Crypto Theft Up
Reposted by Scott Shields katy, Scott Shields Houston Cryptocurrency Exchange Theft Surges In First Half Of 2018: Report A cryptocurrency mining computer is seen in front of bitcoin logo during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei FILE PHOTO: A cryptocurrency mining computer is seen in front of bitcoin logo during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu July 3, 2018 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Theft of cryptocurrencies from exchanges soared in the first half of this year to three times the level seen for the whole of 2017, leading to a three-fold increase in associated money laundering, according to a report from U.S.-based cybersecurity firm CipherTrace released on Tuesday. The report, which looks at the global anti-money laundering market, showed that in the first six months of the year a total of $761 million was stolen from digital currency exchanges, compared with about