Security News > 2021 > September > Bitcoin.org hackers steal $17,000 in 'double your cash' scam
2021-09-25 14:00
This week, threat actors hijacked Bitcoin.org, the authentic website of the Bitcoin project, and altered its parts to push a cryptocurrency giveaway scam that unfortunately some users fell for.
Bitcoin.org hacked to run 'double your money' scam.
Currently looking into how the hackers put up the scam modal on the site.
Still some cryptocurrency enthusiasts may have fallen for the scam as evident from the attacker's wallet balance.
Scammers made $180K in a single day in 2018, Twitter suffered a massive attack where crypto scammers earned $580K in a week in January 2021, and then another scam stole $145K in February.
Not too long ago, someone sent three bitcoin, or $150,074 at the time, to a known crypto giveaway scam.