Hack history / 2024 / Fraud
CoinGecko
Fraud on Jan 11, 2024 · Account Compromise
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
Independent crypto data aggregator CoinGecko's Twitter accounts @CoinGecko and @GeckoTerminal was compromised. One of their team members clicked on a fraudulent Calendly link by accident, granting unauthorized app access to a hacker who then posted on their behalf.
Details
- Date
- Jan 11, 2024
- Kind
- Fraud
- Method
- Account Compromise
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "CoinGecko fraud, Jan 11, 2024: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htab5a676f8e/ (data as of 2026-10-31).