This article states that the World Economic Forum shared that attackers managed to compromise 2 billion data records in 2017 and 4.5 billion in the first half of 108 blaming that Bitcoin could be a big part of it.
Ciphertrace recently reported a $3 billion loss due to cybercrimes and mentioned in their report that BTC still reigns the king of the dark web. What are your thoughts on this? Do you think cybercrime has increased because of crypto?
https://insidebitcoins.com/news/security-experts-tell-why-bitcoin-is-a-game-changer-for-cybercrime/235786The span of internet is increasing day by day. The average time spent on internet by the world population is increasing as well. So it's no wonder that the cybercrime is also increasing along with it. But that's just a dark side of any technology. But if anyone links it with bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, then it's not right!
Majority of the crypto users are law abiding citizens who are willing to pay taxes and live a life of dignity. Criminals were always there in the society and they are just as flexible to quickly change their modus operandi. Blaming bitcoin for the rise of cybercrime is not a right thing to do!