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Learning & News => News related to Crypto => Topic started by: admin on January 23, 2024, 06:27:00 PM
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Cointelegraph's subscribers got targeted with a scam airdrop.
With a title: Cointelegraph's 10th Anniversary Web3 Exclusive Airdrop!
(https://i.imgur.com/YF69SoZ.png)
Cointelegraph were fast to react and sent quickly a warning.
(https://i.imgur.com/tDp9X5W.png)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-it-all-went-down-web3-protocol-mass-phishing-campaign-timeline
On Jan. 23, the users of multiple Web3 protocols and companies were hit with a mass phishing campaign by scammers. Over $580,000 worth of crypto has so far been lost in the attack, which used emails sent from the official email addresses of WalletConnect, Token Terminal, Social.Fi and De.Fi, as well as Cointelegraph.
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Thanks for sharing this, it was helpful, although I have left using any services from the Cointelegraph either its newsletters or their news, after they published fake news about ETF back in 2023 which led to a huge drama. Plus there are some other events that have made me unfollow them. I was a big follower of there news.
I used to read the news only from there, but I guess every taste comes to an end. I think they are doing it on purpose, I don't know why I think that but my heart is telling me that.
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The amount of money they made from this should be the deciding factor. I mean if they are capable of doing something like this, and not make much money from it, then they have put all this effort for nothing while breaking the law, if someone offered you just 100 dollars to go during the red light, you would be both breaking the law, put others in danger, and yourself in danger, I am not talking about even something major here, most people have done that, I mean I have done it, when no cars were around, I jaywalked, but normally that's illegal. But even in that situation, does it worth the 100 dollars? Mostly not. So either they made a ton of money, or they did something that doesn't worth the effort to do this.
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Too many people have been scammed in this way, they will either be lured to expose their seed phrase or to connect their wallet to websites that the scammers will provide. The attackers could also come in the form of a giveaway scam, in which you have to send them any amount for them to double it for you.
People allow their greed to get the better of them, even when the scam is so glaring. Thank you for sharing this for people who are not aware of it.
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I don't subscribe to the newsletters of these websites and those that have been might probably have been scammed. I think that they should be liable for anyone that claimed to get scammed with that. But still, they can claim that it's not their fault when one of their subscriber is too gullible and became a victim of these scams. They should always make some reminders that they're not tolerating any scams and all of their viewers and readers must take care of themselves and be aware of scams.
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And this is why I have not subscribed to this news website. Scammers want to trap crypto users with tempting offers and scammers have been doing this for a long time. Cointelegraph should think about how the scammers got their subscriber information. Since they are sending fake airdrop targeted emails to Cointelegraph subscribers, that means the data has been leaked.
Thanks for sharing this, hope crypto users will be safe from such fake airdrop mails.
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I've been in the crypto space for years already, but I guess I can consider myself lucky for not falling into these kinds of traps... or I'm just intelligent enough compared to these stupid scammers. :P
Anyway, thanks @admin for giving us a warning. These types of warnings might help 1 or 2 newbies out there to not fall into these types of scams. I'm still reading some Cointelegraph articles because as much as I don't want them, sometimes they are making articles that are very informative, and very helpful for me. I just hope that there are only a few people who fall into that trap, and I always believe that investors are becoming more, and more intelligent as years go by thus, they will know how to not get scammed.
Thanks @admin. :)
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Thank you for sharing the news, and I hope that no one has lost their money in such a scam, but if their audience is beginners who may not know about this scam, they will most likely believe this trick, so it is better not to subscribe to mailing lists or check several times, research and ask before clicking on any link.
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Thanks for the news, but I already came to know about it from an airdrop group, actually Cointelegraph, defi, and one other project were using the same email service, and that got hacked and resulted in the compromisation of the mail of these three platforms. But they all acted quickly and overcame this issue in no time. I might have received such emails from Cointelegraph but I don't rely on emails, as I know the biggest source for hackers and scammers to enter into your PC is using your emails.
So I don't use email as to get aware of something and I think this rule have saved me till now from such scammers,
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Cointelegraph were fast to react and sent quickly a warning.
Well, they reacted quickly this time, but user data has been compromised. I don't believe that hackers or whoever is behind this will end up here, not every attempt will be through a fake airdrop.
What a bad advertisement for MailerLite, they have one thing to worry about and they failed to do it.
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So I don't use email as to get aware of something and I think this rule have saved me till now from such scammers,
You can and should have different email addresses, the one you use on websites and projects that you do not trust, you can consider email addresses like that as 'spam' addresses, and another email address you use to do important stuff and to register on websites that you trust.
However, people believe in airdrop and giveaway scams because they are greedy, because it is sometimes very obvious that it is a scam.
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Thanks for sharing this, it was helpful, although I have left using any services from the Cointelegraph either its newsletters or their news, after they published fake news about ETF back in 2023 which led to a huge drama. Plus there are some other events that have made me unfollow them. I was a big follower of there news.
I used to read the news only from there, but I guess every taste comes to an end. I think they are doing it on purpose, I don't know why I think that but my heart is telling me that.
Cointelegraph is a popular news media, I was big follower for this cointelegraph news from here I gather extensive information. But because of wrong publicity, I perceive them as hateful because they spread the news at a time when I was facing losses. That's why I chose another direction to gather news.
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Thanks for the news. It's crazy there's possibility it happened since employee at MailerLate try to crack Windows OS (based on screenshot on the report). Now i wonder whether they plan to switch from MailerLate to different email marketing service?
