Pat Rabbitte

Pat is a writer from the West of Ireland - currently living and working in Medellín, Colombia. He has always had an inquiring mind when it comes to new technology. His discovery of Bitcoin back in 2013 slowly led to a realisation of the implications of the underlying tech. As a consequence, Pat’s passion for blockchain technology has led him to focus his writing on the subject.

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Mobile Technology Web

Smart bandwidth key to upcoming surge in wireless device connectivity

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Wireless communication has been a key facilitator of most recent and pending technologies. Smart bandwidth usage is a prerequisite if society...

Crypto Column Technology Web

Decentralized cloud storage makes more efficient use of company resources

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Decentralized cloud storage systems are making more efficient use of company resources while providing secure ecosystems for businesses. Amazon Web...

Crypto Column Technology

Blockchain-based voting to become an election frontrunner?

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Earlier this month, Utah County, UT, demonstrated its use of a blockchain-based voting system. What efforts are being made at implementing...

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Crypto Column Technology

The battle to effect real world crypto adoption intensifies

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For the most part, cryptocurrency has failed to achieve tangible real world adoption but more organized efforts are now coming...

Technology

Objections to electric Cars diminishing with tech Progress

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A British startup has developed technology that it claims will result in the ability to charge electric vehicles (EV) in...

Technology

New Flight Paths carved towards sustainable Aviation

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A new approach is being taken through innovative design to reduce the environmental burden commercial flight is having on the...

Science

Personalized Vitamin Startups Forge New Paradigm in Preventative Health?

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Personalized vitamin startups have been springing up recently. What does it involve and what could the implications be for the...

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Web

Centralized web browsing is a threat to your privacy and security

Pat Rabbitte2 years ago

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Centralized web browsing is a threat to your privacy and online security as it makes it more likely that secondary...

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Technology

Fed, big banking still responsible for leaving US behind real time payments curve

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It's patently obvious that the Fed and big banking hasn't had the needs of ordinary Americans at heart in their...

Technology

Radiative cooling technology on path to reduce energy consumption

Pat Rabbitte2 years ago

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Radiative cooling technology stands to improve cooling and refrigeration efficiency by 20%, taking a large bite out of the energy...

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Technology Web

Decentralizing the web amidst debate on censorship, 8chan ban

Pat Rabbitte2 years ago

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8chan is banned in a knee-jerk reaction to two mass shootings in the US over the weekend, launching another round...

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Crypto Column Technology

IOTA set to become the protocol upon which the IoT economy runs

Pat Rabbitte2 years ago

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IOTA is set to become the standard protocol upon which the IoT economy runs, according to an IOTA Foundation supervisory...

Crypto Column Technology

Fintechs may become ‘biggest banking institutions’: ex-Lehman Bros banker

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A former Lehman Brothers banker turned fintech entrepreneur tells The Sociable why fintechs may become some of the biggest banking...

Technology

DARPA explores blockchain to develop ‘unhackable code’ for military

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DARPA is looking to blockchain technology for secure military communications, including developing what the DoD refers to as an "unhackable...

Crypto Column Technology

Capitol Hill is getting to grips with cryptocurrency

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The past 10 days has seen a presidential tweet regarding Bitcoin, the treasury secretary holding a news conference on cryptocurrency,...

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Technology

57% of Amazon retail, distribution employees want to unionize: report

Pat Rabbitte2 years ago

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Some 57% of Amazon retail and distribution employees want to unionize while 39% of Amazon's tech workers wish the same....

Technology

Alexa will hear you now: voice assistants will ’empower nurses, physicians, clinicians’

Pat Rabbitte2 years ago

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The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) aims to reduce demand on the British health service via health advice provided by...

Technology

Scent-ient machines are making sense of smell and taste

Pat Rabbitte2 years ago

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Machines that smell and taste are making their way into the commercial realm after government research and are set to...

Technology

AI will help submarine crews better understand what adversaries are doing underwater

Pat Rabbitte2 years ago

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Artificial Intelligence will help submarine crews to better understand what their adversaries are doing underwater by combining and analyzing multiple...

Technology

AI technology starts to eat into society’s food waste

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With 1.3 billion tons of food wasted in our society each year, we look at a number of emerging approaches that...

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Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Tuesday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

In today’s episode of the Brains Byte Back podcast, we will take a look at three separate cybercrime stories, attacks, and events, told by three different cybercrime and crypto experts.

We have seen many bank heists and robberies portrayed in movies and TV shows, and they are often high octane, adrenaline-fueled, and exciting.

But times have changed, and no longer are the most sophisticated and lucrative heists carried out by a crew of heavily armed robbers. Instead, it is cybercriminals behind computer screens that stand to make the most money.

This was proven by The Bangladesh Bank Heist that took place in 2016, when unidentified hackers attempted to steal $951 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank in Dhaka.

Even though a lot of this money was recovered, the thieves still managed to get away with $81 million, and the attempt is considered one of the biggest bank heists of all time.

First on the podcast, we will hear Pamela Clegg, Director of Financial Investigations and Education for CipherTrace, an intelligence company working to eradicate financial crimes and provide prevention strategies in the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces. Clegg shares a story of how CipherTrace teamed up with McAfee to tackle NetWalker ransomware, a ransomware that has become a franchise within the cybercrime underworld.

Secondly, we are joined by Ondrej Krehel, CEO, and founder of digital forensics firm LIFARS, who has worked with the FBI, DHS, Interpol, and many other government organizations on cyber defense and threat hunting. Krehel joins us to discuss his work with NiceHash, a crypto-mining marketplace, which came to LIFARS for help in response to a $67M crypto hack perpetrated by the North Korean military.

And finally, we are joined by Rytis Bieliauskas, CTO of cryptocurrency payment platform Coingate, to discuss how a DEA agent and a Secret Service agent stole Bitcoins from the Silk Road owner and got caught because of Bitcoin’s traceability.