Cointelegraph got a little too comfortable in the spotlight, as their site was hit with a front-end exploit on Sunday. Attackers injected a fake pop-up claiming to offer “CoinTelegraph ICO Airdrops” and “CTG tokens” in exchange for a wallet connection. Oh, and did I mention the pop-up promised nearly $5,500 worth of tokens? Tempting, right? Too bad it was all a scam.
The banner tried to play it cool by citing a “fair launch” and a “CertiK audit” to give it some credibility, but let’s be honest, if you’ve been in crypto for more than five minutes, you know better than to fall for that.
Cointelegraph was quick to warn readers:
“Do not click on these pop-ups, connect your wallets, or enter any personal information.”
As they put it on X (formerly Twitter), they were “actively working on a fix.” Yeah, I’d say they have some urgent patching to do.
🚨 ALERT: We are aware of a fraudulent pop-up falsely claiming to offer “CoinTelegraph ICO Airdrops” or “CTG tokens” that are appearing on our site.
— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) June 23, 2025
DO NOT:
- Click on these pop-ups
- Connect your wallets
- Enter any personal information
We are actively working on a fix.
Same Scam, Different Platform
If you think this sounds familiar, you’re not wrong. Just two days before Cointelegraph’s big security breach, CoinMarketCap faced a similar exploit. The attackers used the same strategy, phishing for wallets by hijacking trusted platforms. It's like they’ve found the secret sauce for scamming: get people to trust the platform they already know and love, and voilà, wallet drained.
The victims? Well, they were tricked into connecting their wallets, believing they were claiming tokens, verifying their identity, or just collecting some “loyalty rewards.” Only to find their funds siphoned away the second they clicked “connect.”
Lesson learned? Always double-check those pop-ups, even when they come from what you think is a trusted source. And remember, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is, especially in crypto.
Gunel Ismayilova
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