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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"myeth",<br>"author":"huydai",<br>"permlink":"don-t-open-myeth-wallet-now-it-is-hacked",<br>"title":"Don't open Myeth wallet now it is hacked",<br>"body":"$150K Stolen From MyEtherWallet Users in DNS Server Hijacking \nUsers of MyEtherWallet,<br> a web app for storing and sending ether and ethereum-based tokens,<br> experienced an attack Tuesday that saw users of the service lose around $152,<br>000 worth of ether.\n\nThe company was quick to alert users to the danger,<br> tweeting a warning at 7:29 a.m. EDT,<br> within 15 minutes of when the hack began:\n\nCouple of DNS servers were hijacked to resolve https:\/\/t.co\/xwxRJ4H4i8 users to be redirected to a phishing site. This is not on @myetherwallet side,<br> we are in the process of verifying which servers to get it resolved asap.\n\n-- MyEtherWallet.com (@myetherwallet) April 24,<br> 2018\n\nEven so,<br> users took to social media to report that they were losing funds.\n\n\"Went on to myetherwallet and saw that myetherwallet had [an invalid connection certificate in the corner,<br>\" rotistain posted to the wallet's subreddit around 8:30 a.m. EDT,<br> adding:\n\n\"As soon as I logged in,<br> there was a countdown for about 10 seconds and A tx was made sending the available money I had on the wallet to another wallet '0x1d50588C0aa11959A5c28831ce3DC5F1D3120d29.' I have no idea what happened.\"\n\nMicky Socaci,<br> lead developer at BlockBits.io,<br> explained the attack in a post to the ethereum subreddit.\n\n\"Do not use myetherwallet.com if you're using Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8 \/ 8.8.4.4) at this moment,<br>\" he wrote,<br> adding: \"It seems these DNS servers are resolving the domain to a bad server that CAN steal your keys!\"\n\nHis explanation fits with MyEtherWallet's assertion that the attack was not on their side. Domain Name System (DNS) servers resolve website URLs to the appropriate IP addresses.\nyou can check wallet by ethscan to see your wallet",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"myeth\",<br>\"wallet\",<br>\"hacker\",<br>\"new\",<br>\"blockchain\" ,<br>\"users\":[\"myetherwallet\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwxRJ4H4i8\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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