Breaking the Electrum wallet allowed hackers to take possession of 243 Bitcoins (BTC). Hackers created a phishing version of a bitcoin wallet and fraudulently received user logins and passwords. First, the attack was reported on social networks, then this information was confirmed by the platform and warned users.
User Reddit u / normal_rc explained that the scammers set up several malicious servers and “if someone from the Electrum wallet users connects to one of them and tries to send a BTC transaction, an official message will appear to update the Electrum wallet by following the phishing URL ".
Unfortunately, hacker attacks are widespread in the cryptocurrency world – only in 2018 the amount of stolen cryptocurrency was $ 1 billion.
The biggest problem is not the security of the blockchain itself, but the excessive gullibility of users. Many of them do not know how to recognize traps that hackers place to steal funds and personal data.
The links that you need to copy and then paste into the browser, unexpected requests for updating the wallet (as in the case of the Electrum wallet burglary) are clear signs that they are trying to deceive you.
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