Bitcoin.org, a popular Bitcoin (BTC) resource that had 1.7m visits in August, has apparently been attacked by crypto scammers.
A message on the website now claims that “The Bitcoin Foundation is giving back to the community” and uses the old tactics to deceive inexperienced BTC holders by asking them to send BTC and promising to send double the amount in return.
The website is operated by anonymous bitcoiner Cobra, also known for his legal battle with Craig Wright. At the time of writing, there were no official statements by Cobra.
The domain was created back in 2008 and was updated as recently as.. a few minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/NFl1qUrpWw
— MyCrypto.com (@MyCrypto) September 23, 2021
The address, posted by the scammers now shows 8 transactions and BTC 0.4 (USD 17,657). However, it might be sent by the scammers themselves.
“I would guess that the server hosting the website has been compromised as the modal does not appear in this repo,” Bitcoin Core contributor Andrew Chow said.
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Reactions:
Pro tip. *Never* send your bitcoin to a bitcoin doubler, no matter what website it is on.
— Dan Darkpill (@DanDarkPill) September 23, 2021
Thankfully all the other pages are offline and are serving a 404, including the download page
— MyCrypto.com (@MyCrypto) September 23, 2021
Anyone have the ability to DDOS the site? Maybe @wiz? Happy to donate to the cause.
— FT₿ (@FullTimeBitcoin) September 23, 2021
cc @namecheap @NamecheapCEO in case y'all want to take down the scam site of all scam sites, at least temporarily (looks like the domain was updated today/stolen, possible?)
— Matt Corallo (@TheBlueMatt) September 23, 2021
Source: Cryptonews
