Paying for things digitally is so common, most of us think nothing of swiping or tapping our card, or using…
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Because it’s 2020, we’re not even surprised anymore. Last night, the credit bureau Experian announced that it had suffered a…
Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of real money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology tactics to swindle their marks in schemes based on digital currencies exchanged through online databases called blockchains.