An attacker accessed the bill from PwC Venezuela Twitter and has been actively posting cryptocurrency phishing links for the past 8 hours at the time of writing. Considering that all the tweets posted by the hacker are still active, it is evident that PwC officials have not yet become aware of the incident.
Investors who click on the links are still at risk of being scammed by the hacker. If not quickly mitigated, the threat could be catastrophic, considering that PwC Veleneula’s Twitter account currently has more than 37,000 followers.
Cointelegraph has contacted PwC Venezuela to inform them of the hack. PwC Venezuela has not yet responded to Cointelegraph’s request for comment.
BlueBenx, a Brazilian crypto lending platform, recently blocked 22,000 users from withdrawing funds after an alleged hack that drained $32 million. (or 160 million Brazilian reais).
Regarding the hack, an unidentified investor told Portal do Bitcoin:
“I think there’s a high probability that it’s a scam because this whole hacker attack story seems like a big lie, something they’ve made up.”
The statement reflects a widespread lack of confidence among investors in centralized cryptocurrency exchanges.
The official Twitter account of the Big Four accounting firm PwC Venezuela was compromised and has been used by the hacker to share links to fraudulent XRP token giveaways.
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