Personal Data Of 250,000 People From 20 Countries Were Disclosed By Bitcoin Scam

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A global bitcoin scam is said to have released personal data from around 250,000 people in more than 20 countries. The majority of the compromised data concerned individuals in the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and the United States. This bitcoin scam works under several different names.

Leakage of personal investor data

A global threat research and intelligence company, Group IB, revealed this week that it had "discovered thousands of personal files from users in more than 20 countries around the world exposed in a targeted multi-step Bitcoin scam ." The Singapore-based company said it found 248,926 sets of personally identifiable information, explaining:

Analysis of the telephone codes of the exposed countries showed that most of the victims came from the United Kingdom (147,610), followed by Australia (82,263), South Africa (4,149), the United States United (4,147), Singapore (3,499), Malaysia (2,491). , Spain (2,420) and other countries.

At least six active areas with the same bitcoin investment platform have been identified, the company said. The system works under different names, such as Crypto Cash, Bitcoin Rejoin, Bitcoin Supreme and Banking on Blockchain. Group IB Analysts have said that the new scheme resembles the scam  Bitcoin Evolution.

The company also explained how this Bitcoin scam works . First, a potential investor receives an SMS. Fraudsters sometimes send phishing messages using the name of a medium recognized as the sender.

Each message contained a unique short link that leads the investor to a website "that already demonstrates their personal data, such as phone number, first name or last name, and sometimes an email address, and used to redirects to fake websites disguised as local media, "said the intelligence company. "Experts believe that personal information could have been obtained by fraudsters through a separate fraudulent system or simply purchased from a third party."

The content displayed often depends on the location of the targeted crypto investor, such as the main media in the investor's country. The scam websites feature fake interviews with famous people, articles, news and comments attributed to local celebrities. They claim that famous people have made a fortune using the new cryptocurrency investment platform. An example is Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, used by Bitcoin Evolution as news. Bitcoin .com previously reported.

“All of the fake pages discovered are almost identical in design, but the URL and page code are unique each time and contain users' personal files. If a victim decides to click on an article link, they are redirected to a bitcoin investment platform website , where their data, contained in the URL, would already be pre-filled in the form. registration without user consent. Later, a victim would be asked to add to its account balance   BTC  " have detailed the researchers. Bleepingcomputer noted that "targets can create and activate an account for as little as 0.03   BTC   [$ 274]".

According to the intelligence company, the source of the leak has not been established but the information has been provided to the competent authorities of the affected countries.

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