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

Possible state-sponsored attackers vie for hacking gold medal at Winter Olympics

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Updated with confirmation of attacks: In what could be the first of many attacks in the quest for Olympic hacking gold, potential state-sponsored hackers have targeted the Winter Olympic Games being held in PyeongChang, South Korea, taking down the main ticketing site for the games. …

$170M in obscure cryptocurrency disappears in questionable circumstances

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

An Italian cryptocurrency exchange that claimed to have been hacked may have actually been a con called an exit scam, according to the latest reports. The drama started Friday when Bitgrail S.r.l. claimed that they had “lost” 17 million Nano, a fairly obscure cryptocurrency previously …

Government sites in US, UK and Australia found to be serving up cryptomining scripts

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Thousand of websites, including those run by government departments in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, have been serving up cryptomining script through a popular plugin used to assist disabled visitors on websites. First reported by The Register Sunday, the …

Uber rival Didi Chuxing heading to Japan via new deal with SoftBank

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing Technology Co. is setting its sights on Japan. Under a new deal with SoftBank Group Corp. announced Thursday, Didi will run a trial of its services in Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Tokyo and other locations with an aim of …

Binance hacking rumors spook cryptocurrency markets

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Cryptocurrency markets were spooked in trading Thursday after leading bitcoin exchange Binance went offline for over 24 hours without warning. Hong Kong-based Binance went offline at approximately 7 p.m. EST Wednesday as part of a system upgrade that the company said would result …

California voter registration data stolen after newspaper left database exposed

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Databases detailing 19.5 million Californian voter records as well as 53,000 newspaper subscribers have been stolen after a newspaper left both files exposed online. The leak from The Sacramento Bee, reported today, was discovered by the Kromtech Security Center, which found a 91.5-gigabyte MongoDB …

Wikipedia wannabe Everipedia raises $30M to fund blockchain move

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Everipedia Inc., a for-profit Wikipedia competitor, today said it has raised $30 million to move its “next generation encyclopedia” onto a blockchain. The Series A round was led by Galaxy Digital’s EOS.IO Ecosystem Fund and included the Distributed Network Advisors Fund. Founded …

Cloud contract management platform provider Icertis raises $50M

CLOUD By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Bellevue, Washington-based Icertis Inc. has raised $50 million in new funding to expand its cloud contract management platform. The Series D round was led by Meritech Capital Partners and also included PSP Growth, Cross Creek Advisors, B Capital Group, Ignition Partners, Greycroft and Eight …

Reddit joins the crowd banning those AI-generated ‘deepfakes’ porn videos

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Reddit Inc. is the latest site to ban artificial intelligence-generated fake porn as the practice continues to gain widespread popularity. The fake porn, dubbed “deepfakes,” uses AI software to superimpose the face of a celebrity, such as Alexandra Daddario (pictured), over existing …

Report: Russian hackers targeted military contractors and got secret data

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Russian hackers have targeted and obtained secret data on military drones and other sensitive U.S. defense technology, according to a report published Tuesday by the Associated Press. The report details efforts by Fancy Bear, the notorious Russian hacking group previously tied to attacks against …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Possible state-sponsored attackers vie for hacking gold medal at Winter Olympics

$170M in obscure cryptocurrency disappears in questionable circumstances

Government sites in US, UK and Australia found to be serving up cryptomining scripts

Binance hacking rumors spook cryptocurrency markets

California voter registration data stolen after newspaper left database exposed

Wikipedia wannabe Everipedia raises $30M to fund blockchain move

Reddit joins the crowd banning those AI-generated ‘deepfakes’ porn videos

Report: Russian hackers targeted military contractors and got secret data

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