Bitcoin has repeatedly hit record highs but has been hacked. I saw hackers emptied millions of accounts in half an hour

Bitcoin transaction prices have repeatedly hit new highs, and this week it exceeded $50,000 for the first time. However, you must be careful when trading virtual currency, otherwise you will cry out when your account is stolen. The Criminal Police Bureau recently received a report that some people's accounts in overseas virtual currency exchanges were stolen. In just half an hour, the virtual currency in the account was transferred to other virtual wallets by hackers, and the loss was as high as 100 million rupee.

The Criminal Bureau stated that when the victim was trading on the Binance Exchange, he received a warning message that "someone tried to log in to the account in Hong Kong at the same time." When the victim clicked the "Reject" button, the bitcoin in the virtual currency account Was transferred out one by one. Within half an hour, the 13 virtual currencies (including Bitcoin, Ether, TEDA, etc.) purchased by the victim were all transferred to other wallets by the hacker, and the victim could only watch the virtual currency in the account. Keep being transferred out.

The Criminal Bureau revealed that the victim claimed to only use personal mobile devices (mobile phones, tablets and laptops) to conduct virtual currency transactions on weekdays, and did not log in through other interfaces or provide personal account passwords (such as Email, virtual currency exchange accounts), but The account of the virtual currency exchange was still obtained by hackers in an unknown way, and the virtual currency in the account was transferred out, causing heavy losses.

According to statistics from the Criminal Bureau, since 110, police agencies across the country have accepted 46 public reports (online banking) that have been stolen (such as sending phishing newsletters that require re-logging in online banking). At the same time, during the New Year holidays, people reported that the virtual currency exchange account was stolen. The fraud group also used information security loopholes or other phishing webpages to obtain account numbers, passwords and transaction API funds required for various online financial transactions. According to this, the account transaction function is stolen, causing the victim's property loss.

The Criminal Bureau urged that with the rapid development of digital financial technology, information security issues derived from digital financial transactions may become a hidden concern. Gangsters have used the characteristics of "cross-border networks to hide identities and decentralization is difficult to trace" and have repeatedly used "phishing" since this year. Website" or other hacking methods to obtain the account password of the victim’s online banking or currency exchange.

The Criminal Bureau emphasized that although virtual assets are not currencies, their cross-border transactions are frequent, asset prices fluctuate, and investment risks are high. In addition to keeping personal accounts and passwords carefully, do not click on unknown links (such as phishing webpages), and please choose carefully Only when the institutions approved by the competent authority make investment can they reduce losses as much as possible through mechanisms such as the supervision of the competent authority or financial institution insurance.