USA Twitter hack: Obama, Biden and Gates accounts targeted in Bitcoin scam The incursion appears to be centred around a cryptocurrency scam. The tweets, which were fake, offered to send people $2,000 for every $1,000 they sent to a bitcoin address. 15/07/2020
USA Hackers hold US city of Baltimore to ransom demanding 13 bitcoins Anonymous hackers have brought the US city of Baltimore to its knees by seizing control of government computers, demanding bitcoin in return for releasing their hold over the systems. 23/05/2019
world news Man convicted of Iceland's biggest heist escapes prison, lands in Sweden Sindri Thor Steffanson managed to escape to Sweden on an Icelandair flight also carrying the prime minister 19/04/2018
World Samsung branches out into cryptocurrency mining The decision could pile pressure onto the competition. 01/02/2018
Business Bitcoin soars to record high Virtual currency Bitcoin has soared to a new record high, more than doubling in value since the beginning of October. 27/11/2017
