Phishing

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Phishing

Serial Phishing Scammer Uses a Mix of Laundering Techniques, Including Coin Swaps and a Mysterious OTC

Attacker behind a fake HitBTC website might have stolen $15M worth of crypto from multiple scams and phishing attacks.

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

May 16, 2023 at 7:34 p.m. UTC

May 16, 2023

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Finance

The sandbox

Blockchain Game The Sandbox Warns of Phishing Email After Security Breach

An unauthorized third party had gained access to a Sandbox employee's computer and used it to send a false email to users

By Jamie Crawley

Sponsored

Mar 2, 2023 at 11:15 a.m. UTC

Mar 2, 2023

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Web3

Nfts

Web3 Builders Lose Dozens of High-Value NFTs in Back-to-Back Attacks

Nikhil Gopalani, COO of an NFT project owned by Nike, and CryptoNovo, a prominent NFT collector, lost NFTs estimated to have been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to scammers.

By Eli Tan

Sponsored

Jan 5, 2023 at 12:09 a.m. UTC

Jan 5, 2023

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Finance

Nft

Monkey Drainer Scammer Strikes Again, Steals $800K of NFTs

The phishing scammer made off with seven Crypto Punks and 20 Otherside NFTs.

By Oliver Knight

Sponsored

Nov 4, 2022 at 11:12 a.m. UTC

Nov 4, 2022

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Finance

Scams

Phishing Scammer Has Drained $1M in Crypto and NFTs in Past 24 Hours, Says On-Chain Sleuth

A prolific scammer has so far netted more than $3.5 million in total, according to ZachXBT.

By Xinyi Luo

Sponsored

Oct 25, 2022 at 8:10 p.m. UTC

Oct 25, 2022

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Finance

Ftx

Crypto Exchange FTX to Compensate API Phishing Victims With as Much as $6M

Sam Bankman-Fried has said this is the last time FTX will compensate users for a phishing attack.

By Oliver Knight

Sponsored

Oct 24, 2022 at 11:41 a.m. UTC

Oct 24, 2022

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Video

Binance

Uniswap User Loses $8M Worth of Ether in Phishing Attack

A Uniswap user lost over $8 million worth of ether (ETH) Tuesday in a phishing attack, according to security researchers. “The Hash” hosts discuss the latest developments, along with Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s response in the hours following the attack.

By CoinDesk Staff

Sponsored

Jul 12, 2022 at 7:33 p.m. UTC

Jul 12, 2022

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Video

Cdtv

MetaMask Has a Plan to Help Victims of Crypto Scams

“The Hash” hosts discuss the details, reactions and implications of MetaMask, the browser-based wallet for navigating the world of Web 3, partnering with recovery specialist Asset Reality to try to help victims of crypto scams and phishing attacks recover their lost assets. Could this actually work?

By CoinDesk Staff

Sponsored

May 26, 2022 at 7:02 p.m. UTC

May 26, 2022

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Finance

Metamask

MetaMask Has a Plan to Help Victims of Crypto Scams

The popular Ethereum wallet has partnered with recovery specialist Asset Reality.

By Ian Allison

Sponsored

May 26, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

May 26, 2022

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Video

Cdtv

Beeple’s Twitter Hacked for ETH Phishing Scam

Graphic artist Mike Winkelmann, known in the NFT world as @beeple recently had his Twitter account hacked to promote a phishing attack that stole victims’ ETH funds.

By CoinDesk Staff

Sponsored

May 23, 2022 at 6:29 p.m. UTC

May 23, 2022

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