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The stole of 7000 BTC. Starbucks. Leeches on Github.

The stole of 7000 btc. Starbucks. Leeches on github.

The stole of 7000 BTC. Starbucks. Leeches on Github.

The stole of 7000 btc. Starbucks. Leeches on github.
  • There were stolen 7000 BTC from the bitcoin-exchanger Binance
  • Starbucks integrates Microsoft Azure
  • 3. The bitcoin leeches attack on Github

It was stolen 7000 BTC from the bitcoin-exchanger Binance

From the official source of representation of Binance, it became known, that 7 of May was stolen and withdrawn more than 7000 BTC.

In the company assure, that hackers can get access only to the “hot wallet,” where was stored around 2% funds.

For cover the loss the company will use the funds from reserve #SAFU, which was created last year.

At the moment it says, that company will conduct the security audit, and because of it the deposits and withdraws will be inaccesible.

Also, it is worth mentioning, this news has had no effect on the cryptocurrency owners, and the incident didn’t have an impact on the rates of coins.

Starbucks integrates Microsoft Azure

The company decides to improve their mobile application Starbucks® Rewards and make possible the formation of personalized recommendations of food and drinks. For this, they have resorted to the cloud learning technology with Microsoft Azure.

It is reported, that the recommendations will be formed from more than 400 factors, taking into account not only the most common choices of clients, but the time of the day, the availability of different ingredients, and even the weather conditions.

Also in the company want to implement the system Microsoft Azure Sphere into the coffee makers, to reduce the time of detection of problems and service costs.

Moreover, Starbucks is planning to launch the application using the Microsoft Azure Blockchain, which will allow users to know such information as to where the coffee was grown when the grains were roasted and other things.

The bitcoin leeches attack on Github

The hackers performed the attack on the users of hosting-providers for IT-projects and their co-development GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket. As a result, the hundreds of closed repositories are empty, ZDNet reported.

The intruders argue, that they downloaded all data in the repositories and extort the payment in the amount 0,1 BTC per one repository during the ten days. Otherwise, they threaten to make public the stolen data. Overall was stolen 392 repositories, given the current rate, the amount for all repositories is around 200 thousand dollars.

The representers of the company ask all victims to apply in the support service before making payments to the intruders because there is a possibility to recover the data with another way.

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Published at Thu, 09 May 2019 09:18:57 +0000

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