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LocalBitcoins Users Scammed of Bitcoin in Phishing Attack, Forum Suspended

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
3 years ago
in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency news
Reading Time: 3 mins read
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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’s Bitcoin being 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’s forum landing page has been redirecting users to a phishing site. Once at the phishing site – designed to closely mimic the actual LocalBitcoins forum in order to dupe users – users were prompted to login and enter sensitive two-factor authentication codes.

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After the hackers gained access to the user’s sensitive account data, the accounts were then emptied of all Bitcoin.

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LocalBitcoins has “temporarily disabled” 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.

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@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

— Francisco Memoria (@FranciscoMemor) January 26, 2019

“Yeah I think I was the first to get cleaned out. 0.14btc. 5 victims going to one wallet. And that’s just one wallet we know about that belongs to the attacker,” reported u/tefl0ncc. 

Another user claimed to be cleaned out of 11 BTC total.

One user posted the hacker’s wallet address, which appears to have only stolen 7.95 BTC across 5 transactions. This already amounts to over $28,000 in Bitcoin. However, 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’t 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 – just like in the case here with LocalBitcoins – steal user’s sensitive personal information, and use it to access the user’s accounts.

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Reddit users also suggest that the hacker “used some sort of script to use the 2FA code entered by the user to withdraw the bitcoin.”

Related Reading | New 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.

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Tony Spilotro

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I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a global remote work leader with a decade of award-winning content experience and excellence. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter at @tonyspilotroBTC and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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