Busan shopping mall SMS account hacked, 260,000 users targeted by crypto phishing

According to Yonhap News Agency, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency reported that an unauthorized party hacked the SMS service account of a marketing department at a shopping mall in Sasang-gu, Busan, on the morning of September 12. The attackers sent phishing messages to approximately 260,000 people, falsely claiming that their cryptocurrency wallets required an update. Users who clicked the provided links were at risk of having their digital assets stolen. Police have since blocked access to the compromised account and are currently tracking the perpetrators.