A Russian-linked hacking group, Dark Storm, has claimed responsibility for a massive cyberattack that disrupted X (formerly Twitter) on March 10, rendering the platform inaccessible to thousands of users before services were quickly restored. Cybersecurity firm SpyoSecure first reported the incident, citing a now-deleted Telegram post by Dark Storm’s leader. ...
Over the weekend, several influential figures and celebrities in the crypto industry had their X accounts hacked, leading to the promotion of various cryptocurrencies, such as Luna2, ORDI, and celebrity-themed memecoins. One of the notable victims was Gigantic-Cassocked-Rebirth, or GCR, a well-known pseudonymous cryptocurrency investor. On May 26, GCR’s X ...
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has endorsed a recent move to make the "Likes" feature private X (formerly Twitter). Buterin described the move as a "good decision" in a post about the move on the decentralized social media platform Farcaster while referencing X engineer Wang Haofei's recent confirmation of ...
In another significant step marking its expansion into the financial services sector, X (formerly Twitter) has obtained a financial services license in another state in the U.S. According to public records, X, via its subsidiary Twitter Payments, secured a currency transmitter license from the government of Rhode Island on August ...
