Every third US crypto investor was the victim of a theft: Kaspersky report
Every third US crypto investor was the victim of a theft: Kaspersky report
A study carried out by the cyber security company Kaspersky showed that about a third of the US crypto investors stole part of their storage from hackers.
Nasty actors usually cheat victims by tempted them to visit a fake website or urge them to join a dubious investment platform.
"People have to make sure to protect themselves"
Kaspersky surveyed 2,000 American adults to estimate that about 30 % of those who have jumped on the crypto train have become victims of theft. The average value of the lost assets was almost $ 100,000, while 15 % of those surveyed encounters to have separated from token worth up to $ 1,000,000.
Criminals, mostly, deliberate people through fraudulent websites or fake investment platforms, since the majority of the victims were between 18 and 24 years old. Only 8 % of the over 55-year-olds were withdrawn for such reasons.
It is worth noting that older people did not accept the asset class as younger ones did. 36 % of the participants aged 25 to 44 admitted to owned some cryptocurrencies, while only 10 % of the over 55-year-olds were.
Marc Rivero-Senior Security Researcher in Global Research and Analysis Team from Kaspersky-claimed that the lack of extensive regulations have recently led to an increase in cryptocurrency fraud. He advised people to be extremely careful when investing in the asset class and use sophisticated passwords to secure their funds:
"Users should be very careful where they invest their money and have an eye on phishing fraud and fake websites. use. “
The cyber security company found that 19 % of crypto investors save their private keys in plain text on a PC/telephone, while 14 % did not make any efforts to protect their seed phrases.
Every fourth respondent is an investor
The study continues to estimate that 24 % of all people surveyed have already bought a certain amount of digital assets. The average respondents seem to be more patient, although most say that they last checked their investment six weeks ago.
A further survey recently carried out by Coinbase estimated that has joined the crypto ecosystem.
The exchange claimed that adoption is higher for younger generations such as gen z and millennials and colored.
80 % of the participants keep the current global financial system unfair, and 67 % are of the opinion that necessary changes should be made. Coinbase claimed that Krypto could heat such a monetary revolution, and pointed out that communities that have come into difficulty have already used to solve "real problems":
"At a global level, Krypto offers faster, cost-effective cross-border transfers, and digital stable coins help people with inadequate bank details around the world to gain access to the US dollar and financial services."
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