Hack history / 2020 / Phishing
BTC ERA
Phishing on Aug 25, 2020 · Phishing attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
Some cybercriminals have been counterfeiting the BTC ERA trading platform in order to infect potential users with malware. The cybersecurity company discovered that the perpetrators had been sending emails allegedly from BTC ERA to induce users to invest and pay.
Details
- Date
- Aug 25, 2020
- Kind
- Phishing
- Method
- Phishing attack
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "BTC ERA phishing, Aug 25, 2020: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht6df01bf964/ (data as of 2026-10-31).