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As I have seen from a website about China's nabbing crypto thieves.  So, being a computer genius has a lot of advantages to get rich so easily with cryptocurrencies if they will not be caught.  Unlike us who makes clean living by trading, mining, investing and bounty hunting, they tend to get easy income in their professional thieves way.  Might be this is the reason why bitcoin's value is going down.  Just my thoughts..

Check out the link about this news I have red.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-nabs-crypto-thieves-social-120041067.html

It's not possible for such a low amount to move the price that much.

As bitcoin and crypto gaining more adoption and the price increasing, holders should expect more sophisticated malware to steal coins. So, anyone having anything with a value > 1000$ should invest in a hardware wallet, you'll sleep better knowing your coins are safe.

He just shared free downloadable plug-ins in group chats and public forums and used the host computer to mine virtual currencies without the knowledge of the owner, maybe it can be possible and yahoo had provided such information might be a credibility to really trust this news, And Ordinary computer users was an easy targets by yang because they don’t regularly check up on their servers which may be scanned by hackers for vulnerabilities, So it can be possible.

indeed it is one of the current bitcoin price reductions, crypto thieves attacking many markets so that krypto users experience anxiety and reduce trading volume

Yes it can be happen if virus attached to our computer or laptop  sure hanker will stolen our data easily from our system so before installing  any app or software we have to check about that and we should have a anti in our system otherwise we will loss our data than easily hanker can take our crypto tokens with our database.

These thieves are annoying. They can't promote community development, but bring negative things to the encrypted world.

People are to blame for themselves, because they do not take sufficient protective measures for their computer and the crypto currency here absolutely at anything.

It's actually an interesting subjects of law and ethics. If you take advantage of someone's hardware without his knowledge, but at the same time you don't limit his abilities in any way, is it a crime? Many people whose computers were being used for mining didn't even notice and did not mine or plan to mine for themselves, so the hacker took advantage of their lack of knowledge and overall carelessness. He made money by using them, which is a bad thing, but he also did not make them lose money. Their computers were mining in the background only when these people were using them for other things, so they would be drawing power anyway at that given time whether they'd be infected or not.

Banks also have burglaries and clean accounts of money. Cryptocurrencies for a hacker are a tasty morsel. Especially since it is not an official currency and thefts are difficult to recover.

To store crypto currency you need to have protected device. The Cryptocurrency should remain anonymous, fast and with minimal commissions - for this the future

Yes that is right and we need to be too much careful and make some extra security to our wallets specially if we are using online wallet, where th chances of hacking your account is more. AS so many accident has already occurred, when all the exchanges are hacked, therefore they may be now providing extra security for their customers.

Offline storage for the win.

Bitcoin is secure currency but it depends on your transactions, while putting some personal information or a private key. Or there are other different ways to steal cryptos. Just remember basic things like be aware from phishing sites. And i suggest reliable thing for big investors of BTC. They should use hardware wallets. It's just an opinion.

After the largest Exchange in China (Bithum), now the Hackers use a virus by utilizing online game sites to mine coins on a home computer. this is very loss to people, of course, electricity costs will become very expensive when used to mine. hopefully this problem can be quickly resolved.

It's not just China, crypto based viruses are from all over the world. The Americans like to blame the North Koreans and the Russians, but it could really just be a teenage kid hacking from his bedroom in his parent's house, earning lots of illegally gained coins

I think it's usually a crime if you access someone's computer without authorization. In the US (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act):


How much does CoinHive, etc. slow down your computer? Maybe they "paid" by suffering through slower processing times. :)

It will always be hacks to steal money. It's not just in the crypto world. There will always be scams, hacks, hijacks etc, with or without crypto.
Even banks (traditional ones) are targets of hackers to steal money. The reson with value has nothing to do with that, it's a mix of stuff.

Just for example of what i was saying

https://thehackernews.com/2017/12/bank-hackers.html

This is an interesting news, but personally I am much more worried by virus possibly designed to steal your wallets and / or your privare Keys. That would be much more lethal.

LOL that's an improper way of using your intelligence if you'll have this idea on your mind unless you really want to experience living behind the bars. You can say "IF" they will not be caught but not all the time you can flee from the authorities.

Better to eat with clean money. Don't get jealous if they become rich easily, fight a clean fight and work for yourselves in a clean way. Don't admire those people that are stealing others money.

More people selling bitcoin, value going down that's the reason.

It's possible but still the security of your assets depends on you.  That virus or any keyloger or malware can't inflict your computer if you will not click or download it to your computer. So always be vigilant not to fall in any free or giveaways and you need to install something on your computer.

Yes its possible, there are many malwares attacked your pc but it depends on you how you will secure your assets. So carefull all time in accessing your web be vigilant enough.

Well, we can't possibly get rid of those kind of person that is infecting the market with that kind of way of earning their money. But I guess that is their deal of a living.

yeah, it's possible to steal it so your account should always be secure or keep it safe for everything

For me, it is really possible for hackers to steal your wallet if your wallet is saved in your computer. If they have the access to your PC and for your wallets/keys with the use of malware/virus, therefore they can access your wallet easily. I suggest that do not save your passwords/keys (especially your wallet) in your PC. Maintain your PC and look out for threats that can make your PC vulnerable to hackers. Be careful and be sure in what website you are putting your passwords/keys for your wallet.

