Security News > 2018 > August > Theft of user accounts on cryptocurrency exchanges is soaring

Within a year, the number of data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges soared by 369%, Group-IB researchers have found, and the US, Russia and China are the countries where users are targeted most often. In fact, every third victim of the attack is located in the United States. The research In 2017, when cryptocurrencies were gaining momentum, their record-breaking capitalization and a spike in Bitcoin’s exchange rate led to dozens of attacks on cryptocurrency services. Based … More → The post Theft of user accounts on cryptocurrency exchanges is soaring appeared first on Help Net Security.

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