Kaspersky Lab: more than $ 10 million in Ethereum stolen from gullible investors

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The cyber security Experts Kaspersky Lab have noted that over the past year, scammers managed to steal 21 000 coins Ethereum through social schemes. It is reported .

How to keep your Bitcoins

According to the report, hackers have provoked hundreds of thousands of antivirus programs that detected suspicious activity associated with cryptocurrencies. The main goal of scams inexperienced investors in ICO. Criminals rubbed to them in trust and sending phishing links to grab private key from their crypto.

Analysts cite the example of ICO Switcheo, during which the attackers were able to collect $ 25,000 in just one post on Twitter.

Another common scheme is the distribution of fake coins. The victims promise to send huge sums for a small donation in Bitcoin or Ethereum. The scammers also claim «freebies» the name of famous personalities. Twitter is full of ads distribution of free Air from the fake Elon musk and Pavel Durov.

Chief analyst web content Kaspersky Lab, Nadezhda Demidova said gradual evolution of fraudulent schemes. While they scammers can make millions of dollars without any extra effort.

Successful criminals enjoy the opportunity to use the human factor that has always remained the weakest link in cyber security.

Recall that Kaspersky Lab is gradually integrates new technologies for practical applications. More recently, a platform for voting on the blockchain. I hope that in the future statistics will improve.

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