Pump.fun X account
February 26, 2025
•[ account takeover, social engineering, cryptocurrency scam ]
The official X account of Pump.fun was hijacked on February 26, 2025, and used to promote a fake governance token named PUMP and other scam cryptocurrencies, misleading users and causing financial harm before the fraudulent posts were removed and access was restored.
Coinbase users
December 1, 2024
•[ phishing, social engineering ]
Between December 2024 and January 2025, criminal phishing campaigns impersonating Coinbase support stole approximately $65 million in cryptocurrency from hundreds of users worldwide. Attackers used fake login pages, wallet-draining scripts, and social-engineering messages to capture credentials and bypass two-factor authentication. Coinbase confirmed that its own systems were not breached.
