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BETAWI

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Do not let this happen to many people or users of myetherwallet. This event is very worrying for us, especially myetherwallet users, who will definitely be anxious after reading your experience. Hopefully it won't happen again and enough for you to make experience.

ADgordo

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That is really sad bro . I dont have any idea about your hacking issue. But i am worrying about the security of our wallets. I have too many friends who lost tokens with different type of hacking. We need some high level security.

blingow

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Sorry that your Myetherwallet got hacked, even more sorry that you might have lost your funds there. Please, don't overthink this. Just shake it off, and don't give up on the system yet. Hold strong, and be alert this time around. Guard your login info and be careful with who you share your personal info with, so as to avoid a repeat of this.

indoagung88

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Hacking an account like this doesn't happen again, and I just heard of a case at MEW like this. I don't understand whether you got phishing from a website or other method. But this is a crime that disturbs many people. You better move all tokens to another wallet. It would be better, leave the wallet that has been hacked.

Getcoinsite

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Quote from: Sri1267 on March 25, 2018, 12:52:08 PM

Hi,

Today I checked my wallet and I noticed someone transferred 84(50$) CS tokens from account to 0xd8490b0a7db82be84d99ff6e047ed07769b7a6eb address. I know it is impossible to get those tokens and it is not a lot but I want to know how my account got hacked. Is there any way we could track how the person got my wallet key? Any help would be appreciated.

here is the transaction https://ethplorer.io/tx/0x3fbc60b142e314da6512881cd5141c8768e6ece19fd1756c47deb37827a7a7ec#pageSize=100

Thanks!

Edit: I have Zero ether in my account so I cannot transfer remaining tokens to another account. In order to transfer I need to buy ETH. Is it a good idea to buy ETH and transfer to old account then transfer remaining tokens to a new address?

My current ETH address
https://ethplorer.io/address/0xd66e6580605a90020b63c0f922311f5bdc36725c

Maybe you have entered the phishing site that is a fake MyEtherWallet because theres some sites or links that pretent to be a legit MEW but the truth is they are just a hacking site

Heres some thread that discusses how to get rid of this or prevent from being a victim,and if you have a time spend some to read this and learn the whole conversation

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-know-if-the-website-is-a-scam-there-you-find-it-4456502

And heres another one

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/crypto-scam-howto-protect-yourself-4264404

pragna

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Quote from: Sri1267 on March 25, 2018, 12:52:08 PM

Hi,

Today I checked my wallet and I noticed someone transferred 84(50$) CS tokens from account to 0xd8490b0a7db82be84d99ff6e047ed07769b7a6eb address. I know it is impossible to get those tokens and it is not a lot but I want to know how my account got hacked. Is there any way we could track how the person got my wallet key? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Edit: I have Zero ether in my account so I cannot transfer remaining tokens to another account. In order to transfer I need to buy ETH. Is it a good idea to buy ETH and transfer to old account then transfer remaining tokens to a new address?

Firstly i say no need to send ETH into that account because if you send eth it will also transfer by hacker instantly. On the other hand if it hacked? why other tokens not transfered?. It may be for that tokens value is no more. Everything is possible in crypto world and hacking is also normal thing. As for example if you used your MEW private key in any exchanger and if its DNS server hacked your account must will be hacked by hacker that happened in Etherdelta exchanger.

SistaFista

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Quote from: Sri1267 on March 25, 2018, 12:52:08 PM

Hi,

Today I checked my wallet and I noticed someone transferred 84(50$) CS tokens from account to 0xd8490b0a7db82be84d99ff6e047ed07769b7a6eb address. I know it is impossible to get those tokens and it is not a lot but I want to know how my account got hacked. Is there any way we could track how the person got my wallet key? Any help would be appreciated.

here is the transaction https://ethplorer.io/tx/0x3fbc60b142e314da6512881cd5141c8768e6ece19fd1756c47deb37827a7a7ec#pageSize=100

Thanks!

Edit: I have Zero ether in my account so I cannot transfer remaining tokens to another account. In order to transfer I need to buy ETH. Is it a good idea to buy ETH and transfer to old account then transfer remaining tokens to a new address?

My current ETH address
https://ethplorer.io/address/0xd66e6580605a90020b63c0f922311f5bdc36725c

Your wallet is not safe anymore to used, just change your wallet. Don't use MEW anymore if you are not aware of phishing sites.
Try to use hard wallet like ledger nano or at least use metamask wallet ( a browser extension ) to prevent more phishing hacking attempt in the future.

Stavri

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my mew also was hacked about 1 month ago. i also lost some money, i was keeping inside. and the reason was not myetherwallet. my computer was infected by some viruses or trojan that is why they could get my wallet.

