Operation ASTERIX Processes 885,000 Phone Numbers to Find Crypto Users for Targeted Fraud

The campaign, called Operation ASTERIX, combined account checks, phishing emails, voice calls, fake wallet apps, and Telegram-based data theft . The name comes from Asterisk, the open-source phone system found on the exposed server. Attackers used it to support vishing, or voice phishing, by linking automated calls with fake support emails and malicious wallet software. The exposed directory gave researchers an unusually detailed look at the operation. It contained raw…