On January 17, hackers targeted a Trust Wallet sponsored by Binance, but because the provider acted quickly, no significant user data was compromised.
Trust Wallet revealed a security incident involving its third-party customer support service in an X post on January 29. The problem was quickly fixed after it was found during a regular security review, preventing the loss of user funds.
The attackers only succeeded in momentarily interacting with a filing system that was kept between Trust Wallet and its customer support company; neither private keys nor seed phrases were taken. Trust Wallet X post:
“The unauthorized access was limited to the names/nicknames and email addresses used to file a support ticket with us via the third-party system. The inner contents of tickets were not accessed”
Phishing scammers were named as the culprits in the statement. Phishers pose as companies or services and show users a malicious replica of the actual website.
Typically, the objective is to obtain confidential data and, ultimately, pilfer money from gullible targets. In the first month of the year, phishing attacks targeting entities with a cryptocurrency background have already been launched in droves.
Over 66,000 hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor users were susceptible to phishing emails. The phishers pretended to be Trezor team members to get wallet credentials that were known only to specific users.
Simultaneously, a crypto researcher found over $4.2 million in cryptocurrency related to Ether (ETH) that had been obtained through an operational code.
After every signature, the virus generated new addresses and diverted money to these wallets, giving the impression that the victim was signing authentic transactions.
WalletConnect, Coingecko, De.Fi and Token Terminal are just a few of the numerous platforms under attack from criminals using cryptocurrency. It has also been revealed that these con artists use social media to disseminate phony Calendly links while working as cryptocurrency journalists.