This is one of the main problems for all owners of crypto currency. Each user should have a high level of protection of their savings. But many are too lazy to make an effort to learn ways to protect, but there are a lot of them. and you need to use all these tools.

Hacking a computer to steal your bitcoin, as long as the computer is connected to the Internet, this is inevitable, we should put the wallet in a safer place.
The disconnected hard drive or computer is usually disconnected, except when used.

Yes, there are a lot of such things on the Internet on this need to be very careful and cautious. Many people want to steal your coins.

This is nothing new actualy..
Unfortunately many Bitcoins were stolen with the help of different malwares and lack of protection on users side.
Especialy vulnerable are web wallets but mobile wallets could be endagered too.
Also it's not advisable to keep your coins at exchanges. They are not configured as wallets and are vulnerable to different attacks, malwares and threats.

It is possible to steal your Identity, Crypto and Other account informations by hackers by puting a malware on a file that you've downloaded that's i put some 2FA security on every account that i have, Hackers are very smart now they can steal your informations within a second so be careful what website you entered for and check if that site has a https:// and do not trust people who sends you a link or making a clickbait, Especially online bitcoin wallets are very easy for professional hackers to hijack it so we need to put so many security options to it.

many ways that hackers can do to steal user data by spreading infected viruses on computer networks. this is certainly not strange anymore, let alone cryptocurrency is worldwide and can easily invite crime to get results faster.
lately there is news that hackers can steal bitcoin in large enough quantities, it can justify the decline in bitcoin prices to date because of hackers who deliberately dump the bitcoin in large enough quantities so that the price continues to move at the lowest point

I think usualy about that is they mistakenly download the bad link and they key in there private keys thats why some hackers thift took there tokens and coins easily.

They weren't accessing it. They added the virus to commonly downloaded programs, like the bones featured on freeware download sites and set the programs to connect to a pool with the hacker's login. Technically he was never accessing their computers.

I'm sure it slows them down significantly, but that's not the case. They were mining for weeks or even months without knowing it, so either they didn't notice or they did notice and didn't care.

The value of password is getting higher and higher, there will be hackers who will use virus to steal the encryption, there will be bad people staring at valuable things.

Chinese are prohibiting themselves from the internet. I mean, the use of the internet will always restricted and you have to use VPN to freely surf the internet. This restriction will just make themselves cannot learn more from the internet about this as per my thinking back in year ago, but its happening now.

Of course. I'm agree with you. Hackers can easily hack our computers using different methods. And they can steal our database very easily. They will get our Keystrokes, passwords, screen shots,etc.. Nowadays there are so many apps and software in the internet. Some of them are fake and hackers use them to hack our computer or mobile. Most apps asking about permissions for calling, gallery, camara, etc.. After that without looking up we Allow every single permission request. So finally we got hacked. Best thing is for our safe, we should use good internet security software and we must keep it up to date.

There are many viruses that will get your Bitcoin.  Don't be an idiot and put Bitcoin on your computer.

Sad to say but this is really possible so you better keep your account safe. Please take notice of what you are using to avoid inconvenience. Scammers and hackers will do everything they can to harm us and they can really use viruses in computer to steal from us. Always remember that safety is better than cure so prevent getting hacked.

I think this is not a viros that harm your computer but a viros that will emply your crypto wallet. Usualy they will sending you a message specialy in email using something you win or to claim and when you open this email they are asking your private key to claim that but the truth is they are stilling your info.

What you have just mention is not a determining factor of bitcoin price. The value of bitcoin is depreciating due to low demand based on some regulations by some countries this year.

Yes, it's sad that these figures who come up with all these viruses and antiviruses, have turned their attention to good goals

These are some of the reasons why you have to take good suggestions on how how take care of your tokens/coins seriously. For example many experts suggest desktop wallets and more especially hardware wallet like Trezor to ensure the safety of your funds. 2FA authentications at trading sites, bookmarking the official websites of exchanges are all very good ways that make it hard for hackers to steals your crypto.

oh that will get worse the more power cryptocurrencies achieve

i had my personal experiences

https://www.cryptoproductivity.com/single-post/2018/06/02/Coinmarketcap-lists-cryptocurrency-which-website-spreads-coinminervirus

yes, there are many ways to do by a hacker to steal our assets. they can use the network access system, with airdrop, with computer viruses, with HYIP and with all the offer that is on our computer screen.

so, we better not respond anything that is not clear, because it is pishing.

that could be true.  Viruses can be their way of hacking and stealing bitcoin.  having an advanced technology,  it is possible that it is their way of stealing our hard earned coins

Yes , a virus or malware can steal your info . Install keylog on your PC , etc . There are lot of thing a virus can do , so be wary when venturing the internet . i suggest you get a pc dedicated only to crypto transactions that is if your a bigtime player . Use a different PC for browsing or doing your day-to-day stuff in the internet , for you might not know it you already downloaded a virus embedded on some random files out there

The overall bitcoin system is non-hackable. Bitcoin security is more than any other banking system. In my opinion,  scam projects are the main factor behind the failure to grow bitcoin.

