{"id":91015,"date":"2025-11-13T21:07:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T18:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=91015"},"modified":"2025-11-13T21:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T18:10:18","slug":"hackers-exploit-australian-cyber-police-service-to-steal-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/hackers-exploit-australian-cyber-police-service-to-steal-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Exploit Australian Cyber Police Service to Steal Cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Criminals utilized<\/a> a public communication channel with Australia’s cyber police to defraud local citizens of digital assets.<\/p>\n

According to the AFP<\/span>, unknown individuals illegally intercepted personal data such as emails and phone numbers through the Joint Policing and Cybercrime Coordination Centre’s database.<\/p>\n

This information enabled them to send fraudulent requests on behalf of victims via the national online crime alert system ReportCyber<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cybercrime reporting portal. Source: ReportCyber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the report, one victim received a call from someone posing as a police officer. The caller claimed the victim’s name appeared in a data breach list of cryptocurrency wallets and provided an official incident reference code from ReportCyber.<\/p>\n

The victim verified the information on the website, where indeed their email was listed, data obtained by the perpetrators through the breach.<\/p>\n

The scammers then called back, posing as the exchange’s “support service,” and requested the transfer of funds to a “secure wallet.” At this point, the victim became suspicious and terminated the communication.<\/p>\n

In several other instances, similar methods such as “spoofing” phone numbers were employed.<\/p>\n

AFP Detective Superintendent Mari Anderson stated that the new scam created an “appearance of legitimacy”:<\/p>\n

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“Cybercriminals conduct a verification process of the victim’s personal data, which may align with common expectations. Moreover, they quickly transition from messages to calls, creating a sense of urgency.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She noted that the incident highlights increasingly sophisticated and calculated methods used by fraudsters to exploit the trust of Australians.<\/p>\n

Back in September, a user lost<\/a> 783 BTC in a social engineering attack. The perpetrators posed as representatives of a cryptocurrency exchange and a hardware wallet support service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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