Hackers took hijacked the official Twitter account of crypto exchange Gate.io, putting over 1 million users in danger of losing assets due to an ongoing phishing scam involving Tether.

Twitter is the most effective tool for reaching out to the crypto community. As a result, hacking into official Twitter handles of verified accounts to promote fraud is becoming more common.

Unknown hackers took hijacked Gate.io’s Twitter account and altered the website URL from Gate.io to gate.com (https://xn—gte-ipa.com/) – a bogus website mimicking the exchange.

(CoinCu does not encourage you to access the scam link to avoid the risk of losing your property)

The fraudulent website aggressively promotes a 500,000 USDT giveaway while requesting visitors to link their wallets (such as MetaMask) to receive the prizes. When a user links their wallet to a bogus website, the hackers obtain access to their current cash and drain them.

Peckshield also validated the continuing assault by detecting the phishing website and warning users about the dangers of losing private keys.

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Gate.io’s Official Twitter Was Hacked To Scam Users

Hackers took hijacked the official Twitter account of crypto exchange Gate.io, putting over 1 million users in danger of losing assets due to an ongoing phishing scam involving Tether.

Twitter is the most effective tool for reaching out to the crypto community. As a result, hacking into official Twitter handles of verified accounts to promote fraud is becoming more common.

⚠️注意下，@gate_io 号应该是被黑了，发送了钓鱼信息，这个网址 gąte[.]com 是假的（之前谈过的 Punycode 字符有关的钓鱼域名），如果你去 Claim 会出现 eth_sign 这种签名钓鱼，可能导致 ETH 等相关资产被盗。@SlowMist_Team @MistTrack_io pic.twitter.com/nk6y5yBEbh

— Cos(余弦)????‍????️ (@evilcos) October 22, 2022

Unknown hackers took hijacked Gate.io’s Twitter account and altered the website URL from Gate.io to gate.com (https://xn—gte-ipa.com/) – a bogus website mimicking the exchange.

(CoinCu does not encourage you to access the scam link to avoid the risk of losing your property)

The fraudulent website aggressively promotes a 500,000 USDT giveaway while requesting visitors to link their wallets (such as MetaMask) to receive the prizes. When a user links their wallet to a bogus website, the hackers obtain access to their current cash and drain them.

Peckshield also validated the continuing assault by detecting the phishing website and warning users about the dangers of losing private keys.

#PeckShieldAlert #Phishing Seems like crypto-exchange Gate[.]io's verified Twitter account @gate_io was compromised & has been used to share links to fraudulent $USDT GIVEAWAY.
gąte[.]com is the phishing site.
Thanks @aayushrai11 and @grpolice for the intel pic.twitter.com/cpZ6CgAADm

— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 22, 2022

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