It is important to know. Bitcoin protection increases!
According to the report of Kaspersky Lab, in the third quarter of 2017, hacker attacks on resources working with crypto-currencies increased by 15%, compared to the second quarter and by 36%, compared to the number of attacks in the first quarter of 2017.
In November, information on the attacks of the virus СryptoShuffler was disclosed (replaces the purse number of the crypto currency). The most successful attacks were on Bitcoin. This is most likely due to the fact that the currency is in the greatest demand, which clearly attracts a large number of intruders. In total, 23 bitcoins were stolen, which today equals approximately $ 155,000.
It is worth recalling that the largest theft of bitcoin was carried out on August 2, 2016, when 119,756 coins were stolen by hackers, the total value of which at that time was $ 65 million. Then, the cost of the Bitcoin dropped by approximately 20% from $ 603.6 to $ 482, 82. It should be noted that the number of burglar thefts has dropped to almost zero, which allows the most popular crypto currency to update the maximum values of its price.
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Alexander Sivtsov