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A serious subject! (Theft of portfolios)
Airdrop Scam.
These days there is a promotion of some of the erydrobates of the coins and some are victims of registration and pay the bill that the loss of his portfolio.
briefly :
When you register Airdrop and you are asked to enter your wallet or insert the private-key or click on the wallet link to make sure you complete your registration in the Airdrop, cancel your work and know that there is a theft of your data. Some scammers create a site similar to Myetherwallet. Or add to the main site of the portfolio and then click on the link in the Adurdop, which will take you to your wallet here steal your data, especially the pre-emptive portfolio

Notice :

Do not open your wallet except through the official website of the portfolio
https://myetherwallet.com
Beware of e-mails that have an invitation to register in a website or e-mail.
For example, airdrop Scam is the same way to steal data and also sends an e-mail (invitation to register) which is now widespread these days and many have fallen victim to it
https://www.eosgas.io/kyc/
Please pay attention and caution
good luck for everbody.

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All these lazy hacker,  I wonder why they can't use their smartness to achieve something better in a legit way rather than stealing

It is because for them it is much easy to earn a profit in illegal way rather than working too hard just to earn legal...  For them it is too hard...  They didn't think that it is too unfair because we are all working here...  Hacking is everywhere that's why we need to be aware everyday...  We need to be careful and wise because if not our efforts and work will be go in vain...

this should be basic sense for people who understand how wallets work , but sadly most of airdrop users are people who are new to crypto in general and looking to make something to start with for free
hope that every site or telegram channel that spreads airdrops make this info pinned for new users in case these users wanted to join another airdrop that isn't listed by that source

intelligence that is misused, they should be able to find more useful work without having to harm others.
I have experienced problems with hackers several times, they really need to be alerted.

Well it's because people tend to do things that is easy for them to earn money. just like bitcoin, the amount it carries attracts catastrophe, it attracts phenomena to happened.

This will not happen if people will just educate themselves and refrain from giving their private key to anyone even companies it's a big no-no here in cryptocurrency it's like handling everything you had, this is not paypal where you can still recover your funds with the help of the third party.

Be careful with all the airdrops that need to provide a link to your wallet. It is definitely a scam to take money in your wallet.

We all have to aware of the Hackers. Not enter your private of your wallet in any wrong website or anywhere if any hacker find out your private key or password then you will do nothing and they fly with your coins or in other wards fly with your investment and you can do nothing because you can do nothing.

Thank you for the heads up. this is important for people with little knowledge in tech.
There are always going to be scams and hackers who try to get easy money.
Just gotta be more careful :-\

Victims of hackers is becoming more and more.People don't care about the safety of their funds falling into quite the classic schemes,sadly :(

Thank you for good asking on how to prevent of HACKERS because I am so interested to know and learn about it and I am glad why Hackers can access to there victimized members and the one I am learned is the guidelines to stopped the illegal way of HACKERS.

Good job, better to raise attentions helping newbies and those who are eager to work for airdrops to be more alert dealing with those scammers, they needed to make things smooth and free of hack, knowing the basic and understanding all the precautions can help them to be safe, we should be warned that hackers are always around waiting for another victims.

I've experience some Airdrop that attempts to hack each airdrop participants, they have a phishing site that has a link like myetherwallet but if you will check the link properly its not .com but other domain. They are asking to sign a message for that address but i immediately leave that site because i know that there is something fishy on the site. Be careful everyone you will never know each hackers tactics to scam or hack people for their own benefits.

Thanks for this Information. It's a great help for us to be more cautious and don't engage in something which is too good to be true. Someday, these hackers will reap what they sow.maybe not today, but someday.

I am very vigilant about my MEW account. I always check address bar whether I got the original MEW in order to log in to it. hackers are such a nuisance. we must look after ourselves as we can't stop them.

The other negative thing that mostly goes unnoticed, is how people willingly sacrifice their real identity, when they link their email address to their wallet. Once these hackers gets hold of the email address, they know a Crypto currency user is linked to that address and they can start to focus their attention on that specific user. <sending spoof links and malicious scripts to that email address>

People are willingly giving hackers a database of Crypto currency users, when they participate in these airdrops.  ::)

Yea, there are many hackers around us. We must be careful when we opened our online wallet because it can be a phishing website that we login into. Always check the security of the website, bookmark the original one because hackers always spread the phishing website to attend our private keys or password. Be careful guys.

This kind of people are those lazy people who want an instant income with the others hardwork. This is one of  the cause in crypto downfall because most high investor would not going to continue investing due to investment lossing through the involvement of this hackers or scammer. So all we have to do is be safe always specially transacting account with your money.

It's nature of this filed. there may be hackers are everywhere. I feel like we must secure our wallets and private key to don't give anyone. sometime some airdrops and bounty program ask our private key when ask like that if we provide that key whether know or don't know. Our all coins and tokens will be missing as soon as possible. if you stay and work this filed you must keep your keys and secure world better place for store.   

i think it wil not happen if everyone pay attention and find out they can not be hacked their account.
this will be happen with newbie and the person who just participate in crypto.

