{"id":663485,"date":"2026-09-28T06:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=851222"},"modified":"2026-09-28T06:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T06:01:39","slug":"scammers-launch-fake-eth-l2-to-steal-2m-from-crypto-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/28\/scammers-launch-fake-eth-l2-to-steal-2m-from-crypto-traders\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers Launch Fake ETH L2 to Steal $2M From Crypto Traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dyorswap-x-post-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"DYORSWAP X post\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>An unidentified group of threat actors launched a fake L2 chain impersonating Giwa, a project backed by Upbit, identified by DYORSWAP, a multichain decentralized exchange. Over 760 ETH bridged to the chain were lost, and DYORSWAP announced a compensation process for affected users. Fake Giwa L2 Chain Deployment Scheme Causes Over 760 ETH in Losses [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unidentified group of threat actors launched a fake L2 chain impersonating Giwa, a project backed by Upbit, identified by DYORSWAP, a multichain decentralized exchange. Over 760 ETH bridged to the chain were lost, and DYORSWAP announced a compensation process for affected users. Fake Giwa L2 Chain Deployment Scheme Causes Over 760 ETH in Losses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-663485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}