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Theft of digital currency grows.
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The cost of cryptocurrencies stolen by criminals increased in the first six months of 2025 after a loud hacking and a wave of physical attacks aimed at the owners of the crypt and their relatives.
So far this year, $ 2.17 billion has been stolen in cryptors – already dimmed $ 1.87 billion of funds stolen from platforms in 2024 – and this is expected to reach $ 4 billion by the end of 2025, according to report Posted on Thursday Blockchain Analysis Breasman.
Overall, the combined value of digital tokens stolen from both the crypto -platforms and the people has reached more than $ 2.8 billion and is already approaching $ 3.4 billion in a cry stolen last year.
Most of the funds stolen in services Cyberattack February on Crypto -Birge DubaiI saw that hackers related to North Korea are removed from $ 1.5 billion. It is estimated that this is the largest crypto -gambling in history.
However, the growth of the stolen crypto -activists was also caused by the thorn of attacks on individual crystals. Chainalysis said personal wallets were more than 23% of the total theft, and attackers are increasingly resorting to physical abuse and coercion to access the means.
In January, David Baland, co -founder of Crypto Wallet Ledger, was abducted with his wife from his home in Central France. Before releasing, the attackers cut off the Ballond’s finger and sent footage about his co -founder Eric Lirchev demanding the ransom.
Separately, in May, he was the father of Kryptos -entrepreneur made by a wide daylight Four men in ski masks. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of several million euros and cut off one of the human fingers. A few days later he was released.
Eric Gordin, Cybercrime Cybercrime Studies, said CNBC that the growth of the thefts related to the crystand, is mainly due to the increase in crystall and pricing.
“Adoption means that the crypto -ecosystem means more services and users, making the thefts more common. Price estimate means that services and people in cryo are greater for loss, even if the total assets stolen over time,” said Jordin via email.
Jordin suggested that attracting attacks on individual crypto owners may refer to the fact that Crypto trade services increase their safety.
“When the services become better in safety, the malicious subjects will potentially go to orientation to individual wallets and trade a single large-scale theft in favor of a large number of smaller victims,” he said.
Meanwhile, the growth of wealth accumulated through the possessions of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, has led to the growth of the cry -influenced lifestyles on the social media platforms.
Jordin emphasized that it is important not to blame the victims of physical attacks related to the crystorm, adding that “spectacular manifestations of wealth can completely draw the attention of a bad actor compared to a more modest external lifestyle.”
