Software Failed blockchain project ends with big fine for fibs about it being on track A final humiliation for Australia’s Securities Exchange and its attempts to run a bourse on distributed ledgers
Systems Core Scientific accelerates crypto-to-AI pivot, converts Bitcoin mine to gigawatt-scale token farm They were doing it in Texas...
Off-Prem Containers, cloud, blockchain, AI – it's all the same old BS, says veteran Red Hatter After decades in the trenches, this engineer is done with hype cycles
Research 'Imagination the limit': DeadLock ransomware gang using smart contracts to hide their work New crooks on the block get crafty with blockchain to evade defenses
Cyber-crime Crypto wallet shop Ledger confirms customer data lifted in Global-e snafu Order and contact details accessed via ecommerce partner, and phishing has begun
Security Blockchain company Nomad to repay users under FTC deal after $186M cyberattack Regulator makes various additional demands over alleged cybersecurity failings
Software Blockchain just became an utterly mainstream part of the global financial system SWIFT and 30 banks promise to bake it into international payment infrastructure
Security Infoseccers claim Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijackings at Web3 firms Company keeps quiet amid high-profile compromises
Offbeat Oklahoma saddles up bill of rights for crypto wranglers and miners Bitcoin cowboys now have guaranteed freedoms
Bootnotes Crypto conferences liquidated after biblical flooding in Dubai There's something nice about seeing Web3 fanatics in ankle-deep water
Software SWIFT embraces central bank digital currencies after sandbox success Promises it can handle digi-bucks and tokenized assets without new infrastructure, maybe next year
Cyber-crime Crypto wallet providers urged to rethink security as criminals drain them of millions Innovative Ethereum feature exploited as victims say goodbye to assets
Cyber-crime Monero Project admits thieves stole 6-figure sum from a wallet in mystery breach It's the latest in a string of unusual wallet-draining attacks that began in April
Offbeat Bored Ape NFT party is a real eyesore, say irritated attendees They're ugly but UV lighting blamed for human damage, not the dumb idea
Systems Blockchain biz goes nuclear: Standard Power wants to use NuScale reactors for DCs Please, no crypto boom, thank you
Offbeat 95% of NFTs now totally worthless, say researchers 'Even the most prominent collections are struggling to maintain demand'
Offbeat Stoner Cats NFT project declawed for being an unregistered security You can't puff puff pass on the Securities Act
Personal Tech America's financial cops say Impact Theory's NFTs were unregistered securities Dissenting opinion asserts position is wrong and that many headaches linger
Software Sega COO backs away from blockchain Sonic the Hedgehog unsure NFTs are golden rings worth collecting
Cyber-crime North Korea's Lazarus Group linked to Atomic Wallet heist Users' cryptocurrency wallets look unlikely to be refilled
Personal Tech Coinbase, don't feel left out. SEC has a lawsuit for you, too Rules are rules, say watchdogs. Well, there aren't any clear ones, biz shoots back
Security Crypto catastrophe strikes some Atomic Wallet users, over $35M thought stolen Victims nursing huge losses haven't the foggiest how heist happened, yet
Software One of the world's most prominent blockchain apps looks like being binned The Australian Securities Exchange became a poster child for seriously serious distributed ledgers, but now wants to walk away
Personal Tech EU passes world's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency Gone are the days of unlicensed exchanges and anonymous transactions – for EU citizens, at least
Offbeat OpenAI's Sam Altman rattles tin for crypto startup that will support bot-replaced workers Idea is to scan irises to disburse universal basic income just for being human
Personal Tech OPPO abandons custom chip design ambitions PLUS: India gets blood from a drone; Toshiba sets a date; Australia floats metaverse standards
Security India to send official whassup to WhatsApp after massive spamstorm In a weird way, we can blame this on AI being a better bet than blockchain
Networks Tokyo has millions of surplus Wi-Fi access points that should be shared with blockchain, says NTT Claims it's verified viability of city-scale network that would free vast resources, in Japan or elsewhere
Cyber-crime DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea If the DPRK is named, you know it somehow involves Lazarus Group
Offbeat Titanic mass grave site to be pillaged for NFTs Company claims that's the best way to put 'historical' legacy in the hands of the global public
Cyber-crime Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist Meanwhile South Korea's Do Kwon is sought for fraud by US authorities
Software Crypto mixer Sinbad looks uncannily like a remix of North Korea's notorious Blender Lazarus Group’s favorite digi-dollar launderer may have risen again
On-Prem China unveils massive blockchain cluster running homebrew tech 1,000 servers capable of 240 million transactions a second, because Beijing wants to watch everything
Personal Tech Bankruptcy probe: Celsius cheated investors 'from the start' If it walks like a Ponzi, quacks like a Ponzi, guess what it is?