We should be careful in the hackers because there are people who can hack your account through the websites that you enter so be careful in the websites that you are visiting. Think before you click.

I think where ever be in the internet, there also have hackers. So does Bitcoin. Furthermore, Bitcoin is a huge profit which makes people can become richer and richer or not. And, Hackers are inevitable. The most important thing I just suggest for you that you must be careful. Specially you  choose some wallets to store bitcoin.

In cases where a website is always https, but one day it has an unencrypted connection error, which may be due to the following reasons:

The certificate has expired but the website has not been renewed.
Website changes the server intentionally, making the parameters on the certificate do not match.
Website is changed server is not targeted, may be hackers navigate or have taken control of the website.

Most of the people here are very love to get an airdrop so their wallet can be filled with a lot of tokens, they said. But, it turnover the fact.

be careful of those hackers.  Those who attempts to steal all your fruit of hard work.  Knowing that they are smart enough to earn using their abilities it makes me wonder why they have to hack all those hard earned fruits of ours.

These scammers are everywhere and continue to look for means to steal information from innocent people. One has to be extremely careful these days. Double check everything carefully at all times to avoid issues. God help us all.

Thank you very much for the advice. I think that a few dozen users of this topic you have saved from losing their money ;)

Thank you very much for the advice you gave, it is very useful for me. Yes, keeping our e-mails is very important, to avoid the crime of hackers. we all need to be careful.

The harsh and evil deeds of scammers has been rampaging the cryptocurrency atmosphere creating unbelievable and sad tales to victims. Just Last week, a friend of mine lost a wallet containing over $5k worth of tokens to the cold hands of scammers. He has been devastated the last few days. This is just one of the several cases out there. My advice is, try to be careful with the kinds of websites you put your wallet details into, double check if you are truly accessing the genuine site of your host wallet client. Try to move your valuable coins to a separate wallet and lock the wallet away. Only access it when need be. If you are trading on any DEX website, create a different wallet for such and only use that wallet for that particular purposes. Scammers could target anyone but we must try to limit our vulnerability.

hackers are very smart people, so copying other people's websites is an easy job for them. my advice if you want to use an online wallet or want to enter using a private key, then be careful, I always save the original website in notepad or on my gmail to be safer

Hackers are very rampant on online especially crypto is on trend now and that makes  it vulnerable by stealing coins without knowing it so just very vigilant about it. Always keep in mind that safekeeping your private key is always your responsibility and never give it to others. Mostly hackers used phishing method and they very used on Airdrops and Telegram bots asking private keys to claim earned tokens and mostly newbies always got victimized so just be safe and always check legit sites from URL above.

Hackers means a lier and a people who doesn't want to get tired to get what they want to achieved in their own life. They are all smart enough to hack all the things they want too. So be careful, and protect our own site or e-mails coz that's the best thing what we have to do.

Actually in our current time there are a lot of hackers we found in this fields therefore all we need to do is to be much alert and aware specially be careful in every steps or decisions we've made or we are making in the near future to make us much safest and has a capability to avoid in a lot of hackers that surroundings to us. Make sure that our private key is safe and the only person that knowing this is only us as a owner.

WOW. We need upgrade our security. Don't be deceived, Be a smart person. Be careful to the airdrop who force you to join with them, this is can steal your privacy account or privacy information. :)

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are becoming known as game-changers in many different and unique ways, but security isn’t yet sufficient to ensure your coins remain safe. Decentralization is great, privacy is great, but in order to take advantage of these features you’ll definitely need to remember that it also means YOU are the only one who can protect your Bitcoin from hackers, thieves and other bad actors.
Here are some tips hackers use to still bitcoins
1.      Copy/Paste Spoofing – Because the hexadecimal addresses used by cryptocurrencies are nearly impossible to remember, and prone to errors when typing directly, most people use the copy/paste feature when sending Bitcoin or other coins to a wallet address. The problem is that hackers are known to use malware such as CryptoShuffler that acts to replace the address you copied with a different address. Avoiding the theft of your coins is simple if a bit time-consuming. You simply need to check every address to verify it is correct before sending your coins. Even better, use QR codes. And install and anti-malware program on your computer and run it regularly. You can get both Bitdefender and Malwarebytes for free. Finally, don’t ever download and install any app you’re not sure is safe.
2.      Fake Mobile Apps – The selection of apps in the Google Play and iTunes stores continues growing exponentially, and because these services are run by Google and Apple we tend to trust the apps by default. This is a mistake as hackers are now known to publish fake apps that steal user data under names that appear to be authentic. The most well known is the Poloniex hack which surfaced in October 2017.  Follow these steps to remain safe from this type of hack: Make sure the service you are using really offers a mobile app – if that is the case, the app should have a link on the service’s official website. Pay attention to app ratings and reviews. Be cautious of third party apps triggering alerts and windows appearing to be connected to Google – misusing users’ trust for Google is a popular trick among cybercriminals. Use 2FA for an additional (and often crucial) layer of security.
3.      Slack Bot Hacks – Slack is an online messaging system that has becoming increasingly popular in large organizations, especially in the technology space. One interesting feature of Slack is the use of bots, automated programs that can do a myriad of tasks including finding and organizing information and even ordering ice cream. Unfortunately hackers have taken to bots on Slack as well, and now there are bots that will warn you about a security breach on your wallet, directing you to a URL that then asks for your login information or private keys. Avoid these like the plague and report them if they contact you.
4.      Dangerous Browser Extensions – Efficiency is always a good thing, and there are browser extensions that promise to increase your efficiency on certain trading sites. The problem is that these browser extensions might also be reading and storing everything you type while using them. Find another way to be efficient and avoid the browser extensions to remain safe. In fact, avoid ANY browser extension related to cryptocurrencies. (there are some exceptions like Metamask for Chrome)
5.   Free Airdrops of Coins – An airdrop is a free distribution of coins that is used either to reward existing coin holders or to bring more users in to a coin in an effort to bootstrap the service behind the coin or token. On the surface it seems great because you’re getting something for nothing, and some airdropped coins have gone on to increase in value by 1000’s percent. Of course with the possibility of stealing personal information hackers have joined in to offer airdrops when there are none by directing you to a URL where they steal your personal information or private keys. Some require you to download a wallet specifically for the airdropped coins, and that wallet includes malware. Be very careful if you want to participate in airdrops and take everything with a huge degree of skepticism.

