MailerLite confirms hack that led to $3.3M crypto-phishing email attacks

The email service reveals that hackers gained control of select Web3 email accounts by targeting a customer service employee through a social engineering attack.

Email marketing firm MailerLite has confirmed that hackers gained access to accounts of large Web3 companies to carry out phishing email scams that drained an estimated $3.3 million from subscribers.

Cointelegraph was among a handful of Web3 companies targeted in the Jan. 23 attack, with emails sent from the official accounts of WalletConnect, Token Terminal and De.Fi containing malicious links harboring wallet-draining software.

Hours after the emails had been sent to subscribers, MailerLite released details of how its system had been compromised through a social engineering attack targeting a customer support employee. 

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/mailerlite-confirms-hack-crypto-phishing-email-3m-attacks