Foreign media: Information transactions among participants in crypto industry events were exposed, raising concerns about phishing attacks

PANews reported on December 23 that according to Cointelegraph, in the name of “marketing, promotion and finding customers”, sensitive information lists of participants in cryptocurrency industry activities were illegally sold, becoming data coveted by scammers and malicious actors. treasure house. These lists detail participants' full names, phone numbers, nationalities, job titles, company affiliations, and personal and business social media links, often collected during the event registration process at a conference or breakout venue. Cointelegraph obtained a "sample" of lists from a seller via Telegram, including four lists from different campaigns, each with approximately 60 to 100 participants and containing different data points. Most of the events will take place in the fall of 2024, with participants coming from many countries including Southeast Asia and India. This suggests the existence of organized international blockchain activity participant data trading.

These lists are just the tip of the iceberg, as sellers have also shared other sample images associated with Blockchain Fest and Devcon. Among them, a list purportedly containing 1,700 attendees of the AIBC conference in Malta in November 2024 is particularly eye-catching. The seller said it would be "only available to a select few," and the asking price dropped from nearly $4,000 to $650. The seller claimed to use proceeds from the sale to purchase more lists and shared screenshots of the database. The identities of the seller and data compiler are anonymous, but they all appear to be Russians. The labels of one sample data set are named in Russian, and AI analysis also pointed out that the seller is a native Russian speaker. This information may facilitate social engineering scams and threaten the security of participants’ cryptocurrency wallet funds.