The Law Enforcement’s Guide to Policing Crypto Cybercrimes

2019 demonstrated that cyber-attacks are getting more numerous in the cryptocurrency industry, while hardware remains vulnerable and high-profile data leaks are becoming more common. Even worse, the trend is a continuing one. 

Way back in June 2018, Kaspersky Lab security experts reported an increase in the amount of malware targeting the cryptocurrency market. They noted a trend toward the spread of two types of malware: for hacking cryptocurrency wallets and for malicious Bitcoin (BTC) mining.

As cybercrimes using digital money have begun to affect more countries and involve more advanced technologies, entire states and government organizations have come to grips with them. Cointelegraph found out what methods are used to combat the most sophisticated cryptocurrency cybercrimes at the international level and whether they produce positive results.

What’s that about Interpol?

On the world stage, most of the work on combating cryptocurrency-related crimes is carried out by Interpol…