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Bitfinex suffers phishing attack, says there is ‘no loss of funds’

Сrypto exchange Bitfinex resolved a security incident and contacted all customers affected by a phishing attack . However, no funds have been lost. Crypto exchange Bitfinex said in a blog post it had suffered “a minor information security incident,” affecting customer accounts. According to the statement, an individual or group conducted a phishing attack against Bitfinex’s customer support agent. It resulted in losing a “small portion” of the company’s “customer support boards.” You might also like: New York resident confesses to hacking Bitfinex in 2016 As per Bitfinex, the bad actors got unauthorized access to “partial, incomplete, and stale information.” “Most of the affected customer accounts were empty or inactive. We are continuing to review the incident and the compromised information.” Bitfinex The crypto exchange noted the attacker did not get access to the firm’s core systems, r...

Tellor account compromised after price surge

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Tellor reports double-digit gains in the past 24 hours, where it currently sits at $112.21. At the same time, PeckShield shared the news of its account being hacked. A fake airdrop The hackers made two posts on X about the fake airdrop of Tellor’s native TRB tokens, urging users to claim free TRB tokens by following a phishing link.  #PeckShieldAlert Tellor’s X (formerly Twitter) account (@WeAreTellor) has been hacked pic.twitter.com/WwP9GSdMCe — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) November 3, 2023 The initial post misleadingly stated, “The $TRB airdrop is live on an EVM chain near you…,” redirecting users to a counterfeit tellor[.]co website mimicking Tellor’s genuine URL. Subsequently, a follow-up post reaffirmed the false promise , asserting that “$75,000 claimed on…”. You might also like: Tellor (TRB) price surges 750% as network activity hits ATH PeckShield shared news of the Tellor X account being com pr...