In the last day, X users have raised concern over a scam email following the recent million-dollar hack of the cryptocurrency exchange WazirX. This development comes as the management of WazirX rolls out several measures to recover the stolen funds.
Malicious Actors Exploit WazirX Hack With Phishing Scams
On July 18, Indian exchange WazirX fell victim to a sophisticated attack as hackers breached the security of one of the exchange’s multisg wallets, resulting in the loss of about $235 million worth of assets. Following this incident, it appears that bad actors are now attempting to exploit the situation to their advantage.
In an X post on July 19, an account with the name Aditya Chakraborty shared screenshots of an email from a strange party posing to be WazirX. In this email, this suspicious entity claimed the exchange would offer compensation for affected users of the hack through the launch of a new token known as WZA.
The email read:
In response to this breach,
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