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ForkLog 20 05.07.2021

Regina Todorenko, star of ‘Heads and Tails’, loses $40,000 on cryptocurrency investments

The television host and singer Regina Todorenko said she had lost $40,000 in an attempt to profit from cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 11 30.06.2021

Bitcoin scammer duped Russian woman out of 200,000 rubles

A 42-year-old resident of the Kemerovo region became the victim of a fraudster who proposed investing in cryptocurrencies. This was reported by the local police.

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ForkLog 11 24.06.2021

DirtyMoe botnet potentially infected tens of thousands of computers in Russia with hidden miners

Since the beginning of 2021, about 65,000 computers in Russia have been infected with the DirtyMoe botnet. The main goal of the malware remains to install a hidden cryptocurrency miner on the victim’s device.

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ForkLog 13 24.06.2021

Russian Interior Ministry launches silhouette-based recognition system for people and vehicles

The Interior Ministry has rolled out a new system in several Russian regions that recognises not only faces but also the silhouettes of people and vehicles.

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ForkLog 8 23.06.2021

One in five Russians fears losing their job to automation

22% of working residents of Russia fear they could be replaced by robots.

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ForkLog 11 22.06.2021

Yakutsk resident loses over 200,000 rubles trying to invest in cryptocurrencies

A Yakutsk resident contacted the police after becoming a victim of scammers who promised profits from buying shares in major companies and cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 6 21.06.2021

Tatarstan state-service candidate discloses cryptocurrency holdings

In Tatarstan, one applicant for a state position disclosed holdings of digital assets.

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ForkLog 13 21.06.2021

Nassim Taleb criticises Bitcoin and clashes with community members

The philosopher and author of the cult work The Black Swan Nassim Taleb published an article in which he stated that Bitcoin is not money or a store of value and is not suitable for hedging inflation.

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ForkLog 8 21.06.2021

Dmitry Peskov: Russia must develop its own cybersecurity standards

Russia is constantly coming under cyberattacks, and therefore must build information sovereignty. This was stated by Dmitry Peskov, the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Digital and Technological Development.

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ForkLog 7 21.06.2021

Minneapolis Fed president calls Dogecoin a Ponzi scheme.

Neel Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Fed, called the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin a Ponzi scheme in a comment on Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal's LinkedIn poll about the correct pronunciation of the DOGE token.

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ForkLog 9 18.06.2021

Two illegal mining farms found in Dagestan; damage estimated at 30 million rubles

Rosseti North Caucasus, together with law enforcement, halted the operation of two mining farms illegally connected to the electrical grids.

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ForkLog 14 17.06.2021

Nornickel palladium fund placed nickel- and copper-backed tokens on the London Stock Exchange

The palladium fund Global Palladium Fund, established by Nornickel, placed nickel- and copper-backed digital exchange-traded instruments (ETCs) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Borsa Italiana.

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