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On July 1, Tether cooperated with Web3 shopping and infrastructure company Uquid to allow Philippine citizens to pay social security funds on Open Network (TON).This measure provides useful practical cases for the integration of the encryption industry and the real economy, which indicates that cryptocurrencies’ positive role in financial innovation and improving the payment system.
In the past year, the price of $ TON has risen more than five times, and the market value has ranked among the top ten.Ton, the ecological prosperity, has opened the door to users, but we must always be alert to those threats hidden in the dark,This article aims to make risks to users by explaining the security status of Ton ecology.
Ton ecological user surge
According to the data data of Token Terminal, as of July 2,The number of monthly live users in TON network increased from 228,000 at the beginning of the year to 4.64 million.Ton’s rise is indispensable for its popularity based on Telegram’s clicks. Taking popular game Notcoin as an example, it has attracted 35 million users by rewarding users’ click on the screen. Hamster Kombat claims that its cumulative users have reached 200 million.
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However, millions of users who joined the TON blockchain and hoped that users who received airdrops through various Telegram applets were not native to cryptocurrency. Under the virus -type game experience, they were usually exposed to wallets and seed phrases for the first time.Due to the lack of the correct understanding of the irreversiveness of blockchain transactions and the potential risks of trading on the chain, such new users are vulnerable to fraud and hackers, leading to asset losses.
Ton appeared on Telegram, which advocates privacy, providing a more convenient environment for scammers.As a non -EVM, TON has not integrated mature and advanced security tools on EVM, which meansSecurity protection measures on the TON network may not be perfect than other mainstream blockchains.
Ton ecology implies risk
In addition to the common zero transfer scams such as EVM, NFT airdrop fishing and other scams, Ton is more typical on TONTrading message scam.
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After the user clicks the pop -up window of “Received +5,000 USDT” and sends TON, it has not received the USDT of “Promise Gift”.This is a new type of scam formulated by the scammers for TON. It uses the attachment function of the Ton transfer process to add misleading information to deceive user assets.
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After in-depth tracking of Bitrace, it was found that the fraud address O-APOG2M was founded on May 5th. After passing a total of 14 attachment tests for 2 days, the Russian “прогрев” was left in the last test, which means preheating, and then subsequently.Then start formal fraud.The next day, O-APOG2M harvested the first stolen money through a attachment scam.
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As shown in the figure, the victims were deceived one after another, sending Ton tokens with varying amounts of fraud to the O-APOG2M fraud address in exchange for 5,000 USDTs promised by attachment.According to statistics, in just two months, this simple trading message fraud address has profitable at least 22,000 $ TON (about 1.28 million yuan).
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The victim uses Russian words to discuss the scammers
In addition to the appearance of various scams in TON, Drainer has also extended its claws to the Ton ecology.Drainer is a malicious software that is specifically designed to illegally clear or “empty” cryptocurrency wallets. This kind of software is provided by their developers with rent, which means that anyone pays for using the malicious tool.Bitrace found that a Drainer organization sold its services through the Telegram group and collected 30%of the stolen money sharing.They made a statement saying “Just to Clarify: We do n’t care where or why your victim is from. We Allow Draining From All Countries Including CIS.”
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The Drainer organization shown above has obtained a total of 596 subscribers since its Drainer organization was founded in April, and in mid -May, it has promoted that it has made a profit of more than $ 200,000 in TON ecology.
At the end
With the expansion of the Ton user base, how to balance privacy protection and security needs has become an urgent problem.The hidden risks behind the opportunity. While security experts work hard to remove the threat, users should also improve their alertness to learn to use Ton browser to identify SCAM. They do not believe in airdrop assets, and do not believe in unrealistic trading romances.
