Chainalysis Opens 24-hour Hotline to Support Crypto Crime Victims
DailyCoin
Published Jun 23, 2022 12:00PM ET
Updated Jun 23, 2022 01:00PM ET
Chainalysis Opens 24-hour Hotline to Support Crypto Crime Victims
As crypto crime cases are on the rise, the blockchain intelligence company Chainalysis launches an always-on hotline to help crypto firms that have been targeted by scammers and hackers.
Today we’re launching Crypto Incident Response, a rapid response service for organizations that have been targeted by a cyber attack or unauthorized network intrusion that involves a #crypto theft or demand. Find out how it works: https://t.co/OypbSk344sAccording to the official blog post, ransomware attackers have stolen $731 million in 2021, while 2020 has seen similar scammer activity, with $728 being lost to their attacks. Previous years have been a lot quieter, with $144 total value of recorded ransomware attacks in 2019 and just $40 in 2018.— Chainalysis (@chainalysis) June 22, 2022
The most notorious case of theft by hacking is the $622 million drain from Axie Infinity’s Ronin Ethereum Sidechain in March, 2022. This hack alone accounts for one third of the looted crypto this year, but there were other bell-ringing cases, for instance Bored Apes Yacht Club Discord server was hacked at the beginning of this month, setting the crypto community aback by $360,000 in stolen NFTs.
Chainalysis agrees that a prevention programme is needed to educate the members of the crypto community about various methods of crypto-related online scamming, such as phishing through fake minting websites and gaining access to validators on blockchain to pass through illicit transactions.
Chainalysis Paints a Bright Picture for Crypto
Despite launching a 24-hour telephone line for the victims, Chainalysis assures that ‘crime represents a smaller and smaller share of all cryptocurrency activity’. However, those crypto-related cybercrimes that happen usually leave the victim without a chance to retrieve their funds.
That’s where Chainalysis Crypto Incident Response steps in – the rescue team will help to ‘prepare for the unpredictable’, go through the long and nerve-wrecking process of court to get the lost funds back. The Chainalysis team points out that theft via hacking and ransomware reflects badly on the general public’s trust in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology sector, as well as presents ‘national security concerns’.
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