Well rhat's a fact. Anything you have online can be compromised with hacker becoming more and more sophisticated with the times. I agree in investing in an offline wallet since that's basically your best option to secure your coins. Spending for an offline wallet that's a lot more secure than an online wallet is logical if you keep a lot of btcs.

It will worsen as bitcoin gets mass adoption. Better keep a percentage of your hard-earned bitcoin for a purchase of a hardware wallet. Believe me, it will make things easier and safer for you.

Bitcoin coming out is probably the greatest boon to black hat hackers ever. It gave them away to directly steal from people and monetize their skill set. Obviously it's inexcusable behavior and such, but it's totally expected.

Where there is money involved there will be scams involved too. There are hundreds of phishing websites out there which steal people's data in order to steal money from them. Some softwares replace the copied address with theirs and some browsers are coded that they automatically start browser mining in your PC. Some websites also start the browser mining process in the background. We have to be careful in what we do when it comes to crypto  or else we might loose all that we have.

Those viruses are very dangerous really , we have to be careful and look after our PC or laptops  :-X , but anyway I think people are being careful aboout this situatuions

Yes it can be These incidents happen negligently Do not install good antivirus

So many cryptocurrencies stealing methods by the hackers. That is why I don't click on any link whose source I don't know again. I received so many attractive emails directing me to click on links but I refused, no matter how attractive. Some airdrop are also used for this stealing nowadays because the forms ask for personal information that can easily help the hackers.

As we know , ransonware ever attack on people's computer and request bitcoin as their ransom.
It's unevitable in crypo world but we can prevent it happen by always keep your computer's antivirus up to date !

Preventation is better than cure !

First of all i don't believe it at all because it is quite impossible and there are a lot of ways in order to make our coin safe. So, it is not a subject to worry.

Not surprisingly, they invented such a virus.  The crypt becomes more popular and it gives an opportunity to earn hackers.

Regular computers are easy targets by those because they don't regularly check their servers that may be scanned by hackers for vulnerabilities, so that's possible.

I always prefer to hear about computer genius who are attending to protect the security system they are called the white hats, but the sad truth is that they are rarely at the same time as black hats are most common.

I don't think can cause this present dip or dip to Bitcoin. Price falls  are caused
By movement of huge funds that are way more than this front the Crypto market. It will be good of hackers and thieves can be nabbed in the Crypto industry. Kyc will be a good end solution .

As with any new innovation (especially a financial one), there will always be pimps, hustlers, thieves, etc. It comes with the territory. In the digital age, it is to be expected. Whenever there is good done, always expect the bad to be not so far away. It is the truth, but an ugly one. Some people just want a fist full of dollars,  while others just want a few dollars more.
 (Ques music from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.)

Computer viruses are different. But if you do not go into details, then all hackers anyway steal information with viruses.

Hardware wallet is the key for your problems. I know a lot of investors and bounty hunters who have lost their funds because of phishing. Hardware wallet will help with security.

I do not know how to steal, but the fact that the miner viruses are already boring me ... I can say for sure.
Recently I even read about the game in steam which while it is playing it uses your computer resources for mining ...

We should have 2 different devices (pc or phone). If we want to download and use new plugin, we just install it to the other device.
The device which have our wallet should not installed any new foreign plugins for our safety.

in 2015 i see the virus in our computer that can manipulated our clipboard, when we copy the bitcoin address and want paste it on the address column, the result is not same with the data that we copy, so if you want to send the bitcoin check twice about your address, is it correct?

i think no one can infect your system without you permitting it blindly, maybe if you are going to mine, be extra careful of those end user agreement and other stuffs so that you will not be fooled by those who steals cryptos.

You mentioned here about virus attacks, we should provide our pc the strong security it needs to make your system more secured. Checking can be a good practice for us so that you won't be able to commit any wrong inputs and avoid errors or funds lost. The possible intrusion of hackers will be opened during virus attacks send by malware programmers, and through security softwares it can be prevented.

Hacking events maybe will make bitcoin price dropping because the hacker can dump it on the market.
But seems like it is not the only reason for dip market. The market dips because the demands of cryptocurrency not increasing.
peoples need to buy bitcoin so the value can go up.

We are really vulnerable to hackers since just like who is not really knowledgeable on software stuffs in which I would be clumsy and might be a target for a hackers. That is why this is the major challenges of any crypto currency company if how can they prevent hackers to attack their software.

That news is nothing new. When bitcoin was not even so popular there was also a computer virus they call ransomware that would encrypt files so that you can no longer access it and in order to ipen it they will be asking you some bitcoin for you to open your files back. I just don't know if it still exist until today but I think it had made a lot of bitcoin for itself. Getting rich was simple in that way but I don't ever think it was a good way.

The world of crypto is not so cheap that anyone can easily hake it and destroy this huge world. But yes i also hear this kind of news but I don't think it can be possible.

