Classic Ether Wallet HACKED! SCAM ALERT! 🚨

in #cryptocurrency7 years ago (edited)

Hello Steemians and crypto investors,

Just sharing a warning I heard about regarding the Classic Ether Wallet. Apparently it has been hacked. Do not use it to send currency.

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"A popular wallet system for storing the Ethereum Classic (ETC) cryptocurrency has been hacked, and users are urged to refrain from using the service for now.

At about 11pm BST on Thursday 29 June, Classic Ether Wallet was hijacked by a hacker who used social engineering to trick the wallet service's web host into giving them access. The hacker called German web host 1and1's customer support, pretending to be the owner of the domain"

Read Article from http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/classic-ether-wallet-has-been-hacked-do-not-use-it-send-currency-1628479

Scam Warning about ClassicEtherWallet. Credit to Kenn Bosak.

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I don't know that!

Thanks for sharing :)

For sure. I'm still researching more into it but doesn't look good. I know a lot of people that hold ETC so hoping this gets out and helps people secure their etc in time.

The site seems to be down now

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