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Phishing attack on popular crypto sites tries to empty wallets

 


Several major crypto sites such as Etherscan, CoinGecko, DeFi Pulse, and others report malicious pop-ups scammers use to try to trick users into connecting their MetaMask wallets.

The phishing attack came from a domain displaying the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) logo.

"We are investigating the root cause of this attack to fix the threat as soon as possible," CoinGecko founder Bobby Ong tweeted.

The phishing attack appears to have been triggered by a malicious ad script from Coinzilla, a crypto ad network, according to CoinGecko.

Etherscan also advises its users not to confirm any transactions that may appear on the website.

The attackers attempted to use the hype around the “bored monkeys” non-fungible tokens (NFT) to gain access to the cryptocurrencies of unsuspecting website visitors.

Although the websites affected by the scam attempt have reacted in the last few hours and deactivated the advertising pop-up, it is still recommended not to connect your MetaMask wallet to new websites at this time and not to confirm any transaction requests.

To be on the safe side, users should also manually cut off all existing connections in the MetaMask settings of their crypto wallets.

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