TomiJerry

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I don't think that MEW was hacked. More relistic that you have been disclosed your private key to third parties. It is not MEW was hacked - it is YOU was hacked, anyway it is good lesson for future.

xarly1

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Unfortunately this happens all the time. Too many wallets, too many exchanges. Security was not the same as we expected.

tenebriscaelum

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My partner also got hacked in MEW, one of the reasons is that she got careless in one of the registrations in a campaign or airdrop. Or she got to a website that exposed her wallet. Good thing that it was just in her first airdrop and social media campaign earnings that we noticed it and immediately changed her wallet and integrated it to metamask for extra security. That is why we should be very careful in every thing we do specially in our crypto wallets if you think that a transaction, airdrop, bounty or website is fishy double check its credibility so that you will not lose anything.

MNtrio

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Quote from: Sri1267 on March 25, 2018, 12:52:08 PM

Hi,

Today I checked my wallet and I noticed someone transferred 84(50$) CS tokens from account to 0xd8490b0a7db82be84d99ff6e047ed07769b7a6eb address. I know it is impossible to get those tokens and it is not a lot but I want to know how my account got hacked. Is there any way we could track how the person got my wallet key? Any help would be appreciated.

here is the transaction https://ethplorer.io/tx/0x3fbc60b142e314da6512881cd5141c8768e6ece19fd1756c47deb37827a7a7ec#pageSize=100

Thanks!

Edit: I have Zero ether in my account so I cannot transfer remaining tokens to another account. In order to transfer I need to buy ETH. Is it a good idea to buy ETH and transfer to old account then transfer remaining tokens to a new address?

My current ETH address
https://ethplorer.io/address/0xd66e6580605a90020b63c0f922311f5bdc36725c

We face same problem this time one of our member of bitcoin in our relatives has been, they same what happen to your MEW account. She always doing airdrop since the start, I never teach them anything so I doubt in airdrop that send through email. So what we do is we donate her account little by little ETH so we can transfer her token faster before the hacker will get theme all. We discover to late almost all potential token has been transfer but we try all to transfer in the new MEW. When we search the MEW of the hacker it has comment in their. We really don't know how did he/she access the MEW of our family members.

Babayan

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Sir, it is so sad but you cant restore your funds, because it is your responsibility to store your pr key in safe place. Also i advice you to combine MEW with metamask, it will improve the safety of your wallet.

hidingyou

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Quote from: zafmine on March 25, 2018, 01:26:23 PM

i am getting worried more and more because there are a lot of people being hacked the wallet Sad

In this situation we are more alert and dont put our private key in a public software so that we can avoid problem and any hesitation in our mind.

kram31

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As i see the account posted on the picture, ONLY suspicious transaction is the CREDITS (CS)! {in your account}

You can see that the Mew of the reciever from your wallet is
https://etherscan.io/address/0xd8490b0a7db82be84d99ff6e047ed07769b7a6eb

which have other transactions including 5++ ETH..

main wallet of the reciever https://etherscan.io/address/0x2b5634c42055806a59e9107ed44d43c426e58258#tokentxns

These is really a huge pocket!

qiman

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Quote from: xys9ik0p on April 01, 2018, 03:09:42 AM

follow these steps will eliminated possibility of hack or phishing

1. Bookmark exchange , myetherwallet, blockchain etc (bookmark every exchange wallet)

2. Save only token address on notepad no private key ( check every coin you have as many time as you like)

3. check token info with address only without using private key (Never expose private key to anyone or site)

4. Use offline transaction to transfer coins (two computers needed )

This is very wise advice and I also recommend you opening multiple wallets as well so this way, less and less chances of losing all your coins. I remember when my Wife first opened her first MEW account and she got phished and lost like over 2k USD worth of tokens and Ethereum and she was devastated as she had worked so hard to collect them. If you can't get a hardware wallet, then open as many MEWS as you can and try to do all of the above that the Author here recommends. I am deeply saddened at the fact that people are working so hard and the thieves are working ever harder.

xys9ik0p

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follow these steps will eliminated possibility of hack or phishing

1. Bookmark exchange , myetherwallet, blockchain etc (bookmark every exchange wallet)

2. Save only token address on notepad no private key ( check every coin you have as many time as you like)

3. check token info with address only without using private key (Never expose private key to anyone or site)

4. Use offline transaction to transfer coins (two computers needed )

indika8821

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MyEtherWallet is a client-side wallet, which means you hold your keys. If someone gets your private key (keystore file, mnemonic, passwords), they have complete access to your funds. There is no stopping transactions, canceling transactions, or resetting passwords. Once a transaction is on the blockchain, it's final.

laros212

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https://tokensale.bitwings.org

Maybe you was ever going site pishing.then you haasbeen input your private key or pasword to join something there.

Marksmanio

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Really i don't believe that Mew can hack-able. I think your trusted person knew it and he/she do it.

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