An 84-year-old US resident decided to help her grandchildren to collect money for their own homes and invested her savings in cryptocurrency. However, due to the hacker attack, she lost all her funds.
“I followed the security measures Coinbase advised, including two-factor protection. I thought the account was completely secure. The theft put me in a very difficult situation. It happened so quickly and easily”– said the victim of the scammers.
The victim reported this to the police and the FBI, and representatives of Coinbase in San Francisco closed her account during the investigation. Earlier this year, around 6,000 Coinbase users were hit by scams and phishing attacks. Investigating cryptocurrency theft crimes continues to be very difficult and expensive for plaintiffs. At the same time, there is no guarantee that their costs for lawyers and investigations of such cases will ever pay off.
Therefore, although the cryptocurrency is considered safe, since you are “impossible” to track, you must use trusted exchanges, because thieves will always find how to steal your data.
Sources: https://azart.nv.ua/news/krazha-kriptovalyuty-50202424.html
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Cryptocurrencies are still safe and secured, as they use blockchain under the hood and can not be changed by smb/smth. But security of many currency exchanges and wallets definetely needs improvements