i hope this would help you a little bit.

https://coinbeginners.com/beware-12-tricks-hackers-use-steal-bitcoin/

It's true hacker's now a day's are very smart that's why we need to be careful from them like joining any airdrops we should to be careful when filling their form they want to steal our account or our personal information by giving phishing site for them to easily hack us.

Nowadays there are many people who don't have money to invest in bitcoin but they want to have it. So that some of them have a bad idea on how to get bitcoin and the idea that they have is to hack people who have bitcoin. They don't know who are the people who have bitcoin, therefore they make fake bitcoin wallet and the people who will use that wallet will get their crypto currency or bitcoin. Be wise in choosing your digital wallet, and don't open your digital wallet in websites or browser.

Yes, nowadays many hackers to our surrounding we cannot stop they doing because we don't them, don't know the cycle of their mind but if we can't stop them we are the responsible to escape hackers like be precaution, being alert and ready to your account. Think of it that will not happen if all people are educated and know the importance of everything.

Airdrop has been a source of so much concern to bounty hunters. Some are scams while others if when they pay will not worth more than 5$ which is not worth the gas needed to withdraw it. Then it has been another hacking method which accounts are being compromised. They will send a phishing email of which once you click the link your  private key is gone with them and your account is naked to them. the best is to avoid airdrops totally.

Some bounty requires its participants to "deposit" certain amount of ETH to be able to withdraw their rewards. And you as participants wanted to get your reward and clicked that link and requires you to enter your private key". And there are a lot of gullible people who can easily fall for this trapped. Just your your common sense, don't send anyone your private key simple as that.

People click mindlessly on all links without even wondering where they come from. By greediness, they register for crap and nothing worth airdrop, where the profit is pitifully low. Then they complain that they were robbed. It's enough to follow the basic security rules often described on the forum to avoid robbing by hackers.

I think you should bookmark online wallet to avoid phishing attack.
Alway check green bar ssl and do not use vpn to connect to your online wallet because it is bot safe.

It is a common thing. Hackers was and always will be. That or another way, in every kind of things, where money is involved, there will be a group of people, that will be trying to steal your money.

Rule number one, which covers all the ground rules to avoid hackers are to never disclose any personal information while dealing in crypto. No matter what, if any identification number such as the wallet's ID is asked, just avoid it. For example some airdrops provide link to your wallets. do not proceed further with these.

Really we should be more conscious from the hackers because with the every passing day they are creating new techniques of hacking so, we need to think one step ahead from them.

It is the most important thing in this crypto world because you may become a great investor and earn a lot but if you are careful about the hackers and your wallet if hack then all of this will become meaningless.

the hacker account is a lazy person who likes to steal without wanting to work hard. it is very detrimental and makes many people worried. they should use their intelligence to make things useful for many people. thank you for the information you shared for all of us here, it is very useful to be more vigilant.

Securing your wallet is the surest way to protect account from been hacked. With bookmarking your favorite exchange and wallet clients, you can be saved from entering a phishing websites.

With the every update of the system the hackers are also updating themselves so, it is very important to beware of those hackers.

I was a victim of airdrop scam, I didn't know until I started seeing transactions from my wallet. It taught me a huge lesson, these days I don't take part in airdrops because the risk is more than the benefit.

Really appreciate your article because you do a great job and it is the duty of all of us to aware others about the hackers and their dangerous activities.

The hackers are everywhere. They have become a serious menace to deal with in cryptocurrency. They are in every sections of cryptocurrency, their target most times is the victims wallet or exchange account. Beware of your browser plugins and unknown ads showing up on your device.

