Many crypto users have been hacked, it’s just a matter of the way it happened. The most common way is through phishing, whether it is an exchange/online wallet or fake pages for desktop/mobile wallets. A hacker uses several approaches to a potential victim, sending a phishing link via email or some social network, or advertising through Google AdWords, which results in fake pages appearing at the top of the search for certain keywords.

I believe that there are many more who have become victims and have not publicly admitted it, as opposed to those who publicly seek help online or report it to the police. The reason for this is very simple, it is not easy to admit that you have become a victim of fraud, especially if it happened in a very naive way that could have been easily prevented.

The solution is pretty simple, never click on links in your email asking you to log in to a crypto exchange, or download a new wallet because the old one has some critical vulnerability. Save the link of a legitimate page in browser bookmarks and use it always, and when you search for something through the search engine always have AdBlock turned on which will block all ads from Google.