Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?
Well in my own opinion, there are really many hackers these days so you need to be fully aware in your transactions. But always look in where you are typing because there are many fake websites that can steal your accounts in just one click, so always keep your eyes open or pilled.
This. As a sig camp manager, you would be floored at the amount of folks on a weekly basis that have their ETH wallets compromised. In a group of 300 people, say at least 10% of those folks get hacked during the course of a 4 WEEK campaign; another 5% will change their wallet addresses due to "possible insecurity'. This is why cryptos are so attractive to scammers/hackers; its just too easy at the moment given the high numbers of novice users. This is also why crypto isnt ready for the mainstream yet. There is a reason why ach is reversible, and that is that people tend to fuck up. Given how easy it is to fuck up in a very expensive way here, we will continue to be plagued by this until crypto becomes a lot more user friendly
would you care to explain how an eth wallet gets hacked in this context? im not trying to rail you on anything, just a legitimate question. it seems to me with each major altcoin, there is always a greater emphasis on security as it's expected that individuals new to crypto are entering the scene due to hearing about some new cryptocurrency. given those assumptions, it seems rather ridiculous that such a large percentage of wallets could be compromised on a regular basis. I dont know enough about the ethereum scene enough to formulate a possible reason, so if you could enlighten me, that'd be awesome.
Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?
All of us do really have the possible risk of getting hacked but as long we are not careless then it doesnt really matter at all.Theres no need to worry.Sometimes our curiosity leads us into things which we dont expect.Clicking random links or even on phishing links can really be done if we are not really aware on it.I would like to say that this forum does really help us about new possible scams that do exist today which im thankful that my awareness and knowledge do add up.
there's only a potential to get hacked if you leave a reason that would cause you to be vulnerable. a hard wallet with zero network connection with transactions only created and signed, then broadcast to the network on a separate machine, for example, leaves nearly zero risk of being compromised. there's always a reason a vulnerability exists, and more often than not, the user themselves are at fault for causing it.