Tag: phishing

Bankman-Fried jailed ahead of his October trial
October 24, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FTX offers $6 million compensation to phishing attack victims

FTX’s Founder and CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried commented on Twitter: We’ve mostly stamped out sites that try to phish users by masquerading as FTX. But we can’t fix fake sites impersonating *other* services. A few users accidentally registered at fake other sites, including 3 Commas. The reimbursement for the phishing scam is a one-time step taken…

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Scammers nick $4.4M in 2018 from online bank access: ACCC
December 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Z.com warns against fraudulent forex broker phishing websites

Z.com, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japan’s largest retail forex broker GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), has issued a warning that there may be some websites which are not operated or affiliated with the company which are potentially intended for the purposes of fraudulently obtaining client information, also known as 'phishing'. Z.com advises clients…

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August 16, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Bitcoin exchange Kraken informs of phishing warning - beefs up security

San Francisco based bitcoin exchange and provider Kraken, the world’s largest global bitcoin exchange in euro volume and liquidity announced today it has received many reports lately of clients falling victim to phishing sites. The sites appear in ads above the organic search results, of all of the major search engines. Unfortunately, it seems to be…

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