Social-media impersonation scam spike

Venus Protocol's assessment for RD-F-109 — scored not_assessed on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

v1-deferred per T-09 §3.3. Venus has documented phishing ecosystem targeting users (September 2025 Lazarus attack, SlowMist analysis). A social-media impersonation signal would be applicable given Venus's high BSC brand recognition. Requires social-media monitoring vendor. v1-deferred.

Sources #

URL
SlowMist — In-Depth Analysis of $13M Venus User Hack (social engineering)https://slowmist.medium.com/slowmist-in-depth-analysis-of-the-13-million-venus-user-hack-13f35287a743retrieved 2026-04-28

Methodology #

Detect a sharp uptick in Discord/Telegram/X accounts impersonating the protocol team or announcing fake airdrops.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol venus factor RD-F-109 score not_assessed collected_at 2026-04-28 18:30:49