Popular Crypto Data Sites Targeted With Phishing Attack
Etherscan, CoinGecko and other sites displayed a suspicious pop-up asking users to connect their wallets.
Etherscan, CoinGecko and other sites displayed a suspicious pop-up asking users to connect their wallets.
The bitcoin-only financial services provider says, however, that none of its own systems were compromised.
Some Binance customers have been sent an SMS advising of a withdrawal from their account with a false link provided to cancel it, Changpeng Zhao tweeted.
The fake wallets are an escalation in phishing attempts following a 2020 data breach that exposed 272,000 customer addresses.
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT reports there has been a surge in phishing attempts targeting cryptocurrency users.
The crypto lender's data leak comes almost a year to the date after a similar data leak hit BlockFi.
The exchange has awarded a bounty of $200,000 to private investigators who helped now-indicted bad actors who attacked the exchange in 2018.
Ledger confirmed that for the last week some customers have been the target of a phishing attack.
According to a recent report, a 16-year-old was served with a search warrant by federal agents at his home on Tuesday.
The exchange said it helped British police bust a cybercriminal who sold phishing tools that resulted in the theft of millions of pounds.