This can be something like remote administrative tool called also a rat, I used to research something on that topic before in my life, it is really a dangerous thing to have on your personal computer, person can get almost at total Access for all the things that you have.

There are many types of virus that are hidden created by famous hackers. It is said that crypto currency is a gold mine for most hackers since all transaction here are done through digital transaction. That is why we must be aware of any unprotecred links and do research more to prevent hackers to access our portfolio.

Its possible that your crypto profit will steal by a virus. Thats why many people always remind that dont go to the malicious site or download some apps that not trusted

Different malwares are developed all the time, even those for stealing cryptocurrency.
Still I think that is more often that your personal data and credentials are being compromised and the perpetrator is using them to access your wallet and your cryptocurrencies.
You can never be cautious enough with protecting your coins so it's crucial to be up to date with the latest threaths so that you know how to protect yourself.

This is quiet alarming. But upon checking on the internet, different computer viruses are already/have been active to to steal other person's bitcoins. Like this link below that I will be sharing, pretty sure this is not a scam. It's happened in 2017 and sure that there are already instances that happened before this.

https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/cryptoshuffler-bitcoin-stealer/19976/

People right now was to intelligence in terms of creating viruses and hacking so if it that's true it was possible that it gonna happen they are creating a softwate or a plug-ins that people didn't know it was virus and it is stealing their money or coins  so possible you should buy a hardware wallet to secure like this hacking strategy.

I believe that already in our time, there are already many ways to secure your crypto currency. It is necessary to think about this in advance, and not at the moment when you lose it.

We must monitor our computers to avoid unnecessary software running in our computer. It can be hack tool that can explore our computer files. This is the only complicated risk in crypto but it is our responsibility to protect our information and our earnings.

Yes, computer viruses are used to steal keys and steal accounts that you have. So it's better to put Linux there no viruses for the crypt at the very time, but on linux do not go purses so it will be necessary to have at least one vindo anyway)

Perhaps, if you do not maintain the database maintenance time on your computer. You or your business should install antivirus software to better protect your computer. These viruses can infiltrate your computer in many ways, they can be transmitted over the internet or hidden in a daily download link. You should use caution when using any software and protect your wallet.

There are a lot of hackers and may be they are very much professional in the sector of hacking but the community of crypto are also powerful. If we become a little aware then we can easily protect our crypto.

this is a crime ... just as they like without going to work ... and that means we have to be much smarter than the rat rat ... guiding our computers ... guarding our treasures ... securing our bitcoin

Offline storage would be fine as well, feels like a lot of people seem hesitant about using linux nowadays or have never even used it.

Yes, there are many professional computer virus makers, and now this industry has begun to penetrate into the encrypted world. I hope that in the future, experts in computer security can help you deal with these viruses.

A malware script from a cheat program and plugins that injects viruses to mine crypto base from the article well I got some backdoor viruses last year from my old computer Double pulsar and eternal blue exe viruses from a program then injects some crypto miner to my pc, scan before the attempt to run any random programs most especially from a random person, even from some websites they are mining crypto just by visiting it better to have a browser extension or an antivirus that blocks unwanted miners, people nowadays take the advantage by stealing other people's CPU/GPU usages and electricity be cautious.

There will always be thieves among us. Not much we can do about hackers. It’s what they do for a living. But not enough to affect the value of cryptocurrencies. Government regulations can at least deter or prosecute this criminals.

I would not want to fall for such a virus, but I do not understand if it is, why it is not spread everywhere? apparently it is not so easy, and therefore do not need to worry much about it

Thats why you need to use a Hardware Wallet.

For me, its possible to steal cryptocurrency because of a Computer Virus. There is a lot of Virus developed that can steal your personal information so its not possible nowdays to create that kind of virus, because many of us are aware of technology and have a knowledge in making virus. So let's always be careful to click some links and malicious website suddenly pop up on your screen. Be aware of your devices and as much as possible intall an application that can use to secured your personal things on your device.

If hackers thieves crypto coins than market manipulation is not possible with small amount, if we are holding bitcoins and other coins than we need to store in hardware and Trezor wallet so we can protect our coins. because if we are holding in exchanges than possibility is hackers can hack also they can steal via malware from our computers.

I've learned about hacking and even stealing data through malware, if you keep your wallet on your hardware, your wallet is very risky now, you better save on the official wallet that was launched by the coin platform where you invested, because if you save on an official platform usually they have an expert hacking team

It is possible that this is one of the reasons, now a lot of brilliant scams that can take over the financial world, but I want to believe that this is not so.

Genius are all over crypto community,only waiting for victims

Most of the targets are those noobs that has no proper learning about crypto and just putting their money on wallets or exchangers that mostly vulnerable from hackers

But regarding virus that has been used for hacking well maybe in future this will be possible but not this days because wallets are very secured

it is an untrue thing to steal money at the expense of others, we must be careful of people like them. and in my opinion that is not the cause of the current decline in bitcoin prices.

