Omri Lahav claimed that the hackers deployed a smart contract that gave them unauthorized access to more than 2,800 MetaMask wallets of random users.
Another day, another scam.
This time the scammer targeted the @EthereumDenver website. Blockfence is here to protect you and fight scammers together: The scam contract was marked as “High Risk” by our ML algorithm and our partners at @GoplusSecurity pic.twitter.com/Jdtoz2Bgu4— Blockfence (@blockfence_io) February 20, 2023
Users of the fake site were asked to connect their MetaMask wallets using the standard “Connect Wallet” pop-up button.. The website also offered to execute a transaction, which, if approved by the user, would launch a malicious software script with the theft of funds at the end.
“Hackers have gone so far as to pay for Google ads to promote a malicious website URL, hoping for high search results when ETHDenver 2023 kicks off.. The fake website ranked second in Google search after the real ETHDenver site,” explained Omri Lahav.
Since the deployment of the smart contract in mid-2022, hackers have stolen more than $300,000 in Ether, according to Blockfence.
Earlier, the analytical company Chainalysis published a report, saying that at the end of 2022, crypto firms lost about $3.8 billion during hacker attacks.