“We are in for absolute chaos” - John McAfee about hackers and cryptocurrencies

“We are in for absolute chaos” - John McAfee about hackers and cryptocurrencies

The main problem of cryptocurrency projects is possible hacker attacks, says entrepreneur John McAfee.

Sooner or later, hackers will focus on digital currencies, he said during the Blockchain: Money forum in London.

 

The businessman stated that common usage of smartphones and pegging crypto-wallets to them is a great danger.

“Give me your phone number, and in five minutes I will transfer all the Bitcoins from your smartphone wallet to my own account”, he said.

“We are in for absolute chaos” - John McAfee about hackers and cryptocurrencies

According to McAfee another threat to the security is mining – the most unsecure process in the world.

John McAfee: entrepreneur, IT developer, founder of the McAfee – company, developing anti-virus software.

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