Traders lose more than $15 million to phishing website impersonating crypto exchange HitBTC

Blockchain security firm SlowMist has reported that a phishing website appearing to be the real cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC has stolen more than $15 million worth of Bitcoin, Tether, and Ether from users believing it to be the real thing. Users who didn't notice they were accessing a site with the URL hitbt2c.lol instead of hitbtc.com approved transactions to swap their crypto assets, only to find the site drained their wallets.