Cryptocurrency wallets Wasabi and Phoenix have suspended their services in the United States, after authorities announced measures against Consensys and Samourai.

“Both Acinq and zkSNACKs have raised concerns about whether self-custody wallet providers can be viewed as legitimate money services businesses following recent action by US regulatory agencies against Metamask creator Consensys and cryptocurrency mixer Samourai. Wallet”.

The situation has become stricter after the SEC indicated that Consensys was operating as an unregistered broker-dealer. On the other hand, Keonne Rodríguez, CEO of Samourai Wallet, and William Hill, chief technology officer, have been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, as well as conspiracy to operate a money transmission business without a license, charges for which They would receive 20 and five years in prison in each case.

For now, crypto wallet users were warned to empty their funds without forcing closure, because the fees could be very high.

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Source: cointelegraph

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La entrada Wasabi and Phoenix crypto wallets suspended services in the United States apareció primero en Bitfinance.

Through various publications on social networks, it has been possible to appreciate the capture of a WhatsApp text message or direct message in which a username and password of a supposed Exchange site (cryptocurrency exchange page) where it says there is a large sum of USDT or Tether, which is known as a stablecoin and whose value is equal to the US dollar in a 1:1 ratio.

MásQueSeguridad (MQS) warns through a statement that, in the message, a text is observed where the user is asked not to “share with anyone” said information. Thus, trying to get the person to enter the website, with the data provided. By doing so, the victim arrives at a false page in which there is a balance with a high sum of USDT. This is a well-known method of social engineering that seeks to gain the attention and enthusiasm of the victim.

Now, if the victims want to transfer said fake balance to their cryptocurrency wallet, the website created by the cybercriminals will request their access credentials, taking control of their account and allowing the attackers to keep their funds.

This deception was observed circulating with different domain names, but g structurally it is the same. Among the domains detected by the MásQueSeguridad team, usdtbonim.com, usdtcoindc.com, usdtethon.com, usdtlonim.com are mentioned, which have a creation date between April 20 and 24, 2022, which is an indication alert.

Similarly, the messages are sent from numbers of national operators in countries such as Colombia and Venezuela, which have already been duly reported as spam on various verification platforms, adds MQD in its preventive document.

That is why MáQueSeguridad recommends verifying through search engines, such as Google or databases like es.trustpilot.com, the reliability of any website that could be doubtful. In the same way, to check unknown telephone numbers on sites such as www.truecaller.com, www.listaspam.com, www.spamcalls.net, among others. Additionally, sharing this information on social networks, with friends and family, for preventive purposes, to limit the efficiency of such attacks.

With information from MásQueSeguridad

La entrada MQS: New scam to steal crypto wallet credentials is circulating on Internet apareció primero en Bitfinance.