There is no such thing as virus that can steal money from others. Unless they thought it was a virus but it's a malware or something what you call keylogger wherein every thing you do will be registered and sent automatically to the owner of that keylogger. That is why I kept telling my friends who are involved in crypto not to just download anything from the internet. Also to stay away from phishing site that can steal informatiin.

For example, I lost my password, can I get it back? I think e-development is high security?

nothing threatens your savings if you know how to follow the rules of working with bitcoin)

It could be one of the reason why bitcoin is going down because of the hackers once they hacked an account or a wallet they gonna send to their address and withdraw all. Let's be careful what we download might contain virus that can steal your cryptos, double check the URL and it has high security when you try to trade in exchanges.

Anything is possible now, since crypto is popular nowadays. Other often do stealing because of their aim (money).

 well being careful with one's wallet should be the case, if there is not enough security for your wallet then i think that makes it prone to some of this virus and thieve. but it also has to do with safe trading and not giving your private keys out

This is one of the reasons why Bitcoin has lowered its price at the moment. Thieves will be punished by law. But most of all, you need to take precautions to protect your wallet, such as antivirus software. If possible, you should invest a hardware wallet, you will be more secure about your money.

Definitely! Not just computer virus, even mail messages and others.. once you open the message, they get full access to your system. These people are so good at what they do, I just hope these security apps coming up recently will really checkmate them to a commendable point. Many people has really lost hard-earned coins to cyber-thieves.

Yes, it is used to steal personal server information. Virus is really dangerous because it is always present in web pages and be careful in strange links.
Many have lost more than $ 20k because they were curious and infiltrated into strange links.

One of the major way to prevent computer virus is to install applications on your computer so that the virus can be removed from your computer, and try to preventing it from infiltrating into folders containing your important data.

That's a very big possibilities but it's our obligation to secure our data especially there is anyone who makes a living in an easy way. We must established an anti virus system so that we can be sure the safety of our data.

Most of the sites are having some kind of js installed these days I guess. My anti virus shows up some warnings every now and then.

There are three traditional ways of using malicious software to "earn" bitcoins. This is the theft of private keys to bitcoins, purses of bitcoins with the help of bots-parasites stealing processing power, and extortion of money to restore access to encrypted files.

Those viruses are very dangerous for cryptos.

We should aware of that. This is very bad.

I think if you keep your pc protected then it will nor be harmful.

This kind of thing proves that people are indeed using someone's weakness in order to gain something. That is the problem of people of today. They did not feel the contentment instead they do bad things in order to be on top of everyone. This implies that the users should take good care of their computer, not just their wallet. In this case, even this is like to steal bitcoin, it simple means that bitcoin is very important today.

Why are this criminals and thieves spoiling the crypto market. I wish they will be jailed or sentenced for life.

The virus can be of any type and direction, and given the current trends, the virus that steals the cryptos was only a matter of time

Sure, the thieves are annoying. However, that is a problem a lot of people have - Even the biggest companies.

It's not something only about the Crypto world, but turns out Hackers are not stupid(obviously) and they know the value this kind of currencies have, not only know but for the future. Really effective way of retiring.

I do recognize a job well done, especially when the company with a lot of millions don't take properly security measures due to greed, they deserve it. However, i personally prefer the long path towards goals and i encourage others to learn and improve personally while on the way. Getting rich too quick can lead to bigger problems.

As one of the options to reduce the price of crypto currency, this can make sense.

yes,computer virus used to steal crypto from our laptop or desktop.hacker just try to install a virus at out laptop/desktop than try to collect our personal data.after that he used those data to steal the money. Every time I used a antivirus for my laptop and regular scan my files. also I never install any unauthorized app or software at my pc.

The best thing to do is to have a two-way authenticator or store these coins offline . Even virus in your computer cant penetrate if you use these kinds of method.

Here are some method on where to store it using offline method. This is the safest way though.
1. On a USB drive or other storage media
2. On a Paper wallet
3. On a bearer item such as a physical bitcoin
4. Use a offline Bitcoin Hardware wallet

Step 1 — Create a bootable USB flash drive.
Step 2 — Create a cold wallet.
Step 3 — Create a “watch-only” wallet in the main OS or mobile phone.
Step 4–Spend Bitcoins in a secured way.

I summarized the context from this blog : https://goo.gl/aZn2kg
If you want to learn more just visit the link.

Its a real possibility. most keep their profits in paper wallets , offline or in tight lockdown to be protected from viruses. some lose their profits in minutes due to lack of security. so its up to us to keep our information and profits as safe as possible

Well, if you don't take care of the assets you have, of course you will find them. well, for now I have rarely heard of the case, and the biggest case at the time was a virus that would erase all the data you have if you didn't pay using bitcoin. so, be careful.

Any form can be used to steal cryptos. Even downloading malicious wallets could be a way of stealing your funds through introduction of malwares into your computer. You should take precautions before downloading any wallets through use of strong antiviruses.

