My Friend Kati Astraeir got hacked
Account hacked!
Since yesterday, my friend KATI ASTRAEIR - on Steemit @astraeir got hacked, and money was stolen from her account.
She contacted me on Facebook, and I passed some information on to her. Subsequently, she was able to recover her account a couple of hours ago, but still has to get the flags removed by @steamcleaners - and as we speak, most had been done, a message on her latest blog Green Tara Painting, posted by @pjau confirmed this. Hats off to Steemcleaners!
Image credit makeuseof.com
Unfortunately, she lost 120 Steem that had been taken by the hacker. But getting her account back saved at least some, because there was also a auto-command to power down every 7 days!
The information I passed on to her was this very thorough instruction post by @simplymike:
Got Hacked? Here's How To Get Your Account And Reputation Score Back
One of the comments posted was this warning message, which also includes the info about the hacker:
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and the message by steemcleaners:
[-]steemcleaners (78) · 1 hour ago
Hello, your account has been phished, so we have removed any pending payouts. Once you recover your account please contact @pjau @patrice or @guiltyparties to get the flags removed. You can also find us at the @steemcleaners discord: https://discord.gg/xzZvzV3
And to use the phrase from Hill Street Blues Sergeant Phil Esterhaus:
LETS BE CAREFUL OUT THERE
.... again: read the very thorough instructions posted by @simplymike - the best I could find, and there are many posts if you search #hacked:
Got Hacked? Here's How To Get Your Account And Reputation Score Back
what a gem of learning!!;*) thank you again Otto for your help!
Just saw your wallet memo, Kati. Undoing the flags that I can and getting you off the phishing list. (The 7 day post flag will have to come off after the payout is done. It's not removable right now.)
you guys are doing a super job, hats off to you!
thank you soooo much!! <33
you are welcome - it was a learning curve for me also to follow up and find relevant information on this topic. I saved the post by @simplymike to my files for future reference.
So glad you got your account back.
How was it hacked?
phishing - if you check the screenshot from quarantine you can see the similarity: stecmit vs. steemit
Gosh it's really scary!