It is nothing new that bitcoin startups are attractive targets for cyber-criminals. Due to the pseudo-anonymous nature of bitcoin, it is easier to get away with the cyber theft of the digital currency than it is when stealing fiat currency as no bank accounts need to be used to transfer the illicit funds. In fact, since the birth of Bitcoin in 2008, a third of all bitcoin exchanges have been hacked.
However, cyber-criminals are not only focusing their efforts on bitcoin exchanges and online wallets. Hackers have stepped up their game to accessing mobile phones of leading figures in the bitcoin space to gain access to their companies, or their cryptocurrency, holdings as the recent hack of KeepKey CEO Darin Stanchfield’s mobile phone illustrates...
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