F008.003

Cryptocurrency exchange account takeover

Subtechnique in the Financial Gain (F000) stage of the SC&MS ABCDEF lifecycle

Version 0.3 · ID stable since March 5, 2026 · Data snapshot: March 8, 2026

Description

A takeover of a crypto exchange account to withdraw or liquidate digital assets.

Parent technique

This subtechnique refines F008 Account takeover.

Other subtechniques of F008

F008.001Bank account takeover
F008.002P2P account takeover

Tags

account-takeover theft crypto

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How to cite

Plain text:

Narang, S. S. (2026). Cryptocurrency exchange account takeover (F008.003), in SC&MS: Scam Classification & Mapping System (Version 0.3). https://scams.dev/techniques/F008.003/

BibTeX:

@misc{scms03_f008_003,
  author = {Narang, Satnam Singh},
  title = {{F008.003 Cryptocurrency exchange account takeover}, in SC\&MS: Scam Classification \& Mapping System},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3},
  url = {https://scams.dev/techniques/F008.003/},
  note = {A taxonomy for classifying scam techniques}
}