It is the main thing because if hacker hake our wallet then nothing will going to left and we will have nothing to do except regretting so, better be careful from now.

In order to save our crypto we need always be aware and also use double security system and also choose hard and best wallet.

Hacker are the big problem in this cyber and crypto world and we need to take necessary step and also always be aware of them always.

Is very interesting for me, on the myetherwallet, a hacker who doesn't have a file with a purse, can to get a access the funds if he has a password and a purse address?

Personally, I dont get involved in anything that requires me to share my passkey. Seeing that alone is a no no for me. i think everyone should know that. You do not have to share your passkey with anyone for any reason whatsoever. Be it airdrop, bounty, or KYC.

Very informative and important article. If hackers become successful then will will lost everything so, it is better to make our security as hard as we can.

thank for very good infomation.

many hackers prey hugely on the ignorance of many participants especially those who are new to the space, I have seen a lot of unsolicited emails masking as legitimate airdrops, they only problem is that they are either malicious links or they are requesting for my private keys

This was very common at some point untill people became wiser for it, they called them "self-airdrops" which often turn out to be some shitty coins, it even occur in bounties where they ask you to send gas fee. Cibus network is an example, I am still waiting for my tokens even after doing kyc and sending the gas fees

Hackers spend so much time devising schemes to trick people and steal... If they were to simply devote time to working hard or learning skill-sets they could probably make even more money than they do illegitimately   ???

We all know that hackers are everywhere. And also we didn't notice when our account are being hacked.
So be careful on opening malicious website are unknown source.. because in just one mistake it will turn to zero.

Can't avoid these people have nothing heart stealing of investment from the people working very hard to earn in the fair ways
We need to be careful because have many people in use their talent for the bad ways
Investigate first before joining any kind of project to make sure not scam and secured not to hack your wallet

This awareness is timely with the increasing presence of scammers in the crypto world.Those new to this industry will be armed with valuable information that will enable them detect scammers early.Those scammers are very intelligent hence should channel their energy to legally productive ventures.

this is so true. its so sad that a lot of people has fallen victim for such. the first time i was told by a friend, i doubted and believed it was not possible but i was surprised when he did a little test for me using his brothers account, that was when i believed him. he went further to show and explain how its been done, i was dumbfounded, still till this moment i cant thank him enough. since then i have been very careful by only clicking on something i'm sure of

this scam issue is seriously becoming alarming. i receive al kinds of mails on a daily basis about airdrops and kyc and all that asking you to fill form and fill that. one has to be very careful before clicking those links. i suggest you always double check, sometimes go to the company's telegram group to confirm if such message is approved or not

The methods used by hackers have definitely evolved in recent times, as their methods have becoming more difficult to detect due to their subtle nature. This is why we need to ensure our online details and funds are made secure as possible to prevent the wrong persons from gaining access to our details.

The hackers are very dangerous to cryptocurrency and everyone should take extra caution in protecting their crypto wallets.

All these hackers are very bad ,one have to be careful to avoid being a victim and take caution on your crypto wallet account their all over the internet so be careful  .

I have very little technology, is this news not safe :(

Yes, Be aware to hackers especially to your account mostly if your  account have a lot amount of money so be careful and don’t easily trust to anyone especially to stranger people and make a strong and difficult password that not easily to guess.

Yes, these days hackers has became pretty advanced and have invented new ideas to scam people. Airdrop scams are the newest. Wallet hacks too has been happening pretty often but these mostly happen due to a person's mistake.

I strongly saying also this guys, BE RESPONSIBLE. First thing First. Entering a wide and broad technological business like this has a many chance for you to hacked or scammed. For me the most reliable advice is to be responsible at all times. Before joining Airdrops, Bounties and any kind of business that has a crypto involve you must be wise and study before joining it may contain now hacking strategies and techniques.

Does a hacker have a wallet can access the fund if he has a password and wallet address? Seeing that alone is not for me. You do not have to share your password with anyone for any reason.

Yes. Hackers are headache to investors in cryptocurrency because they create problems. To protect yourself from hackers,  you need not to share your key or password to anyone.

This article will help a lot of crypto enthusiast in the community! Hackers and Scammers are crypto main problem ever since until now. Have you heard about Myshield, an Anti-Scam platform that will help us in all our online trabsaction. This project will give us confidence that we deserved in this industry.

Not all of these hackers are making a problem, some of them are creating reasons and proofs thay a certain program or code is bad for a certain site or services. In fact most of these hackers works for companies to improve their securities. If they can't hack, they will not be able to develop or improve their security.

Cryptocurrency is proliferating, and there is a lot of growth in the short term with huge profits. Crypto is becoming hotter than ever, and it has become a target for hackers. Depending on the various forms of hackers can take advantage of the user's personal information and from stealing their Altcoins.

In the crypto world we must be careful because many people do not like us who are looking for hard work. Therefore you must make everything your own privacy and never tell anyone.

Hackers are always there and it is big problem of crypto world that's why we need to alert and careful to all transaction we make and please don't tell anyone your personal information in your investment in cryptocurrency.

