Last month, Crypto user and NFT Artist Princess Hypio told her followers that she lost $ 170,000 in crypto and could not be said to tokens after a scammer was convinced to play with them in steam.
While he was “without thinking” playing with the scammer, they secretly steal his funds and hacking his dispute. The same tactics were used to three of his other friends, he write In a post on August 21 at X.
It turns out, the tactics are short and some are known as “try my game” scam, which users have been Reporting For years in various forms.
In a conversation with Cointelegraph, Kraken’s chief security official Nick Percooco, stated these methods has become a famous attack Way
“Try my game” hack: how it works
The crypto version of the scam involves a hacker to join a discord server or group, waiting, learning about how users interact with each other and later using that information to gain confidence.
The hacker then asked users if they had crypto or NFT, which often lacks interest to ask questions and measure what digital properties they may have. In the case of Princess Hypio, they have a Milady NFTthat resulted in his target.
After identifying a crypto target, the hacker invites the Connected wallets.
In the case of Princess Hypio, the ploy was involved in convincing her to download a steam game by offering to buy it for her. The game itself is safe, but the server where the game is in pain is malicious.
He lost $ 170,000 from the attack, he said.
It will only come days after dispute released The deceptive policy policy explaining, which warns that promoting or conducting financial scams on the society platform violates the terms of use.
“These scams do not exploit the code; they exploit confidence. Attacks indicate friends and forcing people to take actions they usually don’t do,” Percoco said.
“The greatest weakness in crypto is not code, it is confident. Scammers take advantage of the community spirit and curiosity to take advantage of good intentions.”
Attacks have greeted themselves in communities, find out the culture, imitate trusted friends, and then strike, he said.
The scammer tactic that moves in the previous crypto
In February, a user under the handle of Raetheraven Na -Post In the Malwarebytes forum they were victimized by the “flawless scam” after someone thought a friend had sent a link. A Reddit Forum that started in July also warned of scams that target players.
Percoco told Cointelegraph that while the crypto industry tends to see these scams first, the tactic spreads to the sectors.
He said the best way to avoid snaring is to have a “healthy doubt,” confirm identities through another channel, avoid running unknown software, and remember that “doing nothing is safer than taking a dangerous step.”
“If something feels a rush, generous, or very good to be true, it’s almost always. Don’t trust, prove.”
Fake recruitment campaigns are worse
However, Percoco also said that while discord scams are rising, a greater crypto trend currently involves fake recruits.
Related: North Korean Hackers target crypto devs with fake recruitment trials
In a recent June case, an actor aligned with North Korea Those who are targeted looking for work in the crypto industry with malware designed to steal passwords for crypto wallets and password managers.
“Discord Impersonation is rising rapidly, but the most widespread trend we monitor today is the fake recruitment campaigns where victims are -attracting work offers and being trapped by clicking phishing links,” Percoco said.
