Alleged EtherDelta hacker in federal court over $1.4M cryptocurrency plot

Alleged hacker Anthony Tyler Nashatka, also known as “psycho,” faced US federal court today over a plot to steal $1.4 million worth of cryptocurrency from users of token exchange EtherDelta. Authorities charged Nashatka, alongside his alleged accomplice Elliott Gunton, with counts of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, among others.…

Sahara Reporters founder Sowore remains detained in Nigeria – TechCrunch

The founder of African investigative digital media site Sahara Reporters Omoyele Sowore remains detained in Nigeria on charges including treason, his wife Opeyemi Sowore told TechCrunch. Her husband founded Sahara Reporters to create and aggregate news content, social media tips, and self-digital reporting toward exposing corruption in Africa and his home country of Nigeria. After…