I think the biggest problem in these day of crypto world is scammers and hackers. Because they're so dangerous for us and can make us loss our money instantly. And of course we have to aware with that.

Of course these guys thinks getting people scammed is the easiest way but looking at it, they had to take their precious time researching, studying and coming up with a dirty ideas and from what i understand, it takes time to bring everything together.

Why not use this time to do something positive and productive. Its too bad

Hackers have been our problems this guy's should used their time to upgrade our technology not used it and cause disasters in our technology system.

I think where ever be in the internet, there also have hackers. So does Bitcoin. Furthermore, Bitcoin is a huge profit which makes people can become richer and richer or not. And, Hackers are inevitable. The most important thing I just suggest for you that you must be careful. Specially you  choose some wallets to store bitcoin.

Now, most of the Airdrops are scams and try to steal others fund and most of them do these kinds of shit thing and got hacked there wallet. Stay alert if you are doing these kind of shit

The main awareness of current generation is hackers, where there is huge investment there is a hackers, so be careful to keep your documents, files, any your accounts and keep with strong passwords.

I hope new people will make use of this advice ,thanks for spreading the detail and again people should be aware of telegram scams as well its spreading this days ,be wise infact I'd say stay away from online web wallets.

Thank you for this tips of yours, I know that hackers will make a way just to rob your account.

Even telegram bot mining, is a scam so be careful..

I know a lot of new users think it's really easy to get hacked and lose their cryptocurrency.  But if you follow simple security tips your funds will be safe.

-Never keep a large amount of coins on an exchange

-Send transactions through an airgapped computer or use a hardware wallet so your key is completely protected from the internet

-Always have backups! You never know when a flash drive or computer will fail

-Make sure to have a back up plan to transfer your crypto in case of death

I think these are the basic rules you need to know in crypto to avoid hackers and scammers. People need to study and learn more about crypto before joining because hackers are really targeting newbies to this industry who doesn't know much of it. People must always keep that in mind to secure their wallets.

In most cases, hackers break open exchanges and exchangers. If we take privately for us investors and users need to follow certain rules. When exchanging, it is necessary to type sites (original) correctly, and not to visit various sites where the virus can get.

Recently, I agree, you need to be extremely careful, because a lot of scams exist at the moment and each of them knows what to do, and can deceive you, so be careful and do not believe anyone.

just exercise usual caution and use common sense
if anyone or any application asks you to login into your wallet or account using their  extensions,frames or programmes
just close it and don't trust your money to people who promise you crazy returns or quick money
if something sounds too good to be true , then in most cases it really is not true :)
free cheese can only be found in mousetraps, bitcoin transactions are irreversible ,so if you  got scammed there is no returning of your coins , usually

They might be a problem, but if we will be looking it at the opposite direction, they are the reason why there are a lot of people and sites that makes their way to improve their securities. With these hackers or scammers, there will be a lot of people getting cautious to what they are doing and whenever they are making their transactions.

This should be basic sense for people who understand how wallets work , but sadly most of airdrop users are people who are new to crypto in general and looking to make something to start with for free . Not enter your private of your wallet in any wrong website or anywhere if any hacker find out your private key or password then you will do nothing and they fly with your coins or in other wards fly with your investment and you can do nothing because you can do nothing.

In my opinion, the Internet is not strongly protected by law, and this leads to impunity and the growth of various fraudsters. But ... if you introduce tough laws, you get general control, and this is also not good, a vicious circle.

Yes, you have to stay really careful nowadays.. Hackers are everywhere and can destroy your life if you're not smart enough.
Try do store your password into a safe place and never reveal anything unsecure.

As if there was not,but watch course, despite such news and not dropped(relatively) much.Remember how before the course fell because of the slightest fart in the direction of the cue ball.

i think there is no need to afraid of hackers has  cryptocurrency  is secured by mathematical analogs and it is difficult to hack this

I think where ever be in the internet, there also have hackers. So does Bitcoin. Furthermore, Bitcoin is a huge profit which makes people can become richer and richer or not. And, Hackers are inevitable. The most important thing I just suggest for you that you must be careful. Specially you  choose some wallets to store bitcoin.

I have been playing games and social media since there are hackers in this world, let alone bitcoin which has always been the target of hackers to take without our wallet permission so stay alert and use an app that helps to secure you and stay alert

This is not a matter of a person’s mind but of inattention and a desire to quickly receive an award. Mostly, hacking wallets occur when people lose their vigilance and go over dubious links or don't look attentively at the address of the site or the sender of the email. It is better not to click on the links in the emails at all unless you are 100% sure who sent it to you.

IMO offline wallet such as Electrum become the wise choice. Using hardware such like ledger also great choice as long as it's not being stolen or losses.

Yes, in this digital world, everything become hackable so we as user must be more caution because the risk is as much as real life's.
Try to figure how to protect in youtube for example

This is what we should be aware of HACKERS!

