Ledger customer data leaked on RaidForums
On December 20th, customer information obtained from the June data-breach of Ledger, a cryptocurrency wallet hardware producer, was published on RaidForums, an information marketplace.
EXMO exchange hacked.
Hackers stole $10.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from EXMO, an exchange, on December 21st. Losses included BTC, XRP, ZEC, USDT, ETH, and ETC. The exchange is asking users not deposit funds into existing wallets at this time, but stresses that the exchange will cover affected users.
The SEC sues Ripple.
In a lawsuit filed December 22nd, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that Ripple Labs’ 2012 sale of XRP violated U.S. security laws. XRP’s price has fallen 20% in response to the news—Bitwise, a crypto-index fund, liquidated its XRP position and some exchanges have delisted the cryptocurrency. Ripple maintains that XRP is not a...