Arbitrum Discord Channel Hacked, Fraudsters Promote Bogus Airdrop
On March 25, 2023, an anonymous trader and MEV enthusiast, @j_copperthwaite, exposed a fake airdrop announcement on Arbitrum's Discord channel.
Scammers had compromised the channel, falsely claiming that the Arbitrum team had organized an additional airdrop for users due to unmet requirements in the March 23 airdrop. The scammers shared a deceptive link to the so-called airdrop, altering one letter in the original Arbitrum ecosystem domain name.
Arbitrum's community manager, Churro 808, quickly addressed the scam, stating that only the developers' channel with technical updates was affected and the issue had been resolved. He emphasized that no new airdrops were planned, as 1.16 billion ARB tokens had already been distributed.
Despite this incident, scammers continue to exploit the interest in airdrops through various schemes, including fake promotions on Twitter and websites that invite crypto owners to claim non-existent Arbitrum tokens. Scams involving zkSync tokens have also emerged, even though they are not yet live and no release plans have been mentioned by Matter Labs, the creator of zkSync.
Arbitrum's community manager, Churro 808, quickly addressed the scam, stating that only the developers' channel with technical updates was affected and the issue had been resolved. He emphasized that no new airdrops were planned, as 1.16 billion ARB tokens had already been distributed.
Despite this incident, scammers continue to exploit the interest in airdrops through various schemes, including fake promotions on Twitter and websites that invite crypto owners to claim non-existent Arbitrum tokens. Scams involving zkSync tokens have also emerged, even though they are not yet live and no release plans have been mentioned by Matter Labs, the creator of zkSync.
