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How Hackers Stole $1B From Cryptocurrency Exchanges In 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 By Davey Winder

Who were the hackers that stole $1 billion in cryptocurrency during 2018 and how the heck did they do it?

According to the Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report from Ciphertrace https://ciphertrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/crypto_aml_report_2018q3.pdf some $927 million had been stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges in the first three quarters of 2018 alone. That total will almost certainly have hit, if not smashed straight through, the $1 billion mark by now. So, who were the hackers behind the heists and how did they get away with it?

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