Topic: HELP: Hacked Wallet (Read 398 times)
That's sad to hear that, someone wallet hacked is devastating to hear. Metamask is a safe wallet it just that end-users might have the fault for it. So never trust some sites and never authorized it on your metamask because it is reversible and once hacked there is nothing to do about it.
Now that the MM wallet has been hacked, what should I do?
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?Your wallet was not hacked, but you were the victim of your own stupidity. Most likely, you have fallen victim to a phishing scam and linked your wallet to a scam site. You should be more careful in the future.
I'd advise you to watch your mouth. I went to metamask.io which I was told, and researched, is the legitimate site. Just stay off my post.
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It's never a good feeling when one is hacked especially in this period when the value of cryptocurrency are on the increase. I've heard of several news about people getting hacked on metamask wallet and there really nothing that has been done to curb or prevent the reoccurrence of this issue.
That's obvious, but during this year I personally have never seen and heard that those who use Metamask wallets were hacked, because Metamask wallets are generally very safe and also have a double amount of security that has been implemented in them, but if it can still be hacked, it means it is the wallet user who is often negligent in guarding it.
As for now, you can't do anything as you wallet has already been hacked. You can't write to support team and ask for refunding, it is impossible. I wonder what kind of transaction you signed. If it was the transaction that allowed this web-site to spend your tokens, it is important to set a limit so that this webs-site is able to use only the sum of money that you want to use on it.
I set my Metamask wallet up to be a chrome extension on my computer yesterday and someone hacked into it and stole all of my coins/tokens. The thing is, I'd just signed up for a program where you create nodes thru Strongblock and get paid passive income to host that node on the ethereum network, meaning that node is connected/Affiliated with your wallet. There is no reversing it and you have to have the node associated with a wallet. Now that the MM wallet has been hacked, what should I do??
?I have used metamask for years and i just heard that someone could access our wallet with connected nodes, i'm sure everytime i want to log in into metamask i was asked for password or create a new password with seed phrase.
For safety if you still could access your wallet you should transfer all your balance to new wallet and just leave that passive income that caused you got hacked.
It's never a good feeling when one is hacked especially in this period when the value of cryptocurrency are on the increase. I've heard of several news about people getting hacked on metamask wallet and there really nothing that has been done to curb or prevent the reoccurrence of this issue.
The transaction wouldn't occur without your permission from Metamask. Either your device was hacked or you gave permission for a transaction. I know hackers could creak the password of Metamask, they need to access your device. That's the problem using a wallet that you aren't familiar with. You have to learn first before using a wallet because its fund related and there is a chance of losing funds. Cryptocurrency is irreversible, you can't get back your funds anyway. It's quite important to store your fund securely and the same wallet shouldn't use for a Ponzi or suspicious sites. There would be malware to jack your wallet or device. Hope you will take a lesson from this mistake and others as well.
Maybe wrong authorization that you accepted on your wallet is what is causing all the mess now My advice is move any fund if you have any and stop using the wallet Is already been compromised and also make sure the site you do visit and the real ones Scammers can make fake ones and have you click it. As for the wallet and node My advice is to set another node with a different wallet to be safe
Many previous post have already advised op to create new wallet offline so that it is safe. The fake sites are called phishing site or a clone site of the original. It's function is to steal what you have submitted to the site. Many have fallen for such trick if you are not careful about the site you are going to access. 
Maybe wrong authorization that you accepted on your wallet is what is causing all the mess now My advice is move any fund if you have any and stop using the wallet Is already been compromised and also make sure the site you do visit and the real ones Scammers can make fake ones and have you click it. As for the wallet and node My advice is to set another node with a different wallet to be safe
Now that the MM wallet has been hacked, what should I do??
?Your wallet was not hacked, but you were the victim of your own stupidity. Most likely, you have fallen victim to a phishing scam and linked your wallet to a scam site. You should be more careful in the future.
There is no reversing it and you have to have the node associated with a wallet. Now that the MM wallet has been hacked, what should I do??
You should do nothing and im sorry for your lose, the most important thing is if you wanna try to run or use 3rd service in your computer and you must try to make sure that you didn't use it in the same device that being used to store your wallet that contains all of your coins. Your coins can be returned and it seems like that the program that you have used it to sign up thru strongblock was a fake program. ?There may some possibilities but i do believe that if this is making the hacker was able stealing your money.
