Poloniex Steem Wallet Hacked?
I hate to write titles like this one, but it seems I have no other option.
Facts:
- yesterday I sent 20 STEEM to @poloniex, they received it ok, as you can see from the screenshot below
- half an hour after I sent it (and still not seeing it in my account) I opened a ticket:
- at the moment of writing, the ticket is still in "Processing" state, so I got no reply in almost 24 hours.
I don't want to be the guy who brings bad news, but I saw that they are still getting a lot of funds sent. So, it's not a question about the size of the transaction, but rather about the actual situation. IF the wallet has been hacked, then innocent people are sending their funds to the wrong place.
I'd be very, very happy if someone from @poloniex could answer me to the following questions:
- is this an isolated event? if yes, what is the link between the affected users (I saw at least 4 other people inquiring)?
- if the wallet was compromised, is there any concern for @poloniex user accounts (their accounts are secure)?
- if it was not compromised, what the fuck is going on?
I have no other choice but to strongly recommend to all of my followers, not only as a Steemian, but also as a witness, to avoid completely @poloniex until we get an official word from them.
Resteeming this may help them answer faster.
Still hope this is just temporary and might be just a communication glitch, but from the looks of it, it isn't.
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Thanks for the warning.
I usually send a small tester amount to make sure things are working ok, before sending a decent chunk.
This stuff still makes me nervous. As soon as i have done my exchange i shift everything off the exchange and into my wallet.
I hope it is secure there, but I don't really know. So far I haven't lost any money, but I probably will at some point.
The crypto world is just like the real world in that respect.
God I hope it's not hacked :(
I am moving out of poloniex already. This has been resteemed to all my followers.
that is in reality traumatic me. I truly wish that this isn't a hack and that their bot/node is currently offline. even though it's miles a hack, i am hoping that the entire website hasn't been compromised, too many humans have high volumes of crypto there.
Don't worry, it's probably isn't a hack... happened before and they returned my money... after a loooooong wait. well, I like thier low fees so I discovered a way to move money indirectly
POLONIEX - RIPPING YOU OFF SINCE 2014
:(
This is strange, I sent some steem from @poloniex to my account about 1.5 hour ago and still pending.
Still waiting :(
I used to be a user of poloniex, but lost a lot of my mind:). Anyway bittrex is far better in my opinion. Hope your problem get resolved.
A big "minus" of big exchanges is their lingering support.
well i also sent some sbd & steem to poloniex but don't able to receive any amount until now, i also open a support ticket but as usual no reply received from them, i think it's time to completely leave the poloniex. thanks for sharing your experience with us.
The time to end business with poloniex is right now, resteeming to my followers asap