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Phishing Attacks on Bitcoin Wallets Intensify as Price Goes Higher and Higher

Several phishing attempts against Bitcoin-related sites and Bitcoin users have been reported in the past week. Cyber-security firm Fortinet also identified a spam campaign that targeted users with cryptocurrency-related lures in the hopes they’d download and run files on their PCs. The same thing happened last year, when Bitcoin started its current price surge, when it was $11,000 on Monday to almost $17,500 over the weekend. However, if you can’t remember the passwords for Bitcoin accounts, you have bigger problems to deal with right now.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-attacks-on-bitcoin-wallets-intensify-as-price-goes-higher-and-higher/

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