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Researchers Find Locked iPhones With Visa Cards Connected to Apple Pay Can Be Hacked
British computer scientists have discovered a way to remotely hijack contactless Visa payments on a locked iPhone. Proper delivery of the exploit could allow a savvy hacker to make hefty financial transactions via the locked device without ever touching it or even being nearby.
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Turns Out PayPal Was Serious About Moving Into Crypto
PayPal has updated its app, which is fine and a completely normal thing for companies to do, except for the fact you can now hold and sell crypto in it. PayPal announced it was getting into the cryptocurrency game last October after receiving a conditional BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services.…
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Salvadorans Protest Against Government’s Bitcoin Gamble as Official Wallet Suffers Glitches
More than 1,000 people took to the streets of San Salvador, El Salvador on Tuesday to protest against the country’s new Bitcoin Law, championed by 40-year-old President Nayib Bukele. The law recognises bitcoin as legal tender, and is considered a huge gamble for one of the poorest countries in Latin America.
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Man Sues Parents of British Boys (Benedict and Oliver) Over $1 Million Bitcoin Heist
Back in 2018, a Colorado man had roughly $US1 ($1.5) million worth of bitcoin plundered from his digital wallet. After three years of working with investigators, he says he’s traced the crime back to two Brits named Benedict and Oliver (really) — and now, their parents are being taken to court right alongside the accused…