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Two hacker groups responsible for 60 percent of all publicly reported hacks

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

Two hacker groups are behind 60% of all publicly reported cryptocurrency exchange hacks and are believed to have stolen around $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency, according to a report published last week by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis.

“On average, the hacks we traced from the two prominent hacking groups stole $90 million per hack,” said Chainalysis.

Read more on ZDNet.


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