#Privacy and Personal Data

Latest news and articles on privacy: blockchain and cryptography solutions, anonymous cryptocurrencies, decentralized user identification tools, and Web3.

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ForkLog 17 03.11.2020

U.S. court sentences Russian to eight years in prison for theft of personal data

A U.S. court found Russian Alexander Brovko guilty of participating in a criminal scheme to steal and sell personal data, with damages estimated at more than $100 million. This was reported on the U.S. Department of Justice's website.

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ForkLog 33 03.11.2020

KuCoin hacker began laundering Bitcoin through Wasabi mixer

The attacker who hacked the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange in September moved part of the Bitcoin through the Wasabi Wallet, which offers mixing. This was noted by Ergo from OXT Research.

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ForkLog 18 29.10.2020

Group of central banks says full anonymity for CBDCs is unacceptable

The BIS authors and seven central banks argue that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) should not imply full anonymity due to AML/CFT rules. In the expert community, there are those who strongly disagree, The Block reports.

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ForkLog 24 29.10.2020

Putin: Russia will create its own framework to regulate the Internet

Russia will not follow foreign schemes for regulating the Internet and protecting personal data, but will create its own, President Vladimir Putin said at the 'Russia Is Calling!' forum.

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ForkLog 15 29.10.2020

KuCoin-stolen bitcoins pass through ChipMixer

Hackers began moving bitcoins stolen from the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange in September. Elliptic analysts reported this, The Block.

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ForkLog 101 28.10.2020

Zooko Wilcox: In four years Zcash has achieved great things, but we need a billion users

Exactly four years ago, on 28 October 2016, the launch of the Zcash mainnet (ZEC), a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, took place.

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ForkLog 112 27.10.2020

How Palantir Works: A Company Arming the Security Services with Mass-Surveillance Algorithms

One of the most enigmatic companies of our era. A secret software developer for the security services. A firm that knows everything about you. This is how various media described the American software company Palantir Technologies, which works in data analytics.

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ForkLog 10 26.10.2020

Report: 40% of users expect privacy to become more important post-pandemic

Users are unwilling to compromise on privacy amid the COVID-19 pandemic and want greater transparency from governments and private companies regarding the use of their data. The findings come from Cisco's report.

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ForkLog 22 23.10.2020

KuCoin hacker sent $5 million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash mixer

The KuCoin hacker used the Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash to obfuscate traces. The Block analyst Larry Cermak found that the attacker sent 11,520 ETH (~$4.8 million) to the service and, in batches of 100 ETH, mixed 2,800 ETH worth about $1.16 million.

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ForkLog 28 21.10.2020

ZCash upgrade set to coincide with first halving

The privacy-focused cryptocurrency ZCash is preparing for its first halving in its history. Activation is expected on November 18 on block #1,046,400.

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ForkLog 14 21.10.2020

Riccardo Spagni: cryptographers will always stay one step ahead of regulators

Regulators' attempts to trace transactions on the Monero network, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency, are doomed to fail, says its former lead maintainer Riccardo 'Fluffypony' Spagni.

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ForkLog 26 20.10.2020

FinCEN Imposes First-Ever Fine on Bitcoin Mixer

Larry Din Harmon, founder of the cryptocurrency-mixing service Helix and CEO of Coin Ninja, was fined $60 million at the request of FinCEN.

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