The Twitter account of American cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant was hijacked earlier today to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and share a cryptocurrency scam.
In tests by BleepingComputer, those who click the 'Claim Aidrop' button and don't have the Phantom wallet installed will get redirected to the legitimate site where they're prompted to install it.
Once installed, it will try to automatically drain the targets' cryptocurrency wallets.
The Phantom Wallet now warns that the scammers' website is part of a phishing attack.
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This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:50:25 +0000