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SIM swap, cryptocurrency busts highlight new frontier for Bay Area tech cops

SIM swap, cryptocurrency busts highlight new frontier for Bay Area tech cops

September 10, 2018

Standing near the LAX security check, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Sgt. Samy Tarazi waited for the suspected bitcoin thief to emerge. He had been tracking the 20-year-old Boston college student for...

Cybersecurity experts demonstrate their products at this years RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco. The annual conference is a major expo for digital security firms. (Tim Johnson/McClatchy/TNS)

Spooked by spike in cyber extortion, businesses are stockpiling bitcoin for payoffs

February 21, 2017

By Tim Johnson McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. corporations that have long resisted bending to the demands of computer hackers who take their networks hostage are increasingly...

Bitcoin Gets Easier For Consumers To Buy, Spend

Bitcoin Gets Easier For Consumers To Buy, Spend

April 10, 2014

By Heather Somerville San Jose Mercury News (MCT) It’s getting easier for consumers to buy and spend bitcoin, the cybercurrency that has captured much of the tech world. With each passing...

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