The soaring prices of virtual currencies such as bitcoin and others have managed to create a series of new billionaires in this hemisphere. However, lately the price of virtual currencies has also fluctuated so much that it had fallen sharply.
Until now there are at least more than 1,500 types of virtual currencies that have circulated in the world. Not only bitcoin, ripple, or ethereum, there are also things like Dogecoin, PinkDog, to Californium and many others.
Many parties assume that the virtual currency is an asset like gold. However, not a few also warn of the risk of using virtual currencies because they are a means of crime.
Why is that ?
Because virtual currency is a payment method that is often chosen by hackers that harms computers all over the world.
The hackers do various ways such as creating malware that is exactly the same as the virtual currency application to trick those who use the application.
Cyber crime researchers at the Digital Shadows security company Rick Holland revealed that with the development of virtual currencies today there will be many ways to capture victims of crime.
So be careful when using or running a digital currency application before it's too late.