Monero's crypto kev xaiv raws li ransomware 'ob chav extortion' tawm tsam nce 500%

Ib tsab ntawv tshaj tawm tshiab los ntawm blockchain analytics tuam txhab CipherTrace qhia txog lub luag haujlwm loj hlob uas tsom ntsoov rau kev ceev ntiag tug cryptocurrencies xws li Monero tab tom ua si hauv kev nce qib ntawm ransomware.

"Tam sim no Trends nyob rau hauv Ransomware" delves rau hauv tiam sis tau pom nyob rau hauv 2021 tab sis tsuas yog tso tawm lub lim tiam no. Lub ruaj qhia muaj yuav luag 500% nce hauv "ob npaug ntxiv" ransomware tawm tsam los ntawm 2020 txog 2021. Cov no yog kev tawm tsam cyber uas cov neeg ua phem ua phem nyiag tus neeg raug tsim txom cov ntaub ntawv rhiab ntxiv rau encrypting nws.

Daim ntawv tshaj tawm hais txog qhov kev tshawb pom zoo sib xws los ntawm lub tuam txhab tshuaj ntsuam xyuas Chainalysis, uas qhia tias tag nrho ransomware crypto them nyiaj tau nce txog $ 600 lab rau lub sijhawm.

Cov kev tshawb fawb tshiab tau pom tias xyoo tas los pom qhov kev xav tau ntau ntxiv rau kev them nqi nqes hauv Monero (XMR), nrog cov neeg tawm tsam ntxiv cov nqi them rau cov nyiaj tau los hauv Bitcoin (BTC) los ntawm 10 mus rau 20%. Yam tsawg kawg 22 ransomware hom (los ntawm cov npe tsis tiav ntawm ntau dua 50) tsuas yog txais Monero (XMR) kev them nyiaj, thiab tsawg kawg yog xya ntawm lawv lees txais BTC thiab XMR, nws ntxiv.

"Tus nqi siab dua rau BTC feem ntau yuav pom los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ransomware ua tus nqi them rau kev cuam tshuam nrog kev pheej hmoo ntxiv hauv kev siv qhov yooj yim traceable cryptocurrency zoo li BTC."

Daim ntawv tshaj tawm hais txog ib pawg neeg hais lus Lavxias hais lus ransomware hu ua Everest Group, uas tau lees tias tau nyiag nyiag tsoomfwv Meskas lub Kaum Hli xyoo tas los. Raws li CipherTrace, Everest Ransomware yog "tam sim no sim muag cov ntaub ntawv rau $ 500,000 hauv XMR."

Lwm qhov piv txwv yog Lavxias DarkSide pab pawg ua haujlwm rau lub US Colonial Pipeline nres thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2021. Tus nqe txhiv tuaj yeem them hauv XMR lossis BTC, tab sis tus nqi siab dua rau yav tom ntej.

Pab pawg REvil ransomware kuj tau hloov pauv los ntawm kev thov BTC los thov kev them nyiaj hauv XMR nkaus xwb thaum ntxov 2020.

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Monero yog ib qho kev ceev ntiag tug-raws li cryptocurrency uas siv kev sib xyaw ntawm cov thev naus laus zis xws li cov khoom sib xyaw, lub nplhaib kos npe thiab chaw nyob stealth uas cuam tshuam kev xa thiab txais hnab nyiaj. Qhov no yog vim li cas nws thiaj dhau los ua cov cuab yeej cuab tam tseem ceeb ntawm kev xaiv rau cov neeg xav tau nqe txhiv.

Vim li ntawd, Monero thiab lwm yam kev ceev ntiag tug tsom rau cryptocurrencies xws li Dash (DASH) thiab Zcash (ZEC) tau lawm tshem tawm los ntawm qee qhov kev sib pauv hauv lub tebchaws xws li United Kingdom thiab Nyiv.

Monero blockchain yuav yog nyuaj forked nyob rau hauv lub Xya hli ntuj txhawm rau txhim kho nws qhov tsis qhia npe thiab cov khoom ntiag tug.

Tau qhov twg los: https://cointelegraph.com/news/monero-crypto-of-choice-as-ransomware-double-extortion-attacks-increase-500