You must be careful there are so many fake software. So many people got hacked caused by they were accessing the program that already had keylogger on it.
I set my Metamask wallet up to be a chrome extension on my computer yesterday and someone hacked into it and stole all of my coins/tokens. The thing is, I'd just signed up for a program where you create nodes thru Strongblock and get paid passive income to host that node on the ethereum network, meaning that node is connected/Affiliated with your wallet. There is no reversing it and you have to have the node associated with a wallet. Now that the MM wallet has been hacked, what should I do??
If the hack is a private key leak I don't think there's anything you can do, but if the hack happened because you visited a phishing website and linked it to your wallet, you can revoke the permission at https://app.unrekt.net/ ?
@OP seems I saw everything from you almost sending a token on a wrong network, and later you still did that, and this. I can safely say that it is a *preventable* costly lesson. The amount you lost might cost a fortune but what next can be done is to start slowly learning the basic security practices about cryptocurrencies as a whole. There's nothing you can do regarding the lost amount, that's that. But if you still "blindly" continue without taking into account your expensive error that will be absurd.
From what I see that you are still new within this space, my only suggestion is to take a thoughtful steps to learn about cryptocurrency. Regarding the basic security practices I can recommend a collection of threads by @Ratimov, I suggest you should learn and comprehend what it is all about: Beginners & Help Encyclopedia: Security.
From what I see that you are still new within this space, my only suggestion is to take a thoughtful steps to learn about cryptocurrency. Regarding the basic security practices I can recommend a collection of threads by @Ratimov, I suggest you should learn and comprehend what it is all about: Beginners & Help Encyclopedia: Security.
Don't use metamask wallet on PC they are vulnerable to attacks because they are just web plugins meaning that codes can be run easily to hack them, the most safest wallet are hardware wallet and mobile wallets as far as they aren't centralised wallet.
Meta mask hacked like a passwords. See forums lice hashkiller, they cracked MANY metamask min 1 per week, 90-100% of wallets.
Meta mask not secure wallet.
Use metamask only in conjunction with a ledger or trezor hardware wallet. Then your wallet will be reliably protected.Meta mask not secure wallet.
This creates some inconvenience to use, but it comes at the cost of security.
If there are several hundred dollars stored on the wallet, then you can risk it.
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Just saying this because one thing j hate about Metamask wallet is that it is vulnerable to hacks because it is a web wallet.
The real Metamask web wallet is alright. I haven't heard or read anything that the codes were compromised/exploited. In most cases, these hacks happen because of the user's fault. Some of them are careful in not giving their seed phrase but careless in reading the Metamask pop up message before they click sign or confirm. In the latter's case, I've seen a message asking for authorization to spend your token. Just saying this because one thing j hate about Metamask wallet is that it is vulnerable to hacks because it is a web wallet.
I set my Metamask wallet up to be a chrome extension on my computer yesterday and someone hacked into it and stole all of my coins/tokens. The thing is, I'd just signed up for a program where you create nodes thru Strongblock and get paid passive income to host that node on the ethereum network, meaning that node is connected/Affiliated with your wallet. There is no reversing it and you have to have the node associated with a wallet. Now that the MM wallet has been hacked, what should I do??
Absolutely nothing, just abandon the wallet and get another, the fact is hacking schemes works better on windows OS so any slightly mistake your coins will be gone, it's why I advice people against metamask on PC I prefer the mobile version more, PC isn't the place you want to store your coins if you use the pc for other things online ?
I recall my experience few years ago, when my metamask wallet was Alsop hacked. It feels like metamask wallet is prone to hackers, maybe because it's a web wallet or the security features are not strong enough. There's really nothing anyone could do when your wallet get hacked and your funds are transferred out. We all need to be careful and cautious of metamask wallet.
Earn passive income by connencting your wallet? that is the trick used by telegram scammers to hack your wallet. No one should fall prey of such. Consider that wallet gone and never use it again, just uninstall and clean up your computer and start afresh.
If the Op was exposed to the stolen of all the coins in his Metamask wallet, I advise him to make a new Windows for his PC, perhaps someone hacked his device, or if he connected his wallet to one of the suspicious sites, he can create a new wallet and leave the old one, but you should know that next time if you connect Your wallet in one of the sites and you feel that it is a suspicious site, you should immediately click on your wallet, then ► the account option ► the connected sites ► disconnect the suspicious site.
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