The Clipboard Hacker continues its rampage to victimize unsuspecting newbies and even crypto and NFT veterans! This is alarming because this proves that hackers are getting more innovative than ever with how they target users and wallets. Nowadays, the attacks are a mix of social engineering and technical sophistication.
How the Clipboard Hacker Operates
He approached things carefully and conservatively. Learning from all the experts and thought leaders, he started his NFT journey by creating a new metamask wallet about two weeks ago with no real currency in it. Then, he made sure to use a separate browser exclusively for this purpose and secured his seed phrase by not making it accessible anywhere digitally. In addition, he was on high alert to never click any suspicious links at all.
Unfortunately, hackers still found a way to victimize him despite all the precautions. He narrated:
Finally today I was ready to mint my first ever collection. I was going to transfer eth worth 120$ to my wallet. Here’s what I did: Copy my wallet address,…
