Crypto Media Outlet Cintelelelegraph confirmed that his website had been compromised by a frontal feat on Sunday, the attackers injecting a malicious pop-up which fallen falsely to offer “Cointelegraph ICO Airdrops” and “Tokens CTG”.
The false banner urged readers to connect their cryptographic portfolios in exchange for nearly $ 5,500 tokens, citing a “fair launch” event and a false audit certik to give legitimacy to the scam.
“Do not click on these contextual windows, connect your wallets or enter personal information,” warned Cintelelegraph in an article on X, adding that he “worked actively on a fix”.
Victims are generally deceived in the connection of portfolios for token complaints, identity verification or loyalty rewards – only for their funds immediately after.
The tactics reflects an almost identical feat on CoinMarketCap two days earlier, where the attackers joined similar code to serve the portfolio phishing prompts.
In both cases, the attack was based on diversion confidence platforms to bypass user skepticism – transforming new and data sites into involuntary vectors for wallet drainters.
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