最新报道：According to the Bijie.com website, authorities in the island nation have issued a notice stating that a large amount of Bitcoin has been lost due to a sophisticated attack. This incident adds to an already long list of similar attacks this year, and worryingly, it continues to occur. Financial crime continues to severely impact the cryptocurrency industry, with billions of dollars in losses resulting from various attacks and exploits this year alone. North Wales Police's Cyber Crime Unit has flagged this recent incident, revealing that £2.1 million (US$2.8 million) in BTC was stolen from a cold wallet through impersonation. They believe this was a targeted attack, likely discovered through a data breach, orchestrated by scammers impersonating senior representatives of UK law enforcement and fabricating a false story. The officers impersonating the officers claimed to have arrested an individual whose phone contained the victim's personal identification documents, alerting them to a potential security breach. The hackers exploited the targets' fear and alarm at having their information stolen, providing instructions for "protecting" their cryptocurrency assets. Unbeknownst to them, they were provided a malicious link to a fake website that prompted them to log in to their cold wallet. Believing they were following police instructions, they entered their seed phrase into the website. Within minutes, the scammers had siphoned off $2.8 million and vanished without a trace. Police are now attempting to trace the funds and have issued multiple warnings to the public and anyone holding crypto assets, urging them to be wary of such individuals. Authorities in any state or country will not call the public to discuss their holdings, let alone how and where they store them. Furthermore, if in doubt, it's perfectly acceptable to hang up, and if possible, verify the accuracy of any information provided by the caller or contact. Furthermore, no legitimate organization will ever ask for your seed phrase, so it's best not to enter it in a link provided by a third party under any circumstances. Phishing attacks continue to claim victims. Social engineering attacks are far from the only type of fraud in the cryptocurrency world, but they are undoubtedly one of the most common methods. CryptoPotato previously reported that such attacks resulted in at least $65 million in losses for the Coinbase exchange in December 2024 and January 2025. Later that year, an elderly man was scammed out of over $330 million in Bitcoin, and a fraudulent phone call to an engineer at the Indian exchange CoinDCX resulted in a loss of $44 million.