{"id":369348,"date":"2019-01-26T13:37:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T13:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=369348"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:37:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:37:46","slug":"localbitcoins-bitcoin-phishing-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/localbitcoins-bitcoin-phishing-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"LocalBitcoins Users Scammed of Bitcoin in Phishing Attack, Forum Suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Users of the peer-to-peer OTC Bitcoin trading service <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/tag\/localbitcoins\/\"><span class=\"s2\">LocalBitcoins<\/span><\/a> have been targeted by cyber criminals as part of a phishing scam, resulting in the user\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/tag\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin\u00a0<\/a>being stolen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Forum users were being redirected to a phishing site, which was prompting the users to input two-factor authentication codes that were used to access user accounts and empty them of all their Bitcoin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">LocalBitcoins Forum Compromised, Reddit Users Report<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to a PSA on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Bitcoin\/comments\/ajzym3\/psa_localbitcoinscom_compromised_do_not_attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Reddit<\/a> posted bu u\/bitcoinbabeau, <span class=\"s2\">LocalBitcoins<\/span> has been compromised and the site\u2019s forum landing page has been redirecting users to a phishing site. Once at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/tag\/phishing\/\">phishing<\/a> site \u2013 designed to closely mimic the actual LocalBitcoins forum in order to dupe users <\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">users were prompted to login and enter sensitive two-factor authentication codes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After the hackers gained access to the user\u2019s sensitive account data, the accounts were then emptied of all Bitcoin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Related Reading |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2017\/09\/27\/shapeshift-phishing-site-advertisement-tops-google-search-results\/\">ShapeShift Phishing Site Advertisement Tops Google Search Results<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">LocalBitcoins has \u201ctemporarily disabled\u201d its forum according to the splash page message. The message also directs users to the LocalBitcoins sub-reddit, where horror stories are already being shared.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LocalBitcoins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@LocalBitcoins<\/a> has apparently been compromised. Users are claiming its forums were redirecting them to a login page that was a phishing website.<\/p>\n<p>An address shared on social media already has $28,000 worth of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#BTC<\/a> in it after tricking 5 victims. Forums are now diabled. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#bitcoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iKLyMQ0Unf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iKLyMQ0Unf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Francisco Memoria (@FranciscoMemor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FranciscoMemor\/status\/99905798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYeah I think I was the first to get cleaned out. 0.14btc. 5 victims going to one wallet. And that&#8217;s just one wallet we know about that belongs to the attacker,\u201d reported u\/tefl0ncc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Another user claimed to be cleaned out of 11 BTC total.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One user posted the hacker\u2019s wallet address, which appears to have only stolen 7.95 BTC across 5 transactions. This already amounts to over $28,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/tag\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoi<\/a>n.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">However, additional wallet addresses may be involved considering the report of 11 BTC being stolen from another user.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">LocalBitcoins Phishing Attack: Was DNS Spoofing to Blame?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As of the time of this writing, LocalBitcoins has yet to comment on the matter, but do appear to be aware of the situation considering their prompt response in taking down the forum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How the attack occurred isn\u2019t yet clear, however, it appears to be a fairly common DNS spoofing attack. Hackers use DNS spoofing to maliciously redirect users from one site to a fake one, usually designed to \u2013 just like in the case here with <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/tag\/localbitcoins\/\">LocalBitcoins<\/a> \u2013 steal user\u2019s sensitive personal information, and use it to access the user\u2019s accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not your vault, not your gold. