New risks…The presentations and panels revealed emerging ways in which crypto assets and innovations are abused to facilitate organised crime.While cryptocurrencies pose no greater intrinsic risk than more traditional assets and value transfer systems, their unique features can be leveraged to facilitate ransomware attacks and other cybercrime, which can affect critical infrastructure and services.Speakers revealed cases of sophisticated misuse of… Read More
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