The Google subsidiary specializing in cybersecurity had its account hacked X.com by hackers, who used it to set up a scam.
Cryptocurrency scams on X (formerly Twitter) are quite recurrent, and can affect anyone. The founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Butherin, is one of the personalities who one day saw their account hacked in order to launch a scam, using the legitimacy of the attacked personality to allay public fears. And this week, it is a particularly funny entity which is in turn undergoing an offensive of this kind, namely Mandiant, the firm which is particularly well versed in cybercrime!
Mandiant becomes Phantom
Mandiant was not at the party this mid-week. The firm saw its X account first hacked this Wednesday, before its visual identity and its very name were changed by the cybercriminals. The account was then transformed into that of the Phantom cryptocurrency.
Equipped with this new identity, the attackers posted the announcement of a false airdrop (distribution) of the $PHNTM token. Interested people could click on the link and claim their prize by connecting their Phantom wallet to the site, while those who did not have one were redirected to the real Phantom site to obtain it. Once authorization was given to receive the cryptocurrencies, the hackers attempted to siphon off the funds present in the digital wallets.
After the theft, the troll
A scam that is (unfortunately) more common in 2024. However, after being unmasked, the hackers deleted the post on the fake airdrop, while maintaining control of the Mandiant account in order to… troll the cybersecurity company. Several small barbs were addressed to him such as “ Sorry, please change your password “.
Since then, Mandiant has finally been able to regain control of its account. A recovery of control which took place slowly, since even once again master of the interface, the company was not able to directly remove the name @phantomsolw in order to restore the correct name, due to the rules of too frequent name changes. A bad experience that Mandiant will soon document?
Source : Bleeping Computer
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