If you have a large amount of cryptocurrency on your wallet on your computer,you need to put a good antivirus and do not crawl on different sites.

looks a little worried if a computer virus gets into our computer! need to anticipate extra tight to avoid crypto breakers. but it is very sad if genius must be used to steal. I think that is very disturbing comfort in the digital world.
 :-[

yeah, Trojan is an example. Not only crypto world. but also in the real world.

If you really want to avoid being robbed by thiefs/viruses then you can invest ~100$ to buy a Nano Ledger S and you will definitely sleep better during the nights.

When I started to earn more and more tokens I felt that online Exchanges to not offer sufficient security and I bought a Ledger. Every time when using it you have a different feeling regarding the security of your funds.

Yes, I think this is also the reason for the decline in bitcoin prices, but there are also other factors that cause the price of bitcoin to decline, namely: the state prohibits bitcoin, banks prohibit bitcoin and there are also social media that prohibit advertising about crypto currencies.
investors have been reduced because they have suffered huge losses this year, therefore investors are afraid to invest again.

There are many things like that as remote administrative tools that are using in background to steal your passwords and you are almost unable to spot them so our thing is to be careful about those.

yes, be careful, the name of a security is as good as any, there will still be parties trying to hack it.

I think that hackers are initially interested in large savings, beginners are unlikely to have large amounts on their accounts, but they are still the first to fall, as they do not particularly understand the protection of their accounts, the rate does not depend on breaking, but it is more of demand

in my experience, blockchain can't be hacked, blockchain security is very strong, and they hackers can only hack victims' wallets and can't hack the blockchain system, so maybe Chinese keep their asset wallet in an easy stolen place, and if the price drops all assets because of hackers' problems they might succeed in hacking the wallet of rich people in China, or they managed to hack lots of rich Chinese wallets and make asset prices go down

i think hacking is not the only reason for the falling of bitcoin or cryptocurrency value. From year to year, there were many hacking events.
But you know that the bitcoin value still above $6000. The worst case is if some exchange wallet getting hacked. The balances is very much.

As our technology improves and so as thus hackers, they are eager on how to be able to victimize us users. Its up to us on how we secure our wallets and properties, just continue to learn more things and reading must be a habit here in this industry. Good luck to us, take a good care for your belongings and let us be successful.

The world has changed so much with time. In crypto currency many hacker try to hack wallet to earn or steal money.thats why they also changed their ways to steal with overtime.the latest is a virus what will hack your account and you won't even know untile the money is gone.its happening everyday.  If you want to have a safe wallet than i suggest you to hold your money in hard wallet. It will be safer then any other option.it is true.

This is a big problem in the crypto world we see today many are seeking to make a quick buck willing to do anything to achieve that so hard working people always get caught to these kind of criminals but the main problem is unlike the outside world we are unable to complain to anyone regarding such things when something happens and loose our digital currencies and even there is no way to track those hackers in any way     

That should not cpst the price fall of Bitcoin but definately shows that the best way to store cryptocurrencies in on the offline wallets. No thief will be able to reach you.

I do not think anyone can steal cryptocurrencies with computer virus. It will be possible for someone to steal your bitcoins if they know of your private details.

I though this isn't possible but wow. So it can really happen. Well, what I can conclude know what you have said is that, it only shows that we can actually protect our self and get rid of these thieves or computer virus if self neglect or carelessness is avoided. If someone is not that attentive to his or her account and suddenly these things happens, this is because he do not care enough or protective enough to his property. This must be a warning for other cryptocurrency users that they must care about their accounts and check it regularly.

I stay away from such miscellaneous things that would use my computing power to make them crypto, it's illegal.

Yes in some cases. They use computer virus to steal cryptos. If you dont have a legit anti virus on your computer you might the number victim of hackers in crypto. It is very important that you have anti virus because might click links unintentionally then thats the time your anti virus will do he's job. Spend some pennies on anti virus.

This can happen because Bitcoin is mined and traded in computer. In the world, there are many smart crypto thieves. And bitcoin can be made profits for them, easily understanding, they will take advantages of this phenomenon. Above all, the investors should be the most careful as much as possible to protect their asset.

If there are computer viruses that can steal that will be a huge problem for many people and specially for good people because the losses that can be done by hackers are immense and I know from my personal experience because too have faced a cruel hacker and lost my entire wallet full of currencies just in seconds but I don't think it was through a computer virus but though a currency exchange but if the above is true the damage can be much higher   

I think, many people develop a virus like this. Well, I think last year, things like this also existed. well, but for now I think there is an antivirus that can detect it. therefore, we must always update the antivirus that we have on the computer we use.

Ambition of many criminals are to hack an exchange or a wallet of some one to steal crypto because it has become the safest and easiest way to score huge amount of money in a short period of time so many innocent individuals are getting caught and building a computer virus to steal information illegally was very famous few years ago but if criminals starts to use crypto's in the same way majority of people will suffer

Unfortunateley, there are sme types of viruses written to steal crypto. Actualy, in most cases they steal data that enable log in to your wallets or other places you keep your coins and that enables perpetrator to steel your crypto.
That is why is very important to keep your antivurus tool updated and be very careful how secure is your access to wallets, exchanges and similar.

