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How did you get hacked? anything I can learn from on that front?
How did you get hacked? anything I can learn from on that front?
I visited a site that I thought was Steemit but was in fact a clone called Steewit... I logged in as usual with my master password and found that after a few minutes, when I returned to my laptop, I couldn't log in... My SBD had been transferred to another account and they had started to power down my SP.
I now only login using my private posting key.
Just make sure you are visiting the correct site each time. It's so easy to be caught out when you're in a rush, like I am most of the time.
Thanks
Darren
steewit , thx for info .
That's right.
Please do not use your master key for any sites.
Your private posting key will suffice and you'll still be able to login to your account if the worse happens.
Fingers crossed it won't.
Oh and, Please don't visit that site.
Cheers
Darren
And only try to sign into the most popular and well known applications of Steem, like http://Busy.org and Dtube, Dlive, Dsound, Steepshot, for example.
Thank you for this info too, appreciate it. As more "normal" people join the space it's quite a deterrent.
Gawd how awful. I have to remember how smart and clever people in this space are. I got scammed for the first time of my internet life. I had dialup in 1995. I've never fallen for anything Until now. Lucky I didn't get hacked but gave up a little bitcoin. It's hard to keep this at the top of your head. Sorry that happened to you--
He logged into a Phishing site called "steewit" trick spelling. Details in his first blog post.
Also be careful about memos and copy & paste among other things.
but doesn't it take 3 months to power down and withdraw?
I've never powered down. I don't know if there was another hardfork to shorten the power down time or not.
For the record, I do not support a short window, as I believe people who put "skin in the game" to stake and have a say in the platform should be locked in for a time.
Thank you, it's such a tough space for this.