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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

New Adobe Flash critical vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A newly discovered critical vulnerability in Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash player is being actively exploited, possibly by North Korean hackers. The newly uncovered vulnerability (CVE-2018-4878) exists in recent versions of Flash up to 28.0.0.137 and gives an attacker Remote Code Execution access, which allows …

Bitcoin price plunges as India announces ban on cryptocurrencies

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin plunged Thursday after India announced that it’s implementing a ban on cryptocurrencies — not simply exchanges but all use of cryptocurrencies within its borders. Bitcoin investors had already been on tenterhooks (or Tether hooks in this case) over …

TechCrunch alumni arrested over alleged hacking of car sharing company

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

A former TechCrunch employee has been arrested in Australia on allegations that he hacked a car sharing company, charged vehicles to other users and stole confidential customer data. Thirty-seven-year-old Nik Cubrilovic from Penrose, New South Wales, was arrested Wednesday by detectives from the NSW Police …

SEC shuts down initial coin offering scam that had raised $600M

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a court order to shut down a company that had already raised $600 million in an initial coin offering. Called AriseBank, the company was selling tokens to assist in establishing the “first decentralized bank to offer …

Bitfinex Tether fraud investigation causes bitcoin price to dive

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin plunged in trading Tuesday as news emerged that leading cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and related company Tether are under investigation by authorities on potential fraud allegations. The investigation was launched by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It’s looking into whether …

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