The hackers often use the computer to illegally invade some personal pages in order to steal their hac account information to steal the crypto they already have so we need to be wary of hacker criminals.

This is a lesson to every holder of cryptocurrencies most especially the investors I advice we make use of hardware wallet for safety of our funds and have rest of mind. And also be mindful of the sites we visit for security reasons. Hackers are in everywhere so this is not strange we just gat to be extremely careful to avoid stories that touches.

It can be possible by those people who have a great knowledge of bitcoin because of their knowledge they hack accounts of other people and use they money foe their own benefits.Now the question raise how we all investors can save our bitcoin from these types of hackers and the simple answer is that we must have hardware wallets to protect our bitcoins from such hackers.

Their are many bad people joining this kind of business. These kind of business is too risky especially for those member don't have enough knowledge about crypto. To avoid those kid of people, we must help each other by giving some tips and idea about cypto.

Money is the root of all evil, as what people say. So others do whatever it takes to earn, and some also just want an easy money. This is the problem now.

Yes ... unfortunately where there are big money ... there are people who want to steal. However it seems to me that such viruses, which just brew money a little (relatively). In recent years, it has become more and more miners' viruses, which quietly begin to use the resources of your computer in order to make a person for another computer earn a little money.

for trivial matters like that does not make prices go down, the price drops is common in Bitcoin. The market price dropped was the traders' turmoil, when it came down wealthy investors even liked to buy with a lot of bitcoin, while when they went up investors also laughed out loud because they made 100-500% profit, and so on and so on and so on

Bitcoin is very safe the fact that it has been years since it was first introduced and no one has ever penetrate the system. The only main problem in security in Bitcoin is the negligence of the users and didn't even do their own diligence to secure their wallet.

These are terrible times and when going though your information we should understand we should not just spend time to invest and trade in cryptocurrencies but should definitely spend some quality time to learn how to protect our earned cryptocurrencies because most of the people came to the crypto world without having any asset so majority has to buy currencies using there hard earned money but if criminals can steal those assets in moments like you have mentioned everyone who is hones is in trouble so best thing to do is take every step before loose anything because once some one has lost something in the crypto world there will be no police officers to catch the bad guy and return the goods

This scam is not the reason the price of bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies are going down at the moment. It is unfortunate that some computer genius resolve to stealing other people's cryptocurrency rather than follow the path of the honest and deploy their expertise to what will benefit others. This is now a major problem.

Hackers are geniuses who have advantages over others in the computer field. However, some of them are thieves, always looking for loopholes to be able to steal data, transactions, bitcoin, and even interfere with other people's information. So, the security of our computers is our own responsibility and always updates the anti-virus at all times so that our computers are always protected.

The network itself is safe but the accessibility is the one that would be the target of the hackers so that they can steal the cryptocurrencies. They would take advantage of those newbies who would easily believe what they are saying so that they can get free coins or perhaps free services.

Always be careful when someone asks you to download something to have free coins because most likely it has a virus that would have access to your gadgets and then take away your hard earned coins. Always be careful and do not attract the attention of the people by posting how much coins you have in social media and forums.

the thieves and crypto hackers they want to get rich by cheating, but do things like that affect the fall in the value of bitcoin or not at all?

There is more cheaters then i am seen ever.
Crypto transactions cant be cancel and its main reason why they all there.
While i dont know how to completely secure wallets, i am use for wallet other pc where i dont surf on crypto related sites

I think it is still very difficult to do for now, but for the next few years it may happen that more and more people are interested in btc or cryptocurrency, the more people try to make a profit by shortcut, so if malware can stealing cryptocurrency or btc will be very difficult, but if you steal our data it is very possible especially if you put your privacy key and password on the computer that has been exposed to the malware it will be very easy for them to hack

I think hackers who use the technique of spreading viruses on personal computers to steal cryptocurrency assets do not have a significant effect on price reductions in the crypto market. the most influential thing is when a big exchanger is attacked by hackers, but obviously it's not as simple as just spreading viruses and is very risky for the hackers themselves. the fact that the risk of hackers is already part of technology, there is no safe system because the system itself is made by humans, conventional banks that use digital / internet technology are very vulnerable to hacking, the most important thing now is how developers are able to contribute to solving this problem , minimizing internet crime.

crypto virus? i never heard of it before , afaik there is no viruses that attacks our wallet or crypto account . besides , every pc or laptop owner do always have antiviruses installed on thier devices so its almost impossible that a virus can penetrate .

phishers and hackers are the real problem when dealing with our cryptos because they are many reports about them that users lost hundreds and thousands of coins every single day which is verry alarming .

It is true that viruses that steal crypto enter via e-mail or links that we follow when browsing the internet. Hackers are very smart and they take advantage of our negligence when surfing because without realizing it on a laptop or PC there is a crypto wallet. My habit before closing the laptop is to activate the anti-virus and check whether there is a virus entering or not.

there seems to be no crime in the world that can get away from law enforcement, for many examples today many countries have cyber crime law enforcement, so it is very difficult for cybercriminals to steal data on the internet, especially bitcoin with a decentralized system that is impossible to in the background of the hekers, if there is a fraud it usually happens to the new ICO who is too bad.

