Risky Bulletin Newsletter
June 23, 2025
Risky Bulletin: CoinMarketCap hacked via a doodle image
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News Editor
CoinMarketCap—the go-to website where everyone goes to check cryptocurrency exchange rates—was hacked on Friday.
Hackers exploited a vulnerability in CoinMarketCap's animated logo (see CoinMarketCap's doodle obsession here) to append malicious code that displayed an unauthorized popup.
The popup ran a specialized phishing kit called a "crypto-drainer" that prompted users to connect their crypto-wallet accounts and then stole their funds.