About $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen since 2017: cybercrime group
May 24, 2018 at 11:11 AM EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Criminals have stolen about $1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies since the beginning of 2017, as bitcoin's popularity and the emergence of more than 1,500 digital tokens have put the spotlight on the unregulated sector, according to estimates from the Anti-Phishing Working Group released on Thursday.
