Covering the top news stories on crypto today according to Google news
Markets stabilizing?
Bitcoin Etherium and Ripple all up despite the FUD surrounding Asian crypto markets:
Hidden mining software found on government computers
They were able to get in via a hacked plug in called Browsealoud that makes accessing the site easier for people with dyslexia. They ran the software coinhive to secretly mine Monero on millions of computers:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/browsealoud-coinhive-monero-mining-hack/
Italian exchange hacked for 170 million
Hackers stole the coin Nano from Italian exchange Bitgrail. The exchange's head says he is going to sue Nano coin over it.
Image source: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/raiblocks/
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/bitgrail-hack-nano/
Russian government scientists at nuclear facility caught using work computers to mine crypto
Those crazy Russians. They were using top secret government computers at secret research location. Possibly using a supercomputer. When they attached the computers that are never attached to internet it caused a security alarm. I don't think they thought this thru very well.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/12/17003106/bitcoin-mining-nuclear-facility-russia-sarov
Forbes pretty much daily spreading of the FUD
To sum it up Tether is going to destroy whole market, and cypto is all money laundering, hacking, and volatility. I don't know why I keep reading Forbes it's total legacy media for legacy banking.
But really today is good news
48 out of 50 top coins on coinmaket are up. This article also mentions Chinese crackdown and possibility they will ban Chinese citizens from using exchanges in other cities
Today's top 100, a sea of green
Image source: https://coinmarketcap.com/