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RE: @birjudanak Had His Account Stolen In A Phishing Scam
I just came across another article for a different user running the same scam, also @sift666's account was hacked, so I'm wondering if he clicked on something like this...@kiwideb made a post about it.
edit: Here's the post about the other scammer: https://steemit.com/steemit/@aftabkhan10/that-glitch-scam-post-do-not-click-or-enter-your-details
You have to enter your master key to get caught! I read that many people leave their master key in the memo section when they transfer sbd or steem. I can't remember who ran a search on this...I think it was @thedollarvigilante.
When I pasted my master key into the memo section by error, an automated security procedure prevented me from completing the action, so is it even possible to share a master key with the world using the memo section?
Was this on Steemit?
Yes, Steemit does not allow to share master key in a memo.
Where did you encounter the opposite?
That's what I read on someone else's article...that many accounts exposed their keys this way. Let me see if I can find it.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@noisy/we-just-hacked-11-accounts-on-steemit-1158-sbd-and-8250-steem-is-under-our-control-but-we-are-good-guys-so
Old news.
This problem has been solved since then.
You can open a new account and try pasting its master key in a memo and see for yourself what happens.
While I might have joined steemit just before this problem was solved, I also joined it just before any vote bid bot existed and more so before any of those bots became affordable to me (the cheaper ones were created later)
Good to hear! Thank you for the update.
I think there may be a problem with old abandoned accounts with account keys in memos....I remember reading that somewhere...
Hm. When I transfer steem or sbd I go through blocktrades, not just the steemit blocktrades, but the site, I provide the site with my wallet address and they in turn give me a different encrypted address to use every time on steemit, so I don't use my master key.
Yeah, I don't understand why anyone would give someone their master key or use it in the memo section.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@noisy/we-just-hacked-11-accounts-on-steemit-1158-sbd-and-8250-steem-is-under-our-control-but-we-are-good-guys-so
Yep, I heard about this. I think I'm good since I don't use my password for anything other than logging in :)