Sam Bankman-Fried deepfake attempts to scam investors impacted by FTX
A faked video of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has circulated on Twitter attempting to scam investors affected by the exchange’s bankruptcy. Created using programs to emulate Bankman-Fried’s likeness and voice, the poorly made “deepfake” video attempts to direct users to a malicious site under the promise of a “giveaway” that […]
Beeple’s Discord URL ‘hijacked,’ directing users to wallet drainer
Non fungible token (NFT) artist Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann has found himself the target of phishing scammers yet again, warning users that the URL link to his official Discord server was “hacked” — sending unaware new members to a wallet draining Discord channel if they follow the link. In an Oct. 3 post, the NFT artist […]
British Army’s social media accounts hacked by crypto scammers
The British Army’s official Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts were breached on July 3 for almost four hours, with scammers promoting rip-off non-fungible token (NFT) collections and cryptocurrency scams. Just after 2PM ET on July 3, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) Press Office tweeted it was aware the Army’s social media accounts were […]
Targeted phishing scam nets $438K in crypto and NFTs from hacked Beeple account
Digital artist and popular non-fungible token (NFT) creator Mike Winkelmann, more commonly known as Beeple, had his Twitter account hacked on Sunday, May 22 as part of a phishing scam. Harry Denley, a Security Analyst at MetaMask, alerted users that Beeple’s tweets at the time containing a link to a raffle of a Louis Vuitton […]
Rare Bears Discord phishing attack nabs $800K in NFTs
Recently launched NFT project, Rare Bears, was hit with an attack, after a hacker posted a phishing link in the project’s Discord channel, stealing nearly $800,000 in NFTs. Analysis from blockchain security firm Peckshield detailed that the attacker was able to steal 179 NFTs, including Rare Bears and other NFTs from various collections, including CloneX, […]
Ledger faces class action from phishing scam victims
Ledger and Shopify have been hit by a class action lawsuit over a major data breach that saw the personal data of 270,000 hard wallet customers stolen between April and June 2020, Phishing scam victims John Chu and Edward Baton filed the lawsuit in California against the crypto wallet provider and its e-commerce partner Shopify […]