The network became a victim of self-administration ICANN phishing. Despite the multi-factor authentication, an attacker managed to handle the official ICAN account at the Social Network X on Tuesday. However, the culprit did not use an account for a lesson in political statements or IT security, but was looking for other victims: they should ask for units of cryptocurrency called $ DNS.
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Fraud tweet
(Image: Screenshot through Brian Krebs)
ICANN (Internet Corporation for assigned names and numbers) “defined digital ownership was new”. It is “First Memcoin, Domain Governance and the Web 3 Culture” on Blockchain Solana. Well, if it is not a solid sales logic.
Anyone who follows the links of a particularly set websites can withstand the word sleeve in this way: “$ DNS to share, rule and trade users through a community-powered ecosystem Domain re -connects the domain ownership by empowering users. ” Or: “$ DNS connects utility, humor and governance to redefine internet infrastructure.” Whatever it means: If you have fallen into it, you will not take it with humor.
$ DNS website screenshot
(Image: Screenshot through Brian Krebs)
ICANN confirms the profile agreement in social networks; He has clearly gained control and now removed the fraud posting. Now she is seeing how the criminal can take the profile. The result of the investigation is to be published. Security researcher Brian Krebs informed about the case.
Causes of SEC agreement
The X Cryptocurrency is a popular playground of the scene. For years, new victims have been demanded and they have come to know from there. In 2020, a huge bitcoin fraud wave made for headlines worldwide, at that time the profiles of many prominent people were misused, from Bill Gates to Alon Musk to Warren Buffet.
In early 2024, an illegitimate post from the account of US Stock Exchange Supervision ensured a short -term course jumping from bitcoin. Eric c. SEC is a decisive contribution to handle the X-Count of SEC and cancel a false report for approved bitcoin funds. He was arrested in the autumn of charging at the US Federal Court of Justice in Alabama, and now produced a fake ID with the name of an SEC employee. With this ID, the culprit swinded a new SIM card for the existing mobile phone connections from the victim’s network operator (so-called SIM-SAP) and thus removing two-factor authentication of the online account.
He then sold access to other criminals to bitcoin. C. Serious identification is known for conservation for protection and conspiracy for fraud for electronic devices. In addition to the second attack, the man stood more sim swap. In six months before his arrest, he said he had earned around $ 50,000. He now imposes a monitoring of up to three years and fines in a maximum five -year jail with/or $ 250,000. The sentence is to be determined by the US Federal Court on 16 May for the Capital District District Colombia (AZ. 5: 24-MJ-01154).
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