2019 hit a record for the amount of money scams via virtual money
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Crypto-related scams soared in value in the first half of 2019 to reach $ 4.26 billion.
The biggest scam recorded is Plus Token. This smartphone wallet project is said to be a variable of multi-level (Ponzi). Before the heads of Plus Tokens suddenly disappeared in early July, they managed to reap $ 2.9 billion from investors.
Another hit is the QuadrigaCX exchange project in Canada. The exchange's founder Gerald Cotton is reportedly dead while doing a charity job in India. He is the only person with a key to store all of the exchange's assets. Therefore, the death of Gerald Cotton has led to the disappearance of cryptocurrencies worth about $ 200 million. However, many people suspect that Gerald Cotton's unusual death is fake.
The bad guy raked in more than $ 4 billion in half a year from the crypto market.
In addition, many other small attacks by hackers and cryptocurrency exchanges during the past time have also caused relatively great damage. Only in the three months of the second quarter of 2019, the amount was stolen by hackers also reached $ 227 million.
According to TheNextWeb, the total amount of money that the bad guys collected from cryptocurrencies reached $ 4.26 billion in the first two quarters of the year, making 2019 a historical year in terms of money lost due to fraud.
In addition, the CipherTrace report also revealed that cryptocurrencies are currently the most popular currency among cybercriminals and organizations that buy and sell on the dark web. They are used in drug transactions, weapons, bank cards, malware ...
Until now, Bitcoin is still the most popular, accounting for 76% of transaction volume on the black market. Followed by Ethereum, Monero.
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