CISA Warns of Rising Impersonation Scams Amid $4.6 Billion Crypto Fraud Surge

On June 12, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert about a rise in impersonation scams often involving the names and titles of government employees. The alert emphasized that CISA staff will never request money wiring, “cash, cryptocurrency, or use gift cards.” “If you suspect you are a target of an impersonation scammer claiming to be a CISA employee, do not pay the caller; take note of the phone number calling you; hang up immediately, [and] validate the contact by calling CISA.” In response to written questions from Cointelegraph, Phil Larratt, Chainalysis’ director of investigations, highlighted that