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Sead Fadilpašić

Thousands of fake cryptocurrency sites trap users in fake reward schemes

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A major cryptocurrency scam operation involving “over a thousand” fraudulent websites has been uncovered by security experts.

Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro announced their discovery of a crypto operation whose goal was to trick people into giving away their bitcoin, called Impulse Project. The scam was run by a similarly-named group called Impulse Team which, the researchers believe, is a Russia-based threat actor.

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