Topic: [Warning] Even the official links aren't safe anymore. - page 2. (Read 331 times)
As wise man once said "Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins".
it wasn't supposed to be the official link Before you ask why the link when I am not new to the exchange, I joined too many telegram channels and scrolling through them to find huobi telegram seen annoying so I went through the exchange link.
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This is the handiwork of hackers. Cointelegraph reported that Huobi exchange have been hacked. According to the report, $7.9 million worth of assets have been stolen. This is another proof that centralized exchanges are not safe for storage of funds. Several posts have been made to show the danger of storing funds in CEX and I guess people are learning and making adjustments accordingly.
Let's hope they are able to arrest the situation before it get out of hand.
Let's hope they are able to arrest the situation before it get out of hand.
I'm not aware about the mentioned hack but that would be the most reasonable explanation of what happened.
When I first read the title of this topic I thought about a DNS hack, so, although it doesn't seem to be the case this time, anyone should be aware that, indeed, "even the official links aren't safe anymore", and I'm curious about who of us uses IPs instead of URLs.
When I first read the title of this topic I thought about a DNS hack, so, although it doesn't seem to be the case this time, anyone should be aware that, indeed, "even the official links aren't safe anymore", and I'm curious about who of us uses IPs instead of URLs.
Yes this is very serious issue, hackers are very active and they are looking for every door to enter and decieve people. This time they got a very special way to scam people. I asked in telegram official group and surprisingly, he didn't know either. let's me to tell what's actually happened.
Huobei updated their telegram group or username and telegram have a policy that after some time of inactivity they delete group/channel and then anyone could use same username/channel name. Scammer find this and created channel/group with same name. Is this is very old article Houbei team didn't aware about it.
Here are some discussion that I made with admin
Thanks OP , you did a well job by exposing here and now Houbei team will also remove these scam links
OP is right, this is official link but old data. you can check below
Huobei updated their telegram group or username and telegram have a policy that after some time of inactivity they delete group/channel and then anyone could use same username/channel name. Scammer find this and created channel/group with same name. Is this is very old article Houbei team didn't aware about it.
Here are some discussion that I made with admin
Thanks OP , you did a well job by exposing here and now Houbei team will also remove these scam links
Are you sure that you entered into their official website?
Because when I visited their official link which is : https://www.huobi.com/en-us/ I don't find any such telegram links like you shown in the screenshot so possibly you ended into a clone of Huobi aka HTX while searching the name on Google.
Always bookmark the official links, never trust the results appear on Google search.
Because when I visited their official link which is : https://www.huobi.com/en-us/ I don't find any such telegram links like you shown in the screenshot so possibly you ended into a clone of Huobi aka HTX while searching the name on Google.
Always bookmark the official links, never trust the results appear on Google search.
OP is right, this is official link but old data. you can check below
Code:
https://www.huobi.com/support/en-us/detail/44890678845210
Just like what others have said, the mistake is coming from You, it is obvious you gone through the wrong link. Maybe you should post the link here to help someone newbies identify the clone one.
Now the question is which application did you login your account into because you said it was from there you went to his clone site, if it is so then I think you have a bigger problem at hand because it seems you are using a wrong/phishing app or link to login to your houbi account
Now the question is which application did you login your account into because you said it was from there you went to his clone site, if it is so then I think you have a bigger problem at hand because it seems you are using a wrong/phishing app or link to login to your houbi account
I login to my huobi account as usual and I got a message that they stop the BTC deposit for some maintenance until further notice, cool and acceptable, but I was curious to know when the deposit will be back
That's probably due to their recent hack. For more information, you can visit the topic created by Rikafip. HTX (Huobi) hacked, $8 million lost
I don't find any such telegram links like you shown in the screenshot so possibly you ended into a clone of Huobi aka HTX while searching the name on Google.
If you scroll down to bottom of the page, you can see some buttons that can redirect you to their telegram group, Instagram, Facebook, etc. The link to their telegram on their website is different from what displayed on the image shared by OP.
Z390, you are probably getting the link from a fake website.
Are you sure that you entered into their official website?
Because when I visited their official link which is : https://www.huobi.com/en-us/ I don't find any such telegram links like you shown in the screenshot so possibly you ended into a clone of Huobi aka HTX while searching the name on Google.
Always bookmark the official links, never trust the results appear on Google search.
Because when I visited their official link which is : https://www.huobi.com/en-us/ I don't find any such telegram links like you shown in the screenshot so possibly you ended into a clone of Huobi aka HTX while searching the name on Google.
Always bookmark the official links, never trust the results appear on Google search.
When we advice and warn newbies on here about clicking on random links, we always end them advice with finding official links to everything, including software for PCs or apps for smartphones, but today I screamed out loud, saying...
it wasn't supposed to be the official link
I planned to sell my BTC on the Huobi exchange, and I am not new to this exchange at all, I know about their official links, including their Twitter account, telegram, and discord channel, but something new happened.
I login to my huobi account as usual and I got a message that they stop the BTC deposit for some maintenance until further notice, cool and acceptable, but I was curious to know when the deposit will be back, so I click on their official telegram link.
Before you ask why the link when I am not new to the exchange, I joined too many telegram channels and scrolling through them to find huobi telegram seen annoying so I went through the exchange link.
Here is what popped up after clicking on the link
They are trying to give me money, that I don't work for, $1000 USDT, and the funny part is the official telegram channel do open up as well, and it's the old popular Huobi telegram channel that I've always used, now this crap is asking me to insert my recovery seed to claim this free $1000 USDT.
For the fact that I click on the official Huobi telegram group, this is enough to confuse some people to insert their recovery seed, like what the hell? Coming from the official link? Like I share this to educate mostly crypto beginners, even if it's a messiah that comes asking for your recovery seed, you will be a fool to have trust them, do not trust any body with your recovery seed, it's yours and it should be yours only and privately.
Peace ✌️
it wasn't supposed to be the official link I planned to sell my BTC on the Huobi exchange, and I am not new to this exchange at all, I know about their official links, including their Twitter account, telegram, and discord channel, but something new happened.
I login to my huobi account as usual and I got a message that they stop the BTC deposit for some maintenance until further notice, cool and acceptable, but I was curious to know when the deposit will be back, so I click on their official telegram link.
Before you ask why the link when I am not new to the exchange, I joined too many telegram channels and scrolling through them to find huobi telegram seen annoying so I went through the exchange link.
Here is what popped up after clicking on the link
They are trying to give me money, that I don't work for, $1000 USDT, and the funny part is the official telegram channel do open up as well, and it's the old popular Huobi telegram channel that I've always used, now this crap is asking me to insert my recovery seed to claim this free $1000 USDT.
For the fact that I click on the official Huobi telegram group, this is enough to confuse some people to insert their recovery seed, like what the hell? Coming from the official link? Like I share this to educate mostly crypto beginners, even if it's a messiah that comes asking for your recovery seed, you will be a fool to have trust them, do not trust any body with your recovery seed, it's yours and it should be yours only and privately.
Peace ✌️
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