Email phishing scam targeting BlockFi, FTX creditors reels in millions and counting | Headlines | News | CoinMarketCap

03/25/2024 01:50
Email phishing scam targeting BlockFi, FTX creditors reels in millions and counting | Headlines | News | CoinMarketCap

An Ethereum wallet with an ENS name too crude to publish has amassed millions of dollars over the past week in cryptocurrency and NFTs in what …

An Ethereum wallet with an ENS name too crude to publish has amassed millions of dollars over the past week in cryptocurrency and NFTs in what appears to be a sophisticated scam operation. 

Security expert Plumferno first flagged the operation in a thread on X, who said with the help of a few friends she was able to uncover the source of the wallet's stolen crypto: a series of phishing emails purportedly sent from crypto firms BlockFi and FTX, and possibly others, to creditors of the now-bankrupt companies. 

It's possible that the hacker obtained the list of email addresses from data originally stolen from email service Mailer Lite, which was hacked in January, leading to a separate phishing scam that reeled in big bucks, Plumferno said. 

Sample phishing email purportedly from BlockFi

This email, purportedly from …

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