NSA News

The decade-old “NSA created Bitcoin” theory has again made the rounds on social media, with one Bitcoin advocate adding more weight to his ongoing theory.

A U.S. circuit court has concluded its review of a terrorism financing case that begin in 2010, saying that the NSA's phone tapping was illegal but that it was a minor part of the evidence.

Edward Snowden also brushed off claims that bitcoin is mainly used by criminals, arguing: “There are a hell of a lot more criminals that use the dollar.”

New cryptojacking malware Beapy uses the leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools to spread through corporate networks.

The tool that exploits Microsoft vulnerabilities to enable widespread crypto extortion has let malware proliferate this year, says a new report.

The MIT Technology Reviews explores three hypothetical ways that Bitcoin could be “destroyed” in a new article.

Grayscale Investments has released a report predicting that Zcash will reach over $62,000 per coin by 2025, assuming that by then the cryptocurrency will account for 10% of offshore wealth

Much to-do has been made about privacy and data security, but consumers might actually allow companies to track their browsing in return for payment.

WannaCry is, in fact, the second attack to make use of the NSA-exploited Windows loopholes, it has emerged.

In wake of the WannaCry cyberattacks, Blockchain offers security solutions.

Our London correspondent Nick Ayton reports on what really is behind the WannaCry ransomware outbreak and why things don’t entirely add up.

A global ransomware attack developed using a leaked NSA tool successfully breached into 100,000 computer systems and servers across 99 countries. Bitcoin had minimal involvement.

A group of hackers called Shadow Brokers reveals the NSA likely hacked into SWIFT and knew about compromises in Microsoft Windows.

Andreas Antonopoulos: “It is certain that the NSA has already built quantum computers; Do they use that to break Bitcoin? The simple answer is ‘no.’”

Government and NSA could place trapdoors on millions of Diffie-Hellman-generated cryptographic keys to decrypt websites, applications, and encrypted messaging tools.