On July 15, hackers posted tweets from several prominent, verified Twitter users' accounts, falsely claiming that any bitcoin ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that a post from the agency on X purportedly approving spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds was fake, saying its account had been breached. The SEC's ...

Hackers appear to have hijacked the Twitter accounts of some of the most influential people in the world, including Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West. So, with the keys to accounts ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Since at least 2019, hackers have been hijacking high-profile YouTube channels. Sometimes they broadcast cryptocurrency scams, sometimes they simply auction off access to the account. Now, Google has ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, perpetrator of one of the biggest hacks in Bitcoin history, has been released from jail early. He thanked a prison reform act signed by President Donald Trump in 2018 for his ...

The price of bitcoin briefly spiked by more than $1,000 after a post was made on a federal agency's social media account. An Alabama man was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in the January hack ...