On-Prem California toys with digital vehicle titles on private DMV blockchain Because this is necessary, definitely can't go wrong
Cyber-crime FBI catches up with infosec and crypto communities, blames Lazarus Group for $100 million heist Well played, feds. What's next? Ransomware is rampant? Strong passwords are important?
Cyber-crime Finally, ransomware victims are refusing to pay up Near 50% drop in extorted dosh ... or so it says here
Networks Crypto craziness craps out – and about time too Fintech, you're better than this. Time to concentrate on more helpful stuff
Software Blockchain needs a reason to exist, Boris Johnson tells roomful of blockchain pros As for Twitter, politicians need to grow thick skins and stop mistaking it for advertisement
Networks ‘Mother of Internet’ Radia Perlman argues for centralized infrastructure Inventor of the spanning tree protocol gets heretical about blockchain, crypto, and why the broken internet is a blessing in disguise
Software Japan's LINE shutters crypto exchange to focus on less controversial blockbiz Decision is unrelated to recent crypto crashes, presages pivot to some kind of tokenised chat
Networks New York cracks down on carbon fuel-based crypto-mining operations Two-year ban comes as state attempts to reduce emissions by 85%
Software Australian exchange pauses project to move stocks to blockchain Distributed ledger design slowed transactions, smart contracts were not so smart
Software China promises its digital currency will offer 'controllable anonymity' This means personal info will be captured but not used – unless you're a suspected crim
Offbeat Luxury smartphone brand returns with $41,500 device If your mobile's not 18k gold with diamonds, do you even crypto bro?
PaaS + IaaS Digital Ocean won't let new customers create resources in four DCs, won't say why Can't even spin up the compute necessary to reply
Personal Tech Interpol seeks Do Kwon, man blamed for $40b crypto implosion Founder of firm at center of fraud claims says he's 'not running' right now. Ditched the Fitbit, have you?
Cyber-crime Crypto biz Wintermute loses $160m in cyber-heist, tells us not to stress out The other Tessier-Ashpool AIs are surely disappointed
Personal Tech Merge shifts Ethereum to full proof-of-stake, price slumps Power consumption plummets, too, so there's that
Software SWIFT to trial blockchain – but not for its core payment service Hopes to streamline market data movements, but as 11,000 institutions use SWIFT this is a bit of a moment
Security Feds freeze $30m in cryptocurrency stolen from Axie Infinity But the North Korean criminals are still over half a billion digicash dollars up
Cyber-crime FBI: Look out, crooks stole $1.3b in cryptocurrency in just three months this year DeFi, as in, defying belief
Networks DeFi credit scores: Coming soon to a blockchain near you Tension between anonymity and identity in web3 is being tested as firms seek a way to control rampant fraud
Off-Prem Digital Ocean customers back away from blockchains Junior cloud growing nicely, but calls out customers' easing ardor for distributed ledgers
Software Financial exchange's efforts to replace core systems with blockchain founder – again Accenture roped in to find the weakest link
Personal Tech Microsoft to blockheads: NFTs and blockchains aren't welcome in Minecraft Cites flakiness of NFT community and speculative activity as inimical to the game's goals
Software Tech professionals pour cold water on UK crypto hub plans Government proposals unlikely to outlast the new Chancellor anyway
Cyber-crime Crypto sleuths pin $100 million Harmony theft on Lazarus Group Elliptic points to several indicators that suggest the North Korea-linked gang was behind the hack
Software China's blockchain boosters slam crypto as Ponzi scheme Communists reckon Bill Gates and Warren Buffet got it right
Security DARPA study challenges assumptions about distributed ledger (and Bitcoin) security Blockchain not as decentralised as many assume, finds Pentagon sponsored research
Offbeat Bill Gates says NFTs '100% based on greater fool theory' amid crypto cataclysm Plus: Non-fungible tokens for dummies
Software China’s top court calls for blockchain to record vast number of transactions Leases, IP rights, ownership of goods … it’s almost easier to list things the Supreme People’s Court doesn’t want on a blockchain
AI + ML HPE uses blockchain for distributed machine learning models Peer-to-peer network between different nodes ensures parameters can be exchanged securely
Security Flaw could have granted criminals control over Ever Surf crypto wallets Check Point uncovers web vulnerability that could have led to cryptocurrency theft
Security Star loses $500,000 NFT after crooks exploit Rarible market This isn't the moving-fast-and-breaking-things future we wanted
Applications Web3 'contains the seeds of a dystopian nightmare' says analyst firm Forrester Research is DeFi-ing current hype
Software Blockchain powered stock market rebuild started in 2017 delayed again COBOL and Itanium to keep the job well into 2023 – past original 2020 go-live date
Software China declares a new era of digitization has begun Xi's vision for once-in-a-lifetime transformation includes singular identity cards, shared data, and huge clouds
SaaS Cringe: Salesforce latest megacorp to jump on non-fungible tokens bandwagon How to get nothing for something
Personal Tech Indian PM says digital rupee will facilitate creation of global digital payment scheme This is news to the rest of the world
Security Avira also mines imaginary internet money on customers' PCs Who should your PC work for: you, or your antivirus vendor?
