Hackers hacked DJ Steve Aoki’s Twitter account to steal $170k in ETH

The Twitter account of American music producer and DJ Steve Aoki has been compromised and used to conduct a phishing scam that has led to the loss of at least $170,000 worth of crypto assets.

According to a Friday tweet by on-chain sleuth ZachXBT, the attacker used his illegal access to Aoki’s account to carry out the scam by falsely claiming that the musician had joined the $PSYOP token train and was giving users free tokens. Was giving a link to claim.

Twitter users lost $170K to scammers

According to ZachXBT, shortly after the scammers posted the airdrop link using Aoki’s account, crypto influencer @eth_ben retweeted the phishing scam post to “influence”.

As a result, some Twitter users who clicked on the link claiming free tokens lost around $170,000 in Ether (ETH) to the scammers.

congratulations to @eth_ben who decided it was a good idea to quote the phishing scam tweet posted by the compromised individual @Steve Aoki The clout caused his followers to lose around ~$170k

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— zachxbt (@zachxbt) May 26, 2023

Phishing Scammers Are Targeting Crypto Users

Phishing scams are a common form of social engineering where attackers trick users into revealing their login credentials. Once attackers obtain this information, they can access victim’s accounts and potentially collect additional sensitive data.

The Aoki Twitter scam follows a series of sophisticated phishing scams that have targeted crypto investors in recent months.

in February, crypto potato Hackers have reportedly targeted the Ethereum Denver website for posting phishing links to dupe users out of their crypto. However, the threat was quickly detected by crypto security firm Blockfence.

A few months ago, The Sandbox, a blockchain-based metaverse company, said that an unauthorized third party managed to gain access to one of its employees’ computers and used the information obtained to send emails falsely claiming to be from The Sandbox.

As the number and scale of cryptocurrency-related phishing scams continue to climb, investors should prioritize security and vigilance in managing their digital assets.