A collection of bitcoins worth about £8m, which had been confiscated by police in Australia, will be auctioned off in June. The 24,518 bitcoins will be sold mostly in blocks of 2,000 – each with a market value of about £680,000. Ernst & Young, the firm organising the auction, said the bitcoins had been “confiscated […]

This month the US government is launching its first-ever bug bounty programme – a 20-day scheme for cybersecurity savvy citizens to have a go at finding flaws in the Department of Defense’s public websites before the illegal hackers do. There is a $150,000 (£106,000) pot for rewarding the finders of significant bugs. Unauthorised hacks make […]

Here’s yet another reminder of the risk of selfies. Not that you might fall off a cliff, or get eaten by a shark, or run over by a train while posing for that 1,000,000-clicks selfie shot, although those are all risks to be aware of. The problem is the casually-taken selfie that gets just one […]