A couple of days ago, some hacker group managed to get hold of the Bitcoin.org website and posted a scam offer on it. Although the hack only lasted for a single day, it managed to cheat Bitcoin users with an overall value of $17,000. The root cause for the cryptocurrency scam remains unconfirmed.
Bitcoin.org is the actual website for the Bitcoin cryptocurrency project and is currently managed by an operator named Cobra. On September 23, Cobra put out a tweet announcing the compromise that the Bitcoin.org website was undergoing. The domain of the website was also disabled until the issue was rectified. The website is now back, running healthily.
Bitcoin website was hacked
Sadly, the entire duration of the scam going live on the website managed to dupe users. Several cryptocurrency owners were reported falling for the scam by ending up paying their Bitcoins. The attacker’s transaction history lists multiple deposits from various Bitcoin addresses. The overall balance that this account got had a value of $17,000.
Although the website is now restored, the reason behind the attack is still unknown. Moreover, giveaway scams in the world of cryptocurrency have often led to innocent users being duped of their precious cryptocurrency purchases. Previously, crypto scammers managed to earn almost $580K in January 2021 via a massive Twitter attack. A similar scam later happened in February that managed to steal a total scam value of $145,0000.