Hackers have a number of ways to steal your money some time they sell software in the market where they have designed a special virus for the stealing of crypto and it is good to say that when you are aware of these zip your computerized data in a second hard drive and many advertisement and cookies are also on internet to which clicking is very dangerous.

The virus can be of any type and direction, and given the current trends, the virus that steals the cryptos was only a matter of time

Then you are probably ignorant about it and should gain more knowledge about securing your wallet or else you will end up losing every coins you have. There are viruses that can steal all your coins from your computer. This is one of the reasons people tend to use hardware wallets instead of desktop wallet, to keep their coins secure from getting hacked. The virus is another prime reason why people so isolated computers when storing huge amount of coins.

“Security is both the biggest issue in bitcoin and the biggest opportunity in bitcoin. Solve it and you may create a massive new industry." Quoted from Andreas A. :)

Is it only because of cryptocurrency theft that almost all cryptocurrency prices have decreased like now, maybe this is deliberately created to reduce the price of bitcoin and altcoin. at the moment I'm not sure Bitcoin can recover quickly as before, I prefer to sell rather than hold it

This hacker,thieves etc. They are the one that can down cryptocurrency in any ways, they just have the ability to create a virus that simply stole the acounts, so we must be sure that our acounts are safe, not to be able to supply any viruses to our computers and the security acounts must be securely for security that can not be easily taken over by others, hackers make everything to steal in any cost.

Sometimes it needs to be careful, that thieves can also use applications embedded in their own devices, they can control our devices with their applications embedded on our computers, if they download applications from the browser, then if instructed to install them on their devices itself, of course it will cause all files to change to be similar to the file that was downloaded before. So be careful downloading lots of files from the internet.

Crypto is a future digital currency. And we can use it anywhere. Because of which the risk of hacking our accounts is very high. That's why we need to be careful and if we are using online wallet, then we need to have some extra security.

You should understand that currency theft and fraud is not only a privilege of the cryptocurrency market. Such incidents occur everywhere in the Fiat market, as well as in the securities market, real estate and even precious metals. But as you can see their value from this is only growing, so your theory is fundamentally wrong and not logical.

Actually it is possible to happen. Not just computer virus but other form of stealing matterials. We should be vigilant and be responsible on what we are into.

Now Telegram is a big target for viruses and hackers, spammers, cheaters. They ar lurking everyone where on the internet and this is why we need more cybersecurity and more people to be brought to justice were stealing our money is concerned. I have been hacked and had lots of funds stolen from me since joining crypto and if I still had that money now I wouldn't be in such a low ebb of a place. I feel sad that these people are relentless to get away with hurting people and goes to show that too many nasty people are in crypto that need to be taken out. How do peeps expect mass adoption when you have too many nasty people in crypto that give it a bad name. Your average investor won't touch it with a barge pole until these peeps are cleaned out. Ethereum and Bitcoin, for example, has no mechanism to take out the hackers. There needs to be a way to put this in the code to recover funds back.

I just heard in the last year about one stronger computer virus is RANSOMWARE and also your wallet will get hacked by affected some cryptography and malware. Using this virus hacker got millions and millions dollar. Computer programmer experts can quick rich to hacking or steal money.

There was and is that kind of viruses
most famous was virus hided in alts wallets distributed on social media btctalk etc
Many people were using free AV after downloading virus was cleaning your pc from coins
There was also very famous way to clean up  online wallet like blockchain.info
I knew some people who's btc were stolen on his own eyes just before making transaction
Now you have to avoid pishing sites and double check before you download anything to your pc
good vpn is recommended.Proton VPN is very good even free version

Sometimes it happens that a person accidentally somewhere inserts his private key and without knowing it gives the opportunity to fraudsters to use your wallet. And when fraudulent actions begin to occur, a person accuses the antivirus or the unreliability of the system, instead of being more attentive.

I see this happening very often, and I have experienced it and recently my friend also experienced the same thing. and after I learned this will not happen if we use our device properly. because this virus will enter when we download something that is not clear, besides being careful when trying to connect the device with a WIFI network.

It is not so easy to hack a computer with all its corresponding security measures, if someone is so talented usually are much more comfortable and safe working for major technology firms such as Microsoft or Google, if you have all the security measures in place, you should not have problems.

Of course this will makes investors doubt to buy bitcoin, but one thing that must be concerned here is hacking itself is not an easy job, if you safe your coin in thrusted and strong online wallet such as blockchain.info then you don't need to be worry or if you have hardware wallet with full sync client then it is better. In this case, the dropping price is too extreeme so I don't think that it is the only one reason why bitcoin price fall this much, most probably is because many ICO project who sell their collected bitcoin to buy fiat to funding their project. But I think it's actually not a bad thing because the effect will be only for short term, the development that they do for cryptocurrency will increase the number of bitcoin adoption. Enjoy the fluctuations price, this is the time to buy bitcoin at low price, many people want to buy bitcoin at low price but when they have the chance then most of them are doubt and worry ::) ???