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Nigel Farage-backed Stack BTC plans $16 million gold dealer acquisition
Stack BTC, backed by Nigel Farage, plans to acquire a gold dealer for $16 million. The proposed deal would use cash flow from precious-metals sales to increase the company’s bitcoin holdings, CoinDesk reports.
CoinDesk
Revolut Customers’ Identity Data Reportedly Exposed in Extortion Threat
Cointelegraph reports that attackers published Revolut customers’ identity documents and selfies and threatened to release more data daily unless the fintech pays. The report does not provide details on the ransom or customer count.
Cointelegraph
Blockstream rejects Liquid hacker’s $50 million Bitcoin bounty demand
Blockstream is refusing the Liquid attacker’s demand for nearly 600 BTC, or about $50 million, after a Sept. 6 exploit created roughly 4,000 unbacked L-BTC and enabled the withdrawal of about 3,996 real BTC.
CryptoSlate
Bitcoin Market Watches CPI as AI Agents Cut Quantum Attack Benchmark by 86%
Bitcoin and major cryptoassets are shaky ahead of this morning’s CPI release, while Decrypt reports that AI agents cut a Bitcoin quantum-attack benchmark by 86%. Onchain activity is also building ahead of a potentially significant weekend.
Decrypt
Brevo Account Flaw Exposed 347,000 Trezor Subscribers to Phishing Email
A Brevo login flaw allowed a phishing email to reach 347,000 Trezor subscribers, Cointelegraph reported. Trezor said it considers every affected address known to the attacker and potentially reusable for future phishing attempts.
Cointelegraph
Trezor Reports New Data Breach as Users Face Phishing Attempts
Trezor disclosed another data breach involving a marketing platform, with bitcoin hardware-wallet users targeted by phishing attacks, Bitcoin Magazine reported. Details on affected data and user numbers were not provided.
Bitcoin Magazine
AI Agents Cut Benchmark for One Potential Quantum Attack on Bitcoin by 86%
The ECDSA.Fail challenge reduced the resource benchmark for one component of a potential quantum attack on Bitcoin by 86% using AI agents. The result does not indicate that Bitcoin has been attacked or that a practical quantum attack exists.
Decrypt
BIS Warns Banks Must Accelerate Security Fixes as AI Speeds Up Attacks
The Bank for International Settlements says AI is shortening the time banks have to address security flaws. It cites guidance urging institutions to accept planned downtime when urgent fixes cannot wait for routine maintenance schedules.
Decrypt
Anthropic Reveals Fourth Claude Hacking Incident as AI Regulation Debate Intensifies
Anthropic disclosed a fourth Claude hacking incident, saying security tests exposed failures in the model’s behavior. The company had initially highlighted errors in its testing infrastructure, as debate over AI regulation continues.
Decrypt
Silvergate former CEO says Biden pressure led to 2023 wind-down
Silvergate former CEO Alan Lane blamed what he called a Biden administration “coordinated attack” for making continued operations untenable and prompting the bank’s liquidation in 2023, according to Cointelegraph.
Cointelegraph
Castle Brings Bitcoin Savings Product to Individual Customers
Castle is making its Bitcoin savings product available to individuals, offering a 12% STRC yield through personal accounts and allowing customers to route any portion of payouts directly into bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine reports.
Bitcoin Magazine
Existing malware can still redirect crypto payments after Aug. 31 disruption
CrowdStrike says its Aug. 31 disruption blocked new malware payloads, but malware already installed can still replace copied crypto payment addresses, leaving users exposed to redirected transactions.
CryptoSlate