Orbiter Finance Discord Was Hacked To Promote Fake Airdrop
Orbiter Finance discord has been compromised recently. Hackers offer and promote fake airdrops of ORB tokens. People use Orbiter Finance that is a decentralized cross-rollup Layer 2 bridge. When you see some announcements in their official discord server, you usually have no doubt.
Who wants to miss an opportunity to make money in crypto? So you will act quickly after seeing the announcement on the official discord server. As soon as hackers take control of the discord server, they mislead people to fall into their traps and steal their crypto assets.
Protecting yourself against hacks and scams becomes difficult when you cannot differentiate whether something is legit or not. Blockchain security and analytics platform CertiK Alert noticed Orbiter Finance discord hacks and made an announcement on Twitter about it. They advised people not to click any links.
It is not safe to click links on their discord server anymore. If it is confirmed that the team behind Orbiter Finance regains control of their discord, then you can trust what is said on discord. Orbiter Finance is aware of what's going on and tweeted not to trust anything on the discord server. They are working on it to solve the problem soon.
Clicking any links on their discord server and following instructions can get you in big trouble. Hackers target social media and as soon as they gain access to anything, they use it to hurt people financially. Official Twitter account hacks are on the rise.
The Sandbox CEO’s Twitter account was hacked recently and that was used to promote fake airdrops just like hacking the Orbiter Finance discord server. KuCoin’s Twitter account was hacked for 45 minutes and hackers used this time to spread the fake giveaway. People trusted the fake giveaway and ended up losing more than $22,000.
We all want to make money but be careful, especially when you feel the urge to act quickly due to FOMO, there is a high chance you can make some mistakes. Some mistakes are big enough to ruin everything you did in crypto. According to the latest tweet from Orbiter Finance, they fully restored the discord server and strengthened the security to avoid anything like this in the future.
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