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I use Meta Mask wallet. But I wonder, is it possibble to be attacted by hackers any way? My MEW wallet was stolen, that's why this question is problem for me.

Of course it is possible.  Heck even if you had paper wallet somebody can randomly get same private key and steal your coins along the way. Back to your question keep strong password on your metamask,  always double check to which wallet you are sending to as there are computer viruses that can switch what you copy and paste. Hacker can obtain the metamask files if they are good and this is why you want strong password.  If you are really paranoid go and buy hardware wallet for easy and secure solution.

Metamasc is known to everyone as an extension to the Chrome browser, which makes it easy to send transactions to the Ethereum network, setting Gas limit and Gas price in any volumes at its discretion. It is also known as the Metamask wallet, plug-in, etc., supporting the ERC20 standard. This means that you can send and receive not only the air, but also the tokens of smart contracts Ethereum
I myself use it to once again not shine a purse)))

everything stared with meta is probably a shit

It does not give great security but always something. The best are the Tazor wallet. The question that you have, and if you have money to buy such an offline wallet.

Definitely there is a chance of being affected by hackers if you were attacked earlier. No matter which wallet you are using actually. To keep your wallet, my suggestions are:

• Make a strong password
• Don't share security points, Not even any forum (hackers are everywhere
• Keep the backup of your private key securely

I wish you to keep your account safe.

Hackers can do everything they can to get what they want and hackers are always trying to find a gap in hacking our private keys, we'd better use a lot of security.

I’m sorry to hear that guy. As you know that everything which is connected with internet always brings us a big risk because on internet, nothing is secure. There is no doubt that there have a big amout of people using MEW because it’s much more secure than any other wallets. But it always never has a perfect safe in online wallet. Thus, although when our account is stolen which makes us definitely in bad mood, anyway we have to accept what happened to us.

i heard is still a way to hack this wallets. So nothing is sure in this days just be carefull and have split you money, don t keep all in the same wallet.

Metamask can't be easily hacked because it's not a web wallet like MEW. Metamask is a chrome extension so it difficult to be hacked except when the owner is careless with his or her private key

your new couldn't be stolen on its own. mew only gives you access to your address by using the private key. So you had to give away your private key in order to get hacked

the possibility of being hacked is definitely the most common of the phishing web traps or you give your security key to others. stay cautious about using metamasks beware of web phishing and carelessness to not tell your security key to others

Any way there is nothing impossible for those hacker to do because they keep there eye everywhere but I still think it will be difficult for them to get into meta mask because it has high security rate.

i think metamask still better than insert private key on exchange like etherdelta or idex. if u want safer u can buy hardware wallet like ledger or trezor.

very correct, it is true for now this is a very good metamask for its security than others, such as private key, and jason file, if in my opinion is still better metamask, so to hack hard, because the security is very high, my advice do not save the private key in the forlder without creating a password.

if you use Metamask but your wallet can be hacked, your computer may be infected with malware, phishing or keylogger, this is very dangerous and should re-install your pc,

Web based wallets could be attacked by hackers. Metamask is supposed to be an extra layer of security to access your MEW wallet. For some peace of mind, using a hardware wallet like Trezor, Ledger Nano S, etc is the best bet as they're more secured to store one's coins.

It could be hacked. There is no such thing as 100% sure in the space. Even Trezor and Ledger Nano could be hacked/hijack also so my suggestion is to keep in mind these security habits for keeping your wallet safe.
1. Never Connect into unknown public WiFi.
2. Install and use Anti-virus often.
3. Customize your PC for your safe security (other could leave phishing apps)
4. Don't click unknown links. If possible and you're on doubt, you could manually write it in your browser.
5. Trust your guts
6. Never Leave your PK on your PC.

Do these things, you could still be possible on getting hacked but this could help you avoid regret.

in my opinion using metamask as wallet security it's enough to secure our wallet from hacker even though there is another security system besides metamask

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many people had same doubt whether anyone can get random key of our address , then chances are no . we need a super quantum computer to get proper private key of any wallet . this is the beauty that you cant simply guess key with or without using any software .

metamask basically do all txn with its extension , so it is more safer than MEW . phishing chances are low in it .
but like you me too doubt what if someone hack metamask . so cant say if it can happen or not .

Anything do have the possibility on getting hacked an metamask isnt on the exclusion.The thing here is that the user of the said wallet either MEW or Metamask should really be responsible on how to set out best security of informations or keys regarding into its wallet because if you are careless no matter what wallet you do use,you will still end up on the same scenario which is losing money.If you are hesitant or do already have some doubts on using web wallets then why not try to use hardware ones.

I dont know if you guys are already aware that metamask do have a simillar app or a clone on the extension/add on market but the only difference is that the fake metamask do not have a fox logo while the original one do have.

That is why i suggest is to always check out if you downloaded the correct browser extension because nowadays hackers and phishers are any where .

online world is not safe , therfor much better if we can switch on to the hardware wallet or offline wallets in order to achieve a maximum security.

Oh my God, the level of ignorance in this thread. First off, there's no MEW wallet technically. You just used the site to generate your wallet address and private keys. Your ETH wallet can be accessed anywhere as long as you  have the keys or passphrase.

Your computer got hacked or you happen to send to some fake MEW site your private keys. The most insecure part of all this is you. Never share keys!

MetaMask is great if you install the real thing. You use it to interact with Ethereum services and thereby avoid sharing keys.

How can we know the genuine downloaded metamask?  Cause as I remember, even the entire MEW is already copied or cloned by someone or group of people, just to make a dirty move. Sorry for being a low idea about websites and other stuff.

if in my opinion it is not possible if using meta mask can be hacked, because it is very safe to use meta mask. no data data should be input. unlike the prpvate key that can be hacked by hackers/

Well, if still your private key is not on the safe place , we don't need to continue to discuss about the meta mask. Everything will be none sense if you are not careful to protect your private key. So don't save your private key on your email, too risky to do that.

if I think personally could be but maybe only 5% to hack a wallet account that has metamask. so it's perfectly safe to use metamasks instead of entering P.P.K .

according to me your Mew wallet is hacked because you are wrong in saving private key. or you've visited a phishing site
as a suggestion, you immediately create a new account, if there is any remaining tokens immediately move to the new Mew wallet. this has become the risk of this work.

Many people use MetaMask for safety. But there are still hacking options such as open an unknown letter in the mail, go to a phishing site accidentally, mistakenly enter a key instead of a wallet or go to an internet through someone else's wi-fi

According to me MetaMask is much more secure than MEW because now chrome only allows verified extensions which are published on the chrome store to be added to the browser meaning the chances of using a fake/phishing extension is negligible.
If you have a strong password then you should not worry much about getting hacked if you use MetaMask.

Using metamask is very safe as you do not need to enter your private key or JSON file. Therefore, if the hacker is not able to obtain your private key. I used metamask and was very pleased with its safety

The safest option that guarantees you the safety of your token is the sharing of two Wallets - a MEW and a hardware wallet, such as Ledger or Trezor.

Yes, I also agree wit your suggestion because hackers take every little opportunity the find to rob investors of their funds but if you have a strong password and you check all necessary things before any transaction, then your funds are safe and you can also buy the hardware wallet as it is very safe, secure and more reliable to store coin even on long term.

After my private key from myetherwallet was hacked, I only use MetaMask. So far I have not had any problems

but maybe if you enter a phishing site you can get malware which causes the wallet to be hacked, but as long as I use metamask it is always safe and there are no obstacles and levels of caution we have to be careful