A price-tracking website for cryptocurrencies Coinmarketcap has allegedly removed a malicious popup notification on its website, which motivates users to verify their cryptocurrency wallets, according to a post on their official X account.
“We have identified and removed the malicious code from our site,” coinmarketcap Said In a post on Friday.
Coinmarketcap has not investigated this issue
“Our team continues to investigate and take steps to strengthen our security,” he said.
Coinmarketcap updated less than three hours after addressing the malicious notification publicly amid rumors and speculation on social media.
Many crypto users on X stated that malicious popup appears to be a phishing scam, a crypto scam that includes the victims in giving their personal key or personal information. Hackers often kidnap reliable accounts or make fake to post fishing links that appear to be valid.
“We know that a malicious popup inspires users to” verify the wallet “, appeared on our site,” Coinmarketcap Said Those days. Crypto User Ari Said“It asks to add the wallet and then asks for approval for ERC -20 tokens.”
Coinmarketcap warned users not to connect their wallets and repeat that they were working on “solving the problem”.
Metamaska and Phantom quickly saw the issue
Crypto user jet Claimed That Metamaska and Phantom “laid it red.”
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At the time of publication, users with a Phantom Wallet Browser extension have been shown a warning that the website is “unsafe to use” according to further investigation by the website Cotesfolk.
The incident occurred nearly four years after the coinmarketcap was hacked in October 2021, resulting in 3.1 million (3,117,548) user email address leakage.
Information came out after hacked email address trades and sold online on various hacking forums and I came to know that I am pwned, a website dedicated to tracking hacks and compromising with online accounts.
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