The social media account of Loopring (LRC), a scalable Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 protocol, was compromised by cyber attackers.
The cryptocurrency industry was once again targeted by cyber attackers. Loopring X account (formerly Twitter) was taken over by hackers. attackers 20 November 12.00 CEST as of Loopring’s X account “air dropthat it was distributed phishing scam He started sharing posts containing:
About subject in the statement While confirming the attack, on-chain security firm PeckShieldAlert warned users to click on the links in question.
In addition, account X of the project link in descriptionı was also replaced with the fraud link in question. In the details of the connection, LRC Phase 2 airdrop distribution for starting fake While there is a statement asking users to withdraw the aidrops they deserve, “claimThey are asked to press the ” button.
In a short time 10 different The attackers, who tried to trap investors by sharing posts, are still in control of the account. Investors are exposed to these airdrop-themed scam links. not interacting It is important.
According to CoinGecko data, the price of LRC was not visibly affected by this hacking incident. In the last 24 hours 3% up LRC exhibiting at the time of writing from $0.223 is being traded.