Georgia Tech database

Iced tea maker Arizona Beverages suffers downtime following ransomware attack

Police seize assets of Canadian blockchain firm over alleged coin offering fraud

2M+ customer records stolen in hack of Planet Hollywood’s parent company

Report: Slack will offer a direct listing on the NYSE in June or July

Bitcoin breaks $4,000 to hit its highest price in 2019

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