Scam Sniffer has reported that someone lost approximately 6.38 WBTC (about $280,000) due to a phishing scam on the internet about 2 hours ago.

According to official CertiK sources, the X account was briefly stolen and hackers had previously posted false messages with phishing links. Currently, the CertiK X account has been restored to normal and all previous false messages have been deleted.

CertiK has stated on social media that they are currently investigating the theft of X account. Please do not interact with any posts until we confirm the security of the account.

CertiK's Twitter account was hacked. False news was posted claiming that the Uniswap router contract was vulnerable to re-entry attacks. Attached was a phishing link for RevokeCash. Uniswap is not at risk, please do not trust or click on any links posted on this account.

Scam Sniffer on X platform stated that someone lost 287 stETH (642,000 USD) due to a phishing scam about 20 minutes ago.

Scam Sniffer warned on social media to be cautious of phishing scams on Twitter, as scammers are using ads to target MetaMask users. After each ad account is banned, they continuously switch to new ad accounts. Some of them have already been suspended, so please report them if you see them. The following are known phishing accounts: @0xSez, @0x_druggy

Nest Wallet CEO and co-founder Bill Lou encountered a phishing attack while attempting to claim what he believed to be a genuine LFG airdrop, resulting in a loss of 52 stETH (approximately $125,000 USD). Lou stated that he clicked on a link in an article at the top of a Google search, which led to a fraudulent website. "I saw an airdrop guide article and clicked on a link to sign a message, without even questioning it."

The founder of SlowMist, Yu Xian, posted on social media that Angel Drainer used the offline authorization signature method of Permit to steal aOptWETH worth $1.3 million from a certain address. Earlier reports said that about 14 hours ago, an address lost 553 aOptWETH (worth $1.3 million) due to phishing scams on the network. The victim signed a malicious ERC20 Permit message.

Scam Sniffer stated on social media that a phishing campaign targeting cryptocurrency wallets in 2023 resulted in the theft of nearly $300 million and affected over 324,000 victims.

OKLink's 2023 Security Incident Report shows that there were more than 520 publicly reported security incidents in the blockchain ecosystem in 2023, resulting in losses of over 1.7 billion USD, a decrease of about 54% from 2022's 3.728 billion USD. This decrease is due to the improvement of the global regulatory system and breakthroughs in on-chain security technology. Of these incidents, 485 were related to DApps, DeFi, NFTs, and other security incidents, while 8 were related to exchanges, 10 were related to public chains, 9 were related to wallets, and 14 were related to other types of incidents.Some of the larger security incidents resulting in losses included: Euler Finance, an Ethereum lending protocol, was hacked in March, resulting in losses of approximately 197 million USD; Atomic Wallet was hacked in June, resulting in losses of over 100 million USD; Mixin Network was attacked in September, resulting in losses of 200 million USD; and Poloniex, a trading platform, had approximately 125 million USD stolen due to private key leaks in November.In addition, social media platforms such as Twitter and Discord became hotspots for scams and phishing incidents, with a total of 519 such incidents occurring in 2023. For example, in September, Ethereum founder Vitalik's Twitter account was hacked, resulting in the theft of over 690,000 USD in assets.