Often times we are bothered by Hackers, even though there is no law regarding theft on bitcoin, at least we can keep bitcoin safer and use 2FA to be safer and not use our personal emails that others can see, if you already do it all does not mean you will be safe from Hackers attacks, but you can be more careful about the fising link or a private message on an email or link link that can record your passwod ...

Why do scammers do not do the good work instead of doing wrong and use their bitcoin knowledge to make their own focus on it. Just be careful now and think wisely on what you are want to buy.

Personal details and private keys should always be kept away, if possible offline. We need to have these discussions at intervals especially issues that have to do with hacking wallets/exchanges. We need more information regarding clicking links that could lead to ones private keys, data and other information that could lead to being hacked.

It is important to avoid:
1. duplicating passwords, that is, using the same password in different platfroms,
2. not properly hiding your private keys
3. clicking on phishing sites
4. using simple passwords
6. etc.

A lot of pishing scam site similar to looking myetherwallet so we need to be careful. Don't sign up in any airdrop related website because hacker try to collect your important data even some airdrop asking private key this is absolutely unpair i think. Many airdrop related invitation i got always but i never try to open this scam link.   

I must always be careful and careful in maintaining the security of my wallet because there are so many hackers right now. of course this is very disturbing but this is the risk when we hold money. if we are careless and negligent at all, then whatever will happen to us.

I hate hackers, and they are hacked them many times into my computer system. It is becoming more and more troublesome to merely log on to an unconfirmed website that will cause you a lot of trouble. I am getting worse when hackers attacked me yesterday, this things so wrong.

There are millions of hackers who are in a position to do everything in our lives, and there are a lot of hacker teams and unions that have to be able to keep our passwords protected. This is why hacker teams must take our measure if we need to write software or we should write our password until we forget ourselves even if you have an account by a hacker, maybe you can lose trillions.

Unfortunately their are millions of hackers available now.Some of them involved in hacking of money in bank account before.Now bitcoin is used as currency in some of the countries and assets like gold in some countries.So this makes the hacker to start to hack bitcoin and cryptocurrency.We should take care of our money and bitcoin .So protect your bitcoin by some security setup.

This means that your system is very less protected and you are visiting lot of phishing sites due to which your computer is getting hacked lot of time.

Why dont you one time delete all partition in your hard disk and reconstruct new one and install a fresh operating system and stop visiting all phishing sites so that you wont get hacked

I never visit phishing sites and i dont keep my wallets in the desktop which i use for regular purpose. This way i can keep safe of my wallets from getting hacked.

Yes,i was lost my 12000$ and also 200+token when delta was hacked. Hacker destroys my life totally and also end my dream and my happiness and i hope God will punish them. So Be carefully never give your any pvt key on phishing or spam site.Nowadays hacker send mail and create a phishing site like as original wallet so use cryptonite or always click original site otherwise lost your asset forever

This is what we must be aware of. We really have to take care of our assets, not to be stolen by irresponsible hackers. Do not easily believe in the lure of high value, never use a private key to open sites that you do not know, Keep your Main Email that you use registration exchanges in which there are lots of your assets. I hope we all avoid hackers who are not responsible.

Airdrop without a link to a product or service which can be verify for it authenticity is likely to be a scam. Any link that ask you to access your myetherwallet is surely a phishing site.Bookmark your MEW so you can access your wallet from there anytime.

I have heard about hackers for many times and I am really afraid of their possible attacks. I hope that I will be lucky not to face any scams and traps of hackers because I don't know how to deal with them

That is one of the important thing we should be aware. Nowadays, many hackers are in, that is why it is good to know every address that you enter and make sure to secure your account and password.

Today there are many smarter hackers, they do everything they can to get their evil intentions out. I've experienced something like that, I clicked on the link, then suddenly entered "Myetherwallet" and after that all my coins disappeared. . !! it was a very bitter event for me ..

playing with the internet, hackers are one thing that makes us lose, he is a thief who wants to get money easily. one of the avoidance of hackers in crypto is, do not store our assets in 1 wallet, for example save on myetherwallet, if you have a lot of coins that are quite expensive and in large quantities, can be divided into several wallets, so hackers are not interested in stealing our assets.

The fact is that hackers always attract money and profitable business. After all, here you can cash in on trusting users of cryptocurrency.

I have heard the word hackers several times. so we must always be careful in any case. still keep our account and our wallet so hackers find it difficult to hack our account and get profit.

we have to eradicate hackers and hackers to the detriment of those of us who have been working for a lot of time in coins from the beginning until now how do we have to eradicate hackers and will damage the image of bitcoin if it is maintained in my opinion

we must be able to eradicate hackers and must be asserted that hackers are our enemies so we must act. Don't be quiet. We have to be hackers' opponents all over the world. We don't want us to be stolen or robbed.

