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MoneyWatch Hackers have stolen record $3 billion in cryptocurrency this year
CBSNews: “Hackers have stolen more than $3 billion in cryptocurrency so far this year, shattering the previous record of $2.1 billion set in 2021, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. A big chunk of that $3 billion, around $718 million, was taken this month in 11 different hacks, Chainalysis said in a series of tweets posted Wednesday. “October is now the biggest month in the biggest year ever for hacking activity, with more than half the month still to go,” the company tweeted.
1After four hacks yesterday, October is now the biggest month in the biggest year ever for hacking activity, with more than half the month still to go. So far this month, $718 million has been stolen from #DeFi protocols across 11 different hacks. pic.twitter.com/emz36f6gpK
— Chainalysis (@chainalysis) October 12, 2022
In past years, hackers focused their efforts on attacking crypto exchanges, but those companies have since strengthened their security, Chainalysis said. These days, cybercriminals are targeting “cross-chain bridges,” which allow investors to transfer digital assets and data among different blockchains…”
Ars Technica: “Today, tech archivist Jason Scott announced a new website called Discmaster that lets anyone search through 91.7 million vintage computer files pulled from CD-ROM releases and floppy disks. The files include images, text documents, music, games, shareware, videos, and much more. Discmaster opens a window into digital media culture around the turn of the millennium, turning anyone into a would-be digital archeologist. It’s a rare look into a slice of cultural history that is often obscured by the challenges of obsolete media and file format incompatibilities.
The files on Discmaster come from the Internet Archive, uploaded by thousands of people over the years. The new site pulls them together behind a search engine with the ability to perform detailed searches by file type, format, source, file size, file date, and many other options. “The value proposition is the value proposition of any freely accessible research database,” Scott told Ars Technica. “People are enabled to do deep dives into more history, reference their findings, and encourage others to look in the same place.”…
Search through 91.7 million files from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s Ars Technica
Ars Technica: “Today, tech archivist Jason Scott announced a new website called Discmaster that lets anyone search through 91.7 million vintage computer files pulled from CD-ROM releases and floppy disks. The files include images, text documents, music, games, shareware, videos, and much more. Discmaster opens a window into digital media culture around the turn of the millennium, turning anyone into a would-be digital archeologist.
It’s a rare look into a slice of cultural history that is often obscured by the challenges of obsolete media and file format incompatibilities. The files on Discmaster come from the Internet Archive, uploaded by thousands of people over the years. The new site pulls them together behind a search engine with the ability to perform detailed searches by file type, format, source, file size, file date, and many other options.
“The value proposition is the value proposition of any freely accessible research database,” Scott told Ars Technica. “People are enabled to do deep dives into more history, reference their findings, and encourage others to look in the same place.”…