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ThSkkuXGqO\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ThSkkuXGqO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jesse Powell (@jespow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jespow\/status\/12481536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reddit users also suggest that the hacker &#8220;used some sort of script to use the 2FA code entered by the user to withdraw the bitcoin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Related Reading |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2017\/07\/07\/new-blockchain-info-phishing-email-threatens-bitcoin-users-around-world\/\">New Blockchain.info Phishing Email Threatens BTC Users<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last year, the popular Ethereum and ERC-20 token wallet MyEtherWallet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MyEtherWallet\/comments\/8eloo9\/official_statement_regarding_dns_spoofing_of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">was also targeted<\/a> in a DNS spoofing attack. Users then logged into the fake site they were redirected to, allowing hackers to gain access to their funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Users can protect themselves by always double-checking the URL of the page they are currently on, and should always look for the lock next to the URL indicating that the page has a secure connection.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users of the peer-to-peer OTC Bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins have been targeted by cyber criminals as part of a phishing scam, resulting in the user\u2019s Bitcoin\u00a0being stolen. Forum users were being redirected to a phishing site, which was prompting the users to input two-factor authentication codes that were used to access user accounts and empty them of all their Bitcoin. LocalBitcoins Forum Compromised, Reddit Users Report According to a PSA on Reddit posted bu u\/bitcoinbabeau, LocalBitcoins has been compromised and the site\u2019s forum landing page has been redirecting users to a phishing site. Once at the phishing site \u2013 designed to closely mimic the actual LocalBitcoins forum in order to dupe users \u2013 users were prompted to login and enter sensitive two-factor authentication codes. After the hackers gained access to the user\u2019s sensitive account data, the accounts were then emptied of all Bitcoin. Related Reading |\u00a0ShapeShift Phishing Site Advertisement Tops Google Search Results LocalBitcoins has \u201ctemporarily disabled\u201d its forum according to the splash page message. The message also directs users to the LocalBitcoins sub-reddit, where horror stories are already being shared. @LocalBitcoins has apparently been compromised. Users are claiming its forums were redirecting them to a login page that was a phishing website. An address shared on social media already has $28,000 worth of #BTC in it after tricking 5 victims. Forums are now diabled. #bitcoin pic.twitter.com\/iKLyMQ0Unf &mdash; Francisco Memoria (@FranciscoMemor) January 26, 2019 \u201cYeah I think I was the first to get cleaned out. 0.14btc. 5 victims going to one wallet. And that&#8217;s just one wallet we know about that belongs to the attacker,\u201d reported u\/tefl0ncc.\u00a0 Another user claimed to be cleaned out of 11 BTC total. One user posted the hacker\u2019s wallet address, which appears to have only stolen 7.95 BTC across 5 transactions. This already amounts to over $28,000 in Bitcoin.\u00a0However, additional wallet addresses may be involved considering the report of 11 BTC being stolen from another user. LocalBitcoins Phishing Attack: Was DNS Spoofing to Blame? As of the time of this writing, LocalBitcoins has yet to comment on the matter, but do appear to be aware of the situation considering their prompt response in taking down the forum. How the attack occurred isn\u2019t yet clear, however, it appears to be a fairly common DNS spoofing attack. Hackers use DNS spoofing to maliciously redirect users from one site to a fake one, usually designed to \u2013 just like in the case here with LocalBitcoins \u2013 steal user\u2019s sensitive personal information, and use it to access the user\u2019s accounts. Not your vault, not your gold. https:\/\/t.co\/ThSkkuXGqO &mdash; Jesse Powell (@jespow) January 25, 2019 Reddit users also suggest that the hacker &#8220;used some sort of script to use the 2FA code entered by the user to withdraw the bitcoin.&#8221; Related Reading |\u00a0New Blockchain.info Phishing Email Threatens BTC Users Last year, the popular Ethereum and ERC-20 token wallet MyEtherWallet was also targeted in a DNS spoofing attack. Users then logged into the fake site they were redirected to, allowing hackers to gain access to their funds. Users can protect themselves by always double-checking the URL of the page they are currently on, and should always look for the lock next to the URL indicating that the page has a secure connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":517,"featured_media":369350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5651,3],"tags":[428,22023,2813,3425,3621,3776],"class_list":["post-369348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-dns-spoofing","tag-localbitcoins","tag-phishing","tag-reddit","tag-scam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>LocalBitcoins Users Scammed of Bitcoin in Phishing Attack<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Users of the peer-to-peer OTC Bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins have been targeted by cyber criminals as part of a phishing scam, resulting in the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/localbitcoins-bitcoin-phishing-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LocalBitcoins Users Scammed of Bitcoin in Phishing Attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Users of the peer-to-peer OTC Bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins have been targeted by cyber criminals as part of a phishing scam, resulting in the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/localbitcoins-bitcoin-phishing-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NewsBTC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/newsbtc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-26T13:37:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-11T20:37:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bitcoin-localbitcoins-shutterstock_1169242282.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tony &quot;El Toro&quot; 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