Ever hear of CoinDesk? They are a news site about pricing and other info about digital currencies. They reported a fascinating phishing attack on a list of auction participants.
A member of the US Marshals screwed up and sent information to everyone using CC instead of BCC. That revealed all the parties attempting to bid on the bitcoin seized during the raid on the Silk Road marketplace.
Scammers have been making hay with the list. At least one recipient fell for the scam. Bitcoin Reserve, an Australian bitcoin arbitrage fund, lost 100 bitcoins after co-founder Sam Lee did click on the fake link.
The hackers sent a very clever 4-stage phishing attack. 1) Lee received an email on 21st June from a certain ‘Linda Jackson’ claiming to represent BitFilm Production, a genuine company based in Germany. Jackson falsely claimed that the firm was assembling a series of interviews about the impending auction for a client.
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