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

Keyboard maker AI.type exposes 31M customer records in latest database breach

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Another day, another misconfigured database exposing customer data online. Today’s data breach involving 31 million records collected by Israeli emoji mobile keyboard maker AI.type. First spotted by the Kromtech Security Center, the data was found on a misconfigured MongoDB installation that AI.type had failed …

PayPal reveals payment company it acquired earlier this year was hacked

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

PayPal Holdings Inc. has revealed that TIO Networks Inc., a financial services company that facilitates bill payments in offline locations it acquired earlier this year, was hacked and private data from 1.6 million customers was compromised. In a statement, PayPal said that …

SEC files its first action against dubious ‘initial coin offering’

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally acted against dubious initial coin offerings by taking legal action against a company that raised $15 million from investors in August. In a statement, the SEC said that it had obtained an emergency asset …

Bitcoin hits new record high as positive news boosts investor confidence

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The price of bitcoin recovered from its plunge Nov. 29 to hit yet-another new record high on Sunday as positive market news drove investors back into the market. Pushing near $12,000 for the first time, the price of bitcoin hit $11,830.13 at …

Blockchain-based kitten trading game takes cryptocurrency world by storm

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In an unexpected twist, cats may be the next big thing in cryptocurrency, thanks to a new game that uses Ethereum. Called Cryptokitties, the game allows players buy, sell and breed unique cartoon kittens. According to Bitcoinist, the object of the game is to …

NSA employee pleads guilty to taking home classified data accessed by Kaspersky

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

In the latest twist on claims leveled against Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs, an employee of the U.S. National Security Agency has admitted to illegally taking classified data home on his personal computer. Nghia Hoang Pho, 67, of Ellicott City, Maryland, spent 10 years …

Goldman Sachs head calls bitcoin a ‘vehicle for fraud’

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein is not a fan of bitcoin. On Thursday, he said he believed the cryptocurrency was a “vehicle for fraud” and his company has no interest in investing in it. Blankfein (pictured) made the comments …

Credit repair agency exposes private data on misconfigured Amazon cloud instance

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Florida-based credit repair agency National Credit Federation is the latest in a growing list of companies and organizations to expose private data online. This time, cybersecurity company uncovered a huge amount of private data from the company on an unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 …

Under proposed NATO policy, members would fight back against state-sponsored hacking

INFRA By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

The next world war may start behind a computer screen with a group of North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies considering “a more muscular response to state-sponsored computer hackers” that may involve using “cyberattacks to bring down enemy networks,” according to officials. The “offense …

Report: Lyft revenue surges thanks to negative Uber press

EMERGING TECH By DUNCAN RILEY9 YEARS AGO

Leaked numbers from ride-hailing startup Lyft Inc. show that the company is surging thanks to near-constant negative press regarding its rival Uber Technologies Inc. according to a report published Thursday. The Information said Lyft’s losses plunged in the first half of the year as …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Keyboard maker AI.type exposes 31M customer records in latest database breach

PayPal reveals payment company it acquired earlier this year was hacked

SEC files its first action against dubious ‘initial coin offering’

Bitcoin hits new record high as positive news boosts investor confidence

Blockchain-based kitten trading game takes cryptocurrency world by storm

NSA employee pleads guilty to taking home classified data accessed by Kaspersky

Goldman Sachs head calls bitcoin a ‘vehicle for fraud’

Credit repair agency exposes private data on misconfigured Amazon cloud instance

Under proposed NATO policy, members would fight back against state-sponsored hacking

Report: Lyft revenue surges thanks to negative Uber press

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