CryptosecurityfirmPeckShieldrecentlyraisedanalertaboutaphishingscamtargetingfollowersoftheprominentcryptoinfluencer,whoseaccountonX(formerlyTwitter)appearstohavebeencompromised.PeckShield’surgesuserstoavoidengagingwithanyTelegramlinkssharedthroughtheinfluencer’sprofile,specificallywarningagainstthefakeairdropandwallet-relatedinstructionsposted.
#PeckShieldAlert#phishing@AndyAyrey\'sXhasbeencompromised.Do*NOT*engagewithanyTelegramcommunitieslinkedtohisaccountpic.twitter.com/LW8SjcCkLD
—PeckShieldAlert(@PeckShieldAlert)October29,2024
Theinfluencer,posingas@AndyAyrey,directedfollowerstojoinaTelegramgroupforasupposedtokenlaunch.ThetweetencouragedfollowerstorepostanddroptheirSOLwalletswhilepromotingafakeSolanaairdrop.Themessagefurtherincentivizedusersbyclaimingtherewouldbeatokenlaunchwithin“10-15mins,”creatingafalsesenseofurgencytolureunsuspectingfollowers.Astheinfluencerhasasubstantialfollowing,thispostquicklygainedtraction,posingahighrisktoindividualsunfamiliarwithphishingtactics.
Thescamtweetsutilizedlanguageimplyinganexclusiveopportunityforfollowerstoreceivetokensdirectly,aimingtoexploitthetrustbuiltbetweentheinfluencerandtheircommunity.Followerswereencouragedtobuyintothe“1SOLdevsupply,”anapparentattempttodefraudusersbyredirectingthemtoaphishingTelegramchannel.
CommunityResponseandPreventativeMeasures
Theriseinphishingscamswithinthecryptocommunityhighlightstheimportanceofdigitalvigilance.Cybercriminalsfrequentlyhijackpopularaccountstotargetfollowers,luringthemintoscamsundertheguiseof“airdrops”or“exclusivetokenofferings.”Thislatestbreachunderscoresthegrowingsophisticationofthesescamsandtheneedforbothinfluencersandtheirfollowerstobeawareofpotentialredflags.Suspiciouspromptstosharewalletaddressesorengageinthird-partyTelegramgroupsareoftenclearsignsofmaliciousintent.
FollowingPeckShield’salert,manyinthecryptocommunityhavebegunsharingthewarning,urgingfollowerstoreportthecompromisedaccountandrefrainfrominteractingwithanysuspiciouslinksorposts.Theincidentservesasareminderofthevulnerabilitiesassociatedwithsocialmediaplatformsandtheimportanceofaccountsecurity,especiallyforthosewithsignificantinfluenceinthecryptocurrencyspace.
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