Security No defence for outdated defenders as consumer AV nears RIP How sad would you be to see AV go? Us neither
Personal Tech Worst of CES Awards: The least private, least secure, least repairable, and least sustainable Want fatuous stuff that treats you with contempt? Look no further
Legal Bitcoin 'inventor' will face forgery claims over his Satoshi Nakamoto proof, rules High Court COPA load of that
Personal Tech Samsung adds non fungible token trading app to its tellies Not as bonkers as it sounds seeing as Sammy suggests they’re already works of art
Offbeat Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter planning move to blockchain. How will it work? Your guess is as good as ours Don't worry, it'll be carbon neutral ...
Software Web3: The next generation of the web is here… apparently What is it for and how does it work? The Reg investigates
Legal Google launches lawsuit against a blockchain-enabled botnet Two Russian men and 15 Does named in Glupteba Enterprise case
Databases The dark equation of harm versus good means blockchain’s had its day Put crypto back in the crypt
Systems India reveals home-grown server that won't worry the leading edge And a National Blockchain Strategy that calls for gov to host BaaS
Software Giant Japanese corporations to launch bank-backed digital currency Central bank and government to observe effort run by railways, telcos, industrial titans, and private banks
Personal Tech Gartner Gartner on the wall, which is the hypest cycle of them all? Omnipresent analyst house returns to the source
Applications Singapore, Australia successfully trial blockchain-greased customs system Who knew that verifiable and digital documentation might move a little faster than paper?
Security OK, so you stole $600m-plus from us, how about you be our Chief Security Advisor, Poly Network asks thief Could it be a trap?
Security I was offered $500k as a thank-you bounty for pilfering $600m from Poly Network, says crypto-thief Blockchain exchange biz says it's working to have all the purloined assets returned
Security Thief hands back at least a third of $600m in crypto-coins stolen from Poly Network It was just a prank, bro
Networks It's time to decentralize the internet, again: What was distributed is now centralized by Google, Facebook, etc The idea was to remove central points of failure, not introduce them
Software US proposes tracking digital cash and taxing it to pay for, you know, roads and stuff Uncle Sam wants digital asset brokers to log customer info but didn't clarify who counts as a broker or not
PaaS + IaaS Microsoft bins Azure Blockchain without explanation, gives users four months to move Says picking a replacement is your next step. Seriously, that’s Redmond's first piece of advice. Eventually it recommends Quorum
Software We can't avoid it any longer. Here's a story about the NFT mania... aka someone bought a JPEG for $69m in Ether
Security India pauses blockchain-powered SMS spam-scrubber after it swallows people's one-time login codes
Software Singapore reveals open-source blockchain COVID-test result tracker, eyes uses as vaccine passport app
Software America says banks can now transact using so-called stable crypto-coins. What does that actually mean?
Science VMware’s launched a blockchain that may be very good. The packaging it's used is more important
AI + ML Got a problem with trust in AI? Just add blockchain, Forrester urges. Then bust out the holographic meetings. Welcome to the future
Security Apple was the only Fortune 50 company to foresee COVID-19 pandemic risk and properly insure against it – Forrester
Science Singapore-sponsored finance blockchain ready to run international payments, say financial heavies
Science Blockchain study finds 0.00% success rate and vendors don't call back when asked for evidence
Science It only took Oz govt transformation bods 6 months and $700k to report that blockchain ain't worth the effort
Personal Tech Dudes. Blockchain. In a phone. It's gonna smash the 'commoditization of humanity' or something
Science People like convenience more than privacy – so no, blockchain will not 'decentralise the web'
