UMalone Lam, oneminyaka engu-22 ongumhlali waseMiami, usethule icala lokuvuma icala lokuhlela ubugebengu be-crypto obungu-$245 million obuhlanganisa ukweba cishe ama-Bitcoin angu-4,100 (
$BTC ).
Indandatho ihlanganise ama-scam aku-inthanethi nokuhlasela kwemizi, okuvumela abaphangi ukuthi bathole ukufinyelela ngokomzimba kumakhadi/izikhwama (wallets) abahlukunyezwayo bese bedlulisela i-cryptocurrency.
Abashushisi baphawule ukuthi indlela enezindlela ezimbili yenza iqembu likwazi ukweqa izivimbelo eziningi ezivame ukuhlotshaniswa nokweba kwedijithali kuphela. Ukuvuma kukaLam kunikeza ukubuka okungajwayelekile ekutheni ubugebengu obuhlelekile bungahlanganisa kanjani amasu e-cyber-fraud nokugqekeza kwendabuko ukuze kuhlaselwe izimpahla zedijithali. Leli cala ligqamisa ukubaluleka kokuphepha okunezingqimba—kokubili izivikelo ze-inthanethi nokuvikelwa ngokomzimba kwamadivayisi agcina okhiye abayimfihlo—ikakhulukazi njengoba izinhlaka zomthetho zibonisa ikhono elikhulayo lokulandelela i-crypto eyebiwe kuwo wonke amazwe. Ukugwetshwa nakho kukhombisa ukuthi abaphathi babeka phambili ubugebengu obuhlobene ne-crypto, besebenzisa ukuhlaziywa kwe-forensic blockchain kanye namathuluzi ajwayelekile okucwaninga. Kubabambi be-Bitcoin nezinye izimpahla zedijithali, umyalezo ucacile: ukuvikela okhiye abayimfihlo kudinga ukuqaphela kokubili ezweni ledijithali nasokuphileni kwansuku zonke ngokuphepha okungokoqobo. Okugqama kakhulu kuwe: ukusetshenziswa kokukhohlisa ku-inthanethi noma ukugqekezwa ngokomzimba okwakuvumela ukwebiwa?
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