“Since July 2023, 48,000 attacks with cryptocurrency addresses have been found in the Bitcoin blockchain. This was reported by the co -founder and CTO CASA Jameson Lop. An example of a successful attack was a transaction, during which the user sent 0.1 BTC to a fraudster, and after 12 hours transferred a similar amount to the correct amount. According to Lopp’s observation, the victim’s wallet contained 8 BTC, which could lead to significant losses. During […]”, – WRITE: Businessua.com.ua
Since July 2023, 48,000 attacks with cryptocurrency addresses have been found in the Bitcoin blockchain. This was reported by the co -founder and CTO CASA Jameson Lop.
An example of successful The attack was a transaction, during which the user sent 0.1 BTC to the fraudster, and after 12 hours transferred a similar amount to the correct one.
According to Lopp’s observation, the victim’s wallet contained 8 BTC, which could lead to significant losses.
During “poisoning”, the addresses of victims are sent small transactions, imitating the wallets they often use. When users copy the address from transactions history they can accidentally send a fraudsteer
The growth of the number of attacks is facilitated by low commissions on the network of the first cryptocurrency, which have been observed since July 2024.
Cheap transfers allow the attackers to conduct mass attacks with almost no cost. Increasing commissions could reduce the frequency of such manipulations, said the lop on MIT Bitcoin Expo.
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The expert believes that the problem is solved through warnings in wallets. Programs could automatically identify suspicious addresses and warn users before transferring funds.
Recall that on February 26, the user lost more than $ 760,000 during one transaction due to “poisoning” of the address.
On March 19, Cyvers Analysts reported that since the beginning of the month of victims of cryptodemous victims, more than $ 1.2 million has voluntarily sent to the attackers.
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