Scam calls impersonating customer support staff from major crypto platforms have increased in France following several recent data breaches, according to Owen Simonin, founder and CEO of French crypto platform Meria. Simonin said callers have been posing as representatives of legitimate companies including Binance and Meria, telling users that their accounts or funds are at risk and urging them to move crypto assets to a specified address. He warned that platforms do not ask users to initiate transactions or hand over personal information when the user has not contacted support first. The warning comes after France’s Directorate General of Public Finances, or DGFiP, disclosed in August that a separate data breach allowed hackers to obtain data belonging to 678,000 taxpayers. The development was cited by Bitcoin.com News.
Scam calls impersonating customer support teams at legitimate crypto platforms have increased in France after several recent data breaches, according to Owen Simonin, founder and CEO of French crypto platform Meria.
Simonin said the callers have posed as support staff from companies including Binance and Meria. They tell users that their accounts or funds are at risk, then pressure them to urgently transfer crypto assets to a designated address.
He said platforms will not ask users to initiate transactions or provide personal information when the user has not contacted support first.
The warning follows an August disclosure by France’s Directorate General of Public Finances, or DGFiP, which said a data breach allowed hackers to obtain data from 678,000 taxpayers.
Bitcoin.com News reported the development.
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