Enigma is hacked, more than $ 470,000 Ethereum is stolen

An unidentified hacker has stolen Ethereum worth more than $ 471,000 - one of the most popular virtual currency and increasing value - in a hack where big virtual money is invested, Enigma.

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According to the announcement on Enigma's official website, an unknown person tried to hack their website, loosen their accounts and receive email notifications, upload pre-sales pages (presale) with fake fake ETH address to send money.

Spam hackers fake addresses on Enigma's newsletter (newsletter) and loosen accounts for pre-sales coins and trick victims into sending money to their addresses.

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Notice of previous sale tricked users

Etherscan, a search engine widely used on Ethereum Blockchain that allows users to search, confirm transactions easily, has also flagged that address has been hacked but people still send ETH to a fake address. this.

0x29d7d1dd5b6f9c864d9db560d72a247c178ae86b

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The fake address has been flagged red but many people still send Ether

At this point, hackers have gained more than 1487.90 Ether and are still receiving more money.

Hackers appeared only a few days after Enigma posted an article that instructed users on how to avoid fraud, fraud, spam and keep it safe when trading tokens.

'We work hard to build the future of data and transactions, investment in encryption, we want to take the time to talk about safety issues,' said the Enigma Project. 'Due to the strength of our development, our community has become the target. The worst things in the world of cryptography - fraud and fraud - are always attracted to good projects and communities'.

This hack marks the 5th Ethereum hacking in 2 months, following the following cases:

$ 8.4 million Ethereum at Veritaseum's ICO issuance.
$ 32 million Ethereum from Parity's Ethereum Wallet accounts.
Ethereum 7 million dollars from the Israel CoinDash startup ICO hack.
1 million dollars Ethereum and Bitcoin from Bithumb virtual currency trading platform.

It is currently unclear how the hacker hacked Enigma's system and hacked their website. Because many people are still sending Ethereum to the fake address, if you or your friends are involved, be alert. they.