Phishing Scams Target Players, Exploiting Hamster Kombats Popularity

• The phishing assaults were recently detected by the cybersecurity company Kaspersky.
• The clicker game is attracting 4-5M new users per day, as per the creator of Telegram.

Scammers and other bad actors prey on Hamster Kombat players in an effort to cash in on the games massive popularity. Phishing attempts are being directed against users of the rapidly expanding mobile game Hamster Kombat, which is hosted on the Telegram platform. In these types of assaults, con artists use psychological manipulation to get their targets to do their bidding.

The security expert Olga Svistunova reports that the phishing assaults were recently detected by the cybersecurity company Kaspersky. According to Svistunova, once hackers have the users credentials, they are able to successfully launch assaults.

Moreover, attackers may steal data, blackmail, and send false communications after they get access to personal accounts using credentials. Although the Russian market is the primary focus of this scam, international con artists may use the same tactics to entice victims.

Banking on Massive Growth

Furthermore, after only 81 days, Hamster Kombat has 239 million players, making it one of the most successful mobile games of all time. The clicker game is attracting four to five million new users per day, according to Pavel Durov, creator of Telegram. Thus, making it one of the worlds fastest-growing digital services.