After ransom deadline passes, account for group identifying as Black Shadow reportedly receives bitcoin payment of $104,000

British man, Florida man and Florida teen hacked Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and tech moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000

Fake tweets from prominent politicians, tech firms and personalities — including Apple, Kanye West and Jeff Bezos — solicited deposits to anonymous Bitcoin account

Der Spiegel says Stephan Balliet was sent some $800 in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin from an unknown person with whom he communicated on the internet

Court rules that half of businessman Craig Wright's bitcoins belong to estate of programmer Dave Kleiman

Though not banned under Islamic law, Iranian authorities are cracking down on cryptocurrency, with some officials worried energy-hungry miners are abusing subsidized electricity

Terror group in 'experimental stage' of building complex online payment system, raising fears among regulators