🔒 Phishing against 885,000 phone numbers to steal cryptocurrencies
Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has uncovered a phishing campaign dubbed Operation Asterix, targeting approximately 885,000 phone numbers across several countries. According to the company, the campaign aimed to steal cryptocurrencies by redirecting victims to fake websites impersonating wallet providers.
The largest file analyzed by Rapid7 contained 316,002 German mobile numbers. The recovered lists also included contacts from Hong Kong, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canadian fintech companies, and lists linked to Ledger. From the German data alone, Rapid7 identified 43,066 accounts associated with cryptocurrency exchange users, along with 5,576 Binance accounts queued for the attack and fake emails mimicking
Crypto.com.
According to Rapid7, the attackers contacted users through fake suppo...
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