Incident Overview
A Third-party phishing campaign that affected some customer data was performed on the Gemini users.
Some users have been targeted by a phishing attack. This led to the collection of Gemini users' email addresses and phone numbers. Gemini claims that no account information or systems were impacted, and all funds and customer accounts remain secure.
Incident Report
Protocol Information
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.
What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Gemini, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (December 2022).
- Verify all logic paths related to Phishing are guarded by proper access controls and input validation - see the Phishing Attacks attack class for patterns
- Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs
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Free TrialRelated Attack Classes
The technique used in this hack maps to these vulnerability classes in our security curriculum:
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