MyEtherWallet DNS Hack - Be Cautious And, If Possible, Don't Access Wallet For A Day Or So

biddle (61)in #crypto • 7 years ago (edited)

NOTE: THIS APPEARS RESOLVED NOW, BUT STILL BE CAUTIOUS AND CONSIDER DOWNLOADING A PHISHING DETECTION PLUGIN FOR YOUR BROWSER! :)

I just wanted to give a brief warning to everyone that MyEtherWallet (MEW) had a DNS hack today, as described here:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/myetherwallet-warns-that-a-couple-of-its-dns-servers-have-been-hacked

Note that they have not given the green light that everything is perfect yet, but according to some reddit updates (I haven't confirmed, but the cointelegraph article above points it out), Google's Public DNS papers to be resolving to the correct ISP for it.

$150k has been stolen, so be very cautious right now when trying to access funds via the site https://myetherwallet.com. Just always be aware of what is going on and if you are tech savvy look to make sure that the certificate is valid for the site when you visit it. Also, if possible, hold off on using it for the next day or a few days just to be safe.

AS ALWAYS, WISHES OF WEALTH AND HEALTH FOR ALL! :)

#hack #dns #mew #wallet

7 years ago in #crypto by biddle (61)

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biddle (61) 7 years ago

I want to be very clear that MY WALLET hasn't been hacked. It was https://myetherwallet.com, a site that provides the ability to create wallets and lets users access and send transactions from their wallets, that was hacked. I WASN'T affected by this. :)

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hanamana (60) 7 years ago

Hi biddle,

Good to see you were not affected by this Hack.

Fortunately, I took out everything from MY Wallet 3 months ago. So I was safe.

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plainoldme (50) 7 years ago

thanks for the update, everyone must make double , triple sure on any site where money/currency is involved that it is secure, have valid certificate, and make sure there is https and not only http in the url.

thanks for the post

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amitraj (65) 7 years ago

It should be more secure with high level security ...becuase since when it becomes popular it is in danger....

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rajuyadav (58) 7 years ago

It can also be used offline, reducing the risks of hacks and theft.

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prince121 (60) 7 years ago

Don't worry ... be cool .
Just smoothly handle the problem and solve it... Hope that you can access it quickly...@biddle
Thanks for sharing such conscious article.