According to a tweet on the official X Twitter account, CoinMarketCap has reportedly taken down a malicious notification that appeared on its site, asking users to confirm their crypto wallets.
“We’ve identified and removed the malicious code from our site,” CoinMarketCap said In a Friday post.
CoinMarketCap is still investigating this issue
“Our team is continuing to investigate and taking steps to strengthen our security,” It added.
This update was released less than three-hours after CoinMarketCap addressed publicly the malignant notification in response to multiple social media reports.
“We’re aware that a malicious popup prompting users to “Verify Wallet” has appeared on our site,” CoinMarketCap said When?
Many crypto-users on X reported that the malicious message appeared to be a phishing fraud. a crypto scam This involves tricking the victim into giving away their private information or keys. Hackers often hijack trusted accounts or create fake ones You can post links to phishing sites that look legitimate.
Crypto user Auri said The notification “asks to connect wallet and then asks for approvals to ERC-20 tokens.”
CoinMarketCap has warned its users to not connect their wallets and reiterated the fact that they are working on it. “resolving the issue.”
MetaMask Phantom spotted it quickly
Crypto user Jet claimed MetaMask Wallet and Phantom Digital Asset Wallets have been around for a while. “red-flagged it.”
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Phantom wallet users are warned at the moment of publication that the site is not secure. “unsafe to use,” According to a Cointelegraph investigation, the findings of this report are confirmed.
Nearly four years had passed since CoinMarketCap, which was compromised in October of 2021. This hack resulted in the loss of more than 3.1 millions. (3,117,548) user email addresses.
Information was discovered after hacker forums revealed that the compromised email addresses had been traded, sold and bought online.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
