Replying to Avatar Jor

I was this 🀌 close to losing $10,000 worth of Bitcoin in a social engineering attempt yesterday

I had my mouse on the SEND button

But for some reason, I paused

Maybe it's because this stuff is top of mind every day

Maybe it was luck

Maybe it was the universe looking out for me

My days are spend talking about physical security, encryption, cold storage to protect against $5 wrench attacks

But the biggest threat to Bitcoiners - imo - is AI and social engineering

Here's the story if you're interested πŸ‘‡

https://youtu.be/8JkMaY9hdnI

Avatar
π•Ύπ–Šπ–— π•Ύπ–‘π–Šπ–Šπ–•π–ž 1mo ago

Whenever this happens it’s always important to FaceTime or video call the individual, I’ve literally saved myself countless times by doing this.. it’s so easy to sim-swap these days, everyone in our lives could be targeted and used as proxy. Glad your stack is okay my friend πŸ«‚ remain vigilant always!

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

Avatar
Telluride 1mo ago

Dude, even that isn’t for sure anymore.

Don’t be the guy that falls for an ai scam. Nat Brunell had a guest on a few weeks ago who was a cyber crime expert and I was really surprised by the level of sophistication these guys are at.

Fake video was a relevant topic of that pod.

Avatar
π•Ύπ–Šπ–— π•Ύπ–‘π–Šπ–Šπ–•π–ž 1mo ago

It’s hard to fake a live video call, specially if you are aware you have to ask them questions ONLY they would know the answer to. There’s no faking that.

Avatar
Jor 1mo ago

I was thinking the same

The guy I was talking to said that he had a phone call with the scammer and believed it was really him

But as nostr:nprofile1qqsftzm4fgwnmed4ajs0uvwj642lg5fjt7zf32pa5xvhkl7dtsu73rqpz4mhxue69uhks6tnwshxummnw3ezumrpdejqzxthwden5te0wdjkuerfwshxummnvekxzun99e3k7mgpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnsl7khgs said, FaceTime and "safe words/questions" help with this

Very scary times