{"id":34982,"date":"2021-01-19T12:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T10:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=34982"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:11:54","slug":"group-ib-identifies-the-most-popular-cryptocurrencies-among-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/group-ib-identifies-the-most-popular-cryptocurrencies-among-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Group-IB identifies the most popular cryptocurrencies among criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Bitcoin and privacy-focused cryptocurrencies are the most popular among criminals, said Valery Baulin, head of the computer forensics laboratory at Group-IB, in an interview with <\/span><a href=\\\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20210119\/baulin-1593632326.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">RIA Novosti<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In addition to Bitcoin, criminals frequently use Monero, Zcash, Dash, and Komodo to cash out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Assessing the share of crime attributable to cryptocurrencies is difficult, but their number is likely to grow, Baulin added:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">\u201cAs more and more people invest in crypto as a speculative instrument, the amount of crime will grow again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">He emphasised that this is driven by users&#8217; neglect of security, despite high-profile hacks of exchanges and wallets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Baulin also believes that the number of cybercrimes will rise overall, and companies must &#8216;seriously consider strengthening proactive cyber-defence of their IT infrastructure, preventing attacks at the preparation stage, and raising employees&#8217; cyber literacy&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">As Atlas VPN notes, in 2020, in 122 attacks on blockchain industry representatives, hackers <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/report-in-2020-the-blockchain-industry-lost-3-8-billion-to-hacker-attacks\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">stole nearly $3.8 billion<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> in cryptocurrencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Read about the year&#8217;s most high-profile hacks in ForkLog&#8217;s exclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"IkNot17EjM\\\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/the-major-hacks-of-2020-defi-exchanges-and-defi-again\">The major hacks of 2020: DeFi, exchanges and DeFi again<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; 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