Nearly $580K drained with Cointelegraph, Wallet Connect fake airdrop
Official email addresses of popular cryptocurrency firms have sent phishing links to their audiences through a fake airdrop, stealing almost $580,000 at press time. News outlet Cointelegraph , data platform Token Terminal, bridge provider Wallet Connect, and software firm DeFi were among the firms targeted by Hack ers. Each company featured different promotions in emails to users. DeFi was supposedly launching staking options, WalletConnect said it wanted to reward customers, and an airdrop for Cointelegraph’s tenth anniversary was used to disguise the phishing link. “We hope this email finds you well and thriving in the world of decentralized finance!” wrote hackers imitating WalletConnect. Cointelegraph’s email opens with the same sentence — just without an exclamation mark. Community Alert: Phishing emails are currently being sent out that appear to be from CoinTelegraph, Wallet Connect, Token Terminal and DeFi team emails. ~$580K has been stolen ...