Thank you very much for the useful information that you have provided me. Thanks to it, I can avoid hacking my account

Different types of scams related to money or banks are now happening in same way with bitcoins. Fore this to end, we need to make people more aware of the current scams and money lost bu others. This should also be spread offline in addition to social networking websites.

yes be aware of hackers don't put your private key everywhere and don't share it with anyone keep it safe that should be your first priority

I received few emails and they are pretending to be myetherwallet but they are fake there was no LLC and also there was no SSL. And there was some mistake in spelling and I blocked that email. Be aware crypto trader and don't believe all email that you received

Unfortunately, this is one of the things I fear most. It can be very sad that the labor we have done so suddenly disappears. So I'm trying to get too much attention. I hope we don't have a situation like this.

You are absolutely right, now divorced a very large number of scams and need to be very careful, otherwise you risk losing all your money

If you dont want your investment to be hacked you should get AML BitCoins. AML BitCoin rests on a privately regulated public blockchain that facilitates AML-KYC compliance and identifies criminals associated with illicit transactions while maintaining and strengthening the privacy protections for legitimate users.

Hackers and scammers are a very worrying issue in the cryptocurrency market because when stolen property nobody can guarantee and get back to the investor. So always be careful about every transaction and safeguard your assets before you invest in the market.

Thanks for this very informative reminder mate. Scams and phishing has been rampant lately especially on airdrop campaigns where people can easily lure on fraud acts by faking legit sites. This is one of the main reason why crypto acceptance/adoption is too slow to the majority since many are afraid of getting scam on this so called scam ICOs and phishing sites. Thus, it must be a prerequisite before entering this business is that you know how to safekeep you cryptos and assets.

because in my country it still can't be used. Digital currency is either bitcoin or other crypto. to buy goods in the real world bro. therefore I have to keep fiat currency as a transaction tool to buy in the real world bro .

Sometimes I wonder why certain dishonest individuals want to  scam people of the little they have gathered. It is usually devastating to hear news of people getting scammed of their private keys. All we can do as good crypto enthusiasts is by adhering to the various security measures that has been put in place.

nah this is what we must be aware when we invest on internet system its so fragiille than u save in the bank or invest something who had phisiqal object. not all people can do hack but it serrious problem to learn internet security. and i agree with u when hackers steal ur data is the big problem.

Great advice for all as no one is too big to fall prey to these hackers no matter cheap It might look. Your wallet security should always be your priority

there are many hackers in this world, especially in the cryptocurrencies world, because they think in this sector there are many bug and mistake that will do by people that use cryptocurrencies, so if you are the user of cryptocurrencies, my advice check the link that you access twice, or you can bookmark the link

this kind of thing has often happened in the crypto world. I suggest that you do not give any of your wallets, or create a wallet add that is not your main wallet so you don't need to be afraid to get hacked

Thats right, because very often I find replica sites for phishing, where they have sites that are very similar to the original site. You have to double check the link if you want to log in anywhere, especially wallet and exchange. because I myself was a victim of phishing because of my negligence

hope every one have learn any case, because this is money and assets, hackers always hungry to chase the weak one of you.
you will save your wallet in the best place right?

Hackers are a real problem. One time I was given a tasked to trace a hacker. The owner's wallet was probably hacked using fake or phishing  sites. It was probably the most easy method where they could access accounts. I noticed that upon tracing I learned that several accounts were also hacked and many reported being so sad about the loss of several thousands of various coins. The tracIng I did went on to find facebook accounts, telegram and bitcointalk accounts. Too many which I guess was made to cover the real hacker. I think this is not just a work of an individual as it seems they are a group. Being in a group they would be so destructive. So really use your computers safely and better do an offline transaction to make a very safety processing of transactions on your wallet accounts.

yes it's true that there are many hackers around us right now, now we have to be more careful in opening the site, don't get into the phishing sites spread by hackers to get our private keys, we better bookmark all the sites we usually visit in order to avoid phishing sites.

My experience for today I received a notification to my e-mail, there was a message telling me to enter Myether's private key wallet to claim Token from the Bounty campaign I was following, but why is it strange that he told me to send my private key? is he a hacker or a fraud?

So many bounty hunters have been hacked through high promising airdrops, some will go as far as using successful projects that are already in coinmarketcap and even asked bounty hunters to send some ethereum in order to use it as gas to send the token. Bounty hunters should not reach to fill airdrop forms.

I appreciate your good thoughts of sharing this and I hope people can just change and stop looking for cheap money. That is why, despite torrents of advice, we still find people falling victim of hacking through looking for airdrop everywhere and not following advice.

Thanks for giving such meanful information you give. It help many users to avoid being attacked by hackers

Most bitcoin storage vaults have ultra-high levels of security through multiple layers or features that allow users to print their wallets themselves for safekeeping. However, you absolutely must not disclose your wallet information to anyone, because if they have login information on your wallet, they can make a transaction and steal the entire number of bitcoin in your wallet. Many people with no knowledge, not enough knowledge can easily lead to fraud.

It is surely a hacker, it tries by different way to extract the private key of people. They are very strong and many people fall into their trap.

The hacker phenomenon has happened a lot everywhere, because they are very lazy hackers at work and want things instantly and not wordy. Really they are useless people.

