Social Engineering Cripto Fraud is mainly targeted celebrities in 2024. Years, analysts say

The crypto fraud that was launched by social engineering increased in 2024. years, and analysts warned that fraud more and more familiar people and technical leaders.

11. February Research reportAnalysts on Blokchain forensic firm Science Merkle discovered that 2024. Years fraud Target high profile by hacking their accounts. After receiving access, quickly promoted false tokens created on pumps.Fun, a token forging platform on Solana.

One such incident was 29. August. Hand of Soccer Star Kilian Mbappe’s X Account. The attacker promoted the false Mbappe meme coin in Solana, who quickly hit a $ 460 million market before collapsing and left investors with over a million dollars losses.

“Compromising influential figures and reliable platforms, hackers exploit credibility to manipulate investors on a scale.”

Merkle Science

A total of the company New York-seat identified 36 cases of such fraud last year. Celebrities were the most targeted cohort, making 33% of cases, the report reads. Technological figures and technological companies are monitored, making 30% and 19% of cases, respectively. Government agencies and consumer brands are rarely affected, and each accounts only 5% of incidents. On average, victims had 2.3 million followers, solid notes.

Most of the attacks occurred in X, because the social network accounted for 75% of all cases. YouTube accounted for 19% and official hacking websites for 5%, with fraud using tactics like phishing links and bypassing two-factor authentication, according to Scienzi Merkle. The two main types of fraud were withdrawn and phishing, making 88% of all attacks related to crypto in 2024. Years.