Phase Seven: Exfiltration The atmosphere in the NSA office was thick with tension. Unwound was their carefully crafted plan, slowly unwinding before their eyes. The once reliable implant—a product of countless hours of research and development—now wreaked havoc on the administrator’s computer; its presence was a ticking time bomb, waiting to explode and unravel the […]
The Collapse of Mt. Gox: A Deep Dive into the Bitcoin Exchange’s Downfall
Introduction Imagine a financial system that’s not tied to any specific country, is both anonymous and transparent, and entirely digital. This was the promise of Bitcoin. Among the first to harness this potential was Mt. Gox, a pioneering Bitcoin exchange that, at its peak, handled 70% of all Bitcoin transactions worldwide. However, what began as […]