With Doctored Photos, Thieves Try to Steal Bitcoin

guest · Feb 11, 2019

With Doctored Photos, Thieves Try to Steal Bitcoin
February 11, 2019
https://www.databreachtoday.com/doctored-photos-thieves-try-to-steal-bitcoin-a-12016

When hackers try to steal someone's bitcoin from a cryptocurrency account, there's a roadblock that invariably appears: a request for a one-time passcode.
Fake Image: $50
Analysts at Holden's company lurk in dark web hacking forums to learn of new data breaches and fraud techniques. Over the past six months, Holden says he's found some 10,000 doctored photographs, in part because the graphic designers are careless and publicly publish their work.

"Some companies have no ability to assert what their client looks like," Holden says. "They have to actually rely on this type of reset mechanism. How do you detect that there is something wrong with this picture?"

"Right now, the motivation is cash," Loveless says. "They're going to think of some way to disengage whatever authentication may be in place to get access to that money."
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