I think that they should be liable for anyone that claimed to get scammed with that.
What exactly do you mean by they? MailerLite? Cointelegraph? Both of them?
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Cointelegraph's subscribers got targeted with a scam airdrop.
With a title: Cointelegraph's 10th Anniversary Web3 Exclusive Airdrop!
(https://i.imgur.com/YF69SoZ.png)
Cointelegraph were fast to react and sent quickly a warning.
(https://i.imgur.com/tDp9X5W.png)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-it-all-went-down-web3-protocol-mass-phishing-campaign-timeline
On Jan. 23, the users of multiple Web3 protocols and companies were hit with a mass phishing campaign by scammers. Over $580,000 worth of crypto has so far been lost in the attack, which used emails sent from the official email addresses of WalletConnect, Token Terminal, Social.Fi and De.Fi, as well as Cointelegraph.
thanks for sharing this in no other CT forum admins. hopefully, everyone who was not aware of it now will be careful after that.
It is very unfortunate to see that hackers and scammers will always figure out a way to breach platforms like these and end up stealing hundred of thousands of dollars from innocent common crypto users. these people shouldn't have paid for all the security vulnerabilities of big news and wallet sites such as Wallet connect.
This time their attack was pretty hard to guess. I think most of the people who received those emails probably got effected because it was not a normal phishing attack. the emails were sent from official addresses so a normal person would've never figured out if they are scams or not.
All our prayers are for the Victoms of this incident. Stay vigilant everyone.
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I also received one but since I am not into airdrops anymore I ignore it, and just wait for more updates if it's coming from Cointelegram usually a big news media company will create a huge noise in the Crypto community about this airdrop and there's no article also that covers it, usually before they announce an airdrop a legit airdrop will drop a pre-announcement and they will create an article for that airdrop and not just drop a link.
And so I was right it was a fake airdrop after all.
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This type of scam has become widespread, exploiting well-known company names to lure victims into airdrops or rewards and then stealing their wallets.
We have talked a lot in the past about the need to beware of such false advertisements and click on suspicious links, but even now people still fall victim to this old type of fraud due to greed.
It is good that Cointelegraph immediately responded to the incident and warned their users about scammers to avoid more victims falling into the trap.
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Good thing I am not in any way following or subscribing to Cointelegraph as I am not impressed a lot with their news style and gathering - anyway this is just my personal preference. This scam airdrop using an event associated with Cointelegraph is a big reminder to all of us of the need for people to really get educated and to always be questioning anything that come their way. In the past years, I have seen similar scams and they used to connect with well-known personalities or platforms so that more people will easily trust what they were doing. As what I learned, a scam like this will be asking someone's private keys to their wallet with the promise to get something sizeable in return...only to find out that they actually throw way their wallets to scammers to roast. Sadly, most of the victims can be newbies or those who are not so familiar on how crypto scams worked. I am not sure this will never be the last of many similar scam stories...expect more to come and expect scammers to be more creative.
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thank you for sharing the news, the last thing I want is someone scam the sh!t out of me
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Good thing I am not in any way following or subscribing to Cointelegraph as I am not impressed a lot with their news style and gathering - anyway this is just my personal preference.
For several months, I feel that their articles are written with artificial intelligence, as they are either duplicates or do not add new value, and they do not have filters to verify the authenticity of the news or its source, so they are a questionable source for exclusive news or those that may affect the market.
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maybe this is the reason why I don't subscribe to newsletters from exchange sites that open up opportunities for fraud like this,
Thank you admin for providing information about this problem, this can be used as a lesson for the future if you get an email like this, even if it is an official email, we are must look for more detailed information before pressing the claim logo in the email.
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Good thing I am not in any way following or subscribing to Cointelegraph as I am not impressed a lot with their news style and gathering
Same here. never took Cointelegraph seriously. besides they've lost their credibility now. like most of the mainstream news outlets.
but I am really sorry for anyone else who lost their money in this incident.
cointelegraph and any other company which caused all these loses should pay the victims from their own money because it was 100% a fault of them they didn't take their security so seriously.
They could've implemented a Disclaimer in their original newslatter that they'll never do any airdop at any scnario. that small disclaimer could've saved a lot of people.
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Cointelegraph is a popular news media, I was big follower for this cointelegraph news from here I gather extensive information. But because of wrong publicity, I perceive them as hateful because they spread the news at a time when I was facing losses. That's why I chose another direction to gather news.
You won't believe me, but I was in the same situation you were in. I also liked Cointelegraph even joined their telegram and pinned it on my mobile home screen, only source for all news was Cointelegraph. But after a series of fake news, I left it but that was not my big reason, the big reason was cointelegraph opposing Gaza and supporting Israel. I don't know what will be the reaction of people after reading my reply but it is what it is.
And after leaving Cointelegraph I moved on to other small telegram groups that share instant news from many different sources, they pinpoint small headlines that almost give the idea of the news, and simply give a source link at the bottom. I liked these groups and over time I have become more open to many different news sources and now I don't react to any single news until I get confirmation from different resources.
PS: Sorry for late reply.
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Thanks for sharing admin. We are in the season where scammers activities are on the high side and we need to be extra careful. It's a pity that over $580k worth of crypto assets were stolen due to the phishing link scam. The victims should mostly be beginners because crypto veterans should be able to know that there's no way cointelegraph would airdrop tokens to their subscribers. While we commend cointelegraph for quickly putting up a warning to their subscribers, they should also be more concerned how their security system got breached at the first place.