OpenClaw Creator Warns of Crypto Phishing Wave: ‘We Would Never Do That’

Peter Steinberger, the creator of the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot), issued a public warning on March 19 regarding a wave of crypto phishing scams targeting developers. These scams involve fraudulent emails, often appearing to come from GitHub notification addresses, promising fake $CLAW token airdrops of $5,000 and directing recipients to suspicious links to register wallets. Steinberger emphasized that OpenClaw is non-commercial and open-source, stating, "We would never do that," and urged users to only trust the official website. This phishing campaign follows months of harassment against the project, including the creation of a crashing memecoin and the hijacking of Steinberger's accounts following a necessary rebranding from Clawdbot to Moltbot. Despite Steinberger joining OpenAI to lead personal AI agents, the brand exploitation continues, potentially fueled by previously identified security gaps in unauthenticated instances of the bot that exposed credentials.

(Source：BeInCrypto)