In the third and final report of series on crimes in cryptosphere, experts of the analytical company Chainalysis reported that two groups of hackers – the so-called alpha and Beta represent the bulk of the funds stolen in the history of the industry.
“Together, these two groups today responsible for the theft of about $1 billion, that is not less than 60% of reported attacks. And given the size of the potential awards, there is no doubt that hacks will continue; it is the most profitable (projects) of all crimes in cryptosphere”, – the report says.
On average, one burglary brought members of these groups for $90 million In a complicated scheme using multiple cryptocell and kryptomere these funds usually tried to wash, then some time – 40 days or more – do not touch until the publicity dies down around the attack and then taken out. At least 50% of the hackers scriptaction were derived through the services of conversion for 112 days.
At the same time both groups had their own tricks in order to hide the connection between the hacking and withdrawal. So, one group of researchers decided to name alpha, organized more strictly and in addition to cash has other interests, and the money starts to withdraw as soon as possible after break-in: 75% in the first month. The second Beta is less organized and numerous, focused only on money, waiting up to six years, before going into scriptactive in the Fiat after the end of this period translates into traditional currency 50%.
We will remind, earlier experts Chainalysis reported that victims of more than 2 thousand fraudulent schemes over the period from 2016 began about 40 thousand users of Ethereum. In 2017 they have lost their assets by $17 million, and in 2018 – $36 million
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