FBI: Hackers Extorted $28 Million in Cryptocurrencies Last Year

in #cryptocurrency7 years ago

On June 22, the Federal Bureau of Investigation presented its annual Internet Crime Report for the year of 2016. The FBI analyzed the victim reports at the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and used the information from their database to publish the annual study. It is important to mention that, according to the Department of Justice’s research, only an estimated 15 percent of the U.S. fraud victims reported their crimes to law enforcement.

Read more here: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/fbi-hackers-extorted-28-million-cryptocurrencies-last-year/

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Did they 'Hack' the coins, or did they scam them from people? Two very different things... I'd like to see the split between hack/scam. The main vulnerability in any security or encryption is the human aspect... Can have the most secure password in the world, but if you give it out voluntarily then you're going to have a bad day...

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citing source doesnt fall under fair use as majority of content is plagiarized/ Multiple offences
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estimated 15%...in reality nobody has an accurate percentage