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Over the past year, hackers have attacked each of the 19 major cryptocurrency exchanges. The number of accounts for which cybercriminals hacked increased by 369 percent. The most attacks were carried out in the USA.

The Russian company Group-IB looked at the number, frequency and nature of hacker attacks on the cryptocurrency environment. It turned out that there are more and more of them, and the hackers are attacking all the major crypto-currency exchanges. In 720 cases, cybercriminals managed to steal user login data.

Grop-IB analyzes show that the frequency of attacks on cryptoclosure exchanges and its users is closely related to price fluctuations of the most popular currencies tokens. For example, in the period of high Bitcoin value, the number of theft of login data increased by 689% during the month. in relation to the monthly average.

Hackers are getting better at what they are doing
According to the Group-IB data, there are 50 botnets in the network that attack both cryptocurrency exchanges and their users. They work primarily on Trojan viruses, which are difficult to detect, usually take the form of a small program or file.



The report's authors warn that hackers attacking the cryptocurrency environment are using increasingly sophisticated tools. Their methods resemble those used by cybercriminals attacking technologically advanced banks.

According to the authors of the report, the owners of cryptocurrency accounts do not take sufficient measures to protect themselves against cyber attacks. They emphasize that two-factor authentication. For most exchanges, exchanging virtual money is not working. One in five people whose login data were stolen from the exchange systems last year, used a password of less than 8 characters.

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