Chainalysis’ Operation Spincaster found over 2,000 Australian-owned crypto wallets were hit by “approval phishing” scams.
The Australian Federal Police says its investigating losses from a spate of crypto phishing scams, which have impacted at least 2,000 Australian-owned crypto wallets.
It follows a Chainanalysis investigation — named Operation Spincaster — which found thousands of crypto wallets belonging to Australians had been exploited via “approval phishing” tactics.
“The intelligence we have gathered collaboratively throughout Operation Spincaster has shed a clear light on new tactics being used by cybercriminals in their continued efforts to defraud Australians,” AFP Detective Superintendent Tim Stainton said in an Aug. 4 statement.