Maybe these information may aware those bitcoin users that really trust their bitcoin wallets, but in the philippines the bitcoin.ph is really hard to hack for the bitcoin hackers my suggestion is just keep yourself safe and your wallet too, for you to be safe and don't be belong on those bitcoin users that already experience or the victim on those noob and lazy hackers that not using their smartness to work harder.

They are people who are used to taking possession of others, irresponsible and lazy in trying. For us to be careful about various sites or pishing that will make us lose, usually they will try to lure us to know the password. My advice is to address this so that we avoid theft, then we must understand about the original site or which is a pishing, we must be careful in all things and can store properly in a safe password that we have to avoid theft.

I think hecker is a person who is not responsible and wants to make big profits in an instant way. They don't think of others, they only think about how they can get the maximum profit. Hecker is also very lazy at work so they rely on their ability to steal money from people who are investing.

good advice to everyone.There are protective measures put in place to protect your wallet address, it is very important we keep to it.

Definitely it is good to beware of hackers if you don't want to loose it all, do a good research before you join any AirDrops even in bounties as well. Don't fall for hyip (SCAM). Always be security concious.

Dont risk your investment by getting other cryptos. Always get AML BitCoin, the only coin that cannot be hacked.

Whatever the reason the hacker's account is unsettling and certainly makes many people worry. It's a bad thing to steal something belonging to someone else! With the emergence of various ways to hack accounts and one of them as you say in this forum, of course this will make us more worried. Be careful and stay alert and also more careful. Thank you for the helpful posts that you shared. good work.

Just keep in mind that no amount of security is too much. You worked hard for your money and investments, so take as much precaution you need to ensure security.
Make your passwords accessible to only yourself. The safest wallet in my opinion, is a locally hosted one on your own hardware (on a password-protected computer). And never talk about your transactions on social media. Sounds like a lot of hard work, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.

The best thing to secure our wallet is not sharing our private key in any website without checking their security tab. RIght now, many hackers want to steal our coin and its much better if we keeping safe our private key

Be careful with hackers, the most important thing is to protect your privacy!
Don't easily reveal your private key, as long as you protect your private key, your wallet will be safe!
Hackers use some technology to exploit vulnerabilities to gain privacy!

yes, this is an annoying one if hackers are able to break the wallet, hackers will definitely take all tokens. I really hate irresponsible people like hackers.

These are not new ways. Wondering why no people call ICO scams, they are just like hackers for your money.

Well criminals will always be criminals until they learned their mistakes

These people are living opposite to us,in which all they want is to take advantage from the weaknesses of others,sometimes this things makes them feel superior,they find fulfillment whenever they steal something from others

But they must be punished,thats why we need to be more careful and vigilant,because this is our account,and we must keep it secured

I am victim and affected by the hacker because my 4600$ hacked in the year march. My all token stolen from myetherwallet i think it was A phishing website, i am not careful before long in myetherwallet. We should create awareness to safest zone our valuable asset.

Never participate in an Airdrop that asks you to give your private key or to send the transaction fee, you will regret it.
Also, stay away from airdrops that ask for your email or phone number, they usually don't pay and sell your data on the dark web.

We must be aware of Hackers, because they will do various ways to steal what is ours. For that we must know how they work and through what they steal, so we can avoid their evil. The most important thing is not to enter a site that is not clear and do not carelessly provide information about the wallet password that we have, so we will avoid hackers.

Yes we must extra carefull ,hacker really smart! ,today my friend have lost 1200 USD On HITBTC Exchange he forget not turn on Google Authenticator . we must maintain the security of our account Wallet !

Be aware and alert in what we participating or joining because they are trying to steal your personal information. You must to secure your private key and other personal data to avoid your account in hacking.

In any case, we are responsible for our own wallets ! If it was hacked, then in most cases we submitted our own private key by mistake ! Still can be phishing ! First download EtherAddressLookup and save the private key not on your computer !

be careful with airdrop now, it will get your KYC infomation and you will not get anything from them, just check secure before do anything

Thank you for this great informations and adding to our body of knowledge the ex parties of scams and hackers who are always looking for ways to still our coin's, and with this everyone need to be careful and mindful of the type of forms you fill online all in the name of looking for free coins call airdrops.

Today, where you can hack everything you need to be very careful. On foreign sites do not download anything.

Indeed, this is a thief's job, they will always look for our negligence and take our property, hackers will always be there and try to find ways to trap us, and eventually they will take the crypto or bitcoin that we have. For that we must learn a lot in order to have extensive knowledge about how to protect crypto or bitcoin that we have, in order to avoid hackers.

There are many hackers around us. We must be careful when we opened our online wallet because it can be a phishing website that we login into. Always check the security of the website, bookmark the original one because hackers always spread the phishing website to attend our private keys or password. Be careful guys.

Yes we must be careful enough because many are hackers nowadays. This is because of the trends, many are expert of this which they use just to get what they want. Better have extra careful in everthing you do in online world.

The security issue for us in the crypto market is a very difficult one. I feel that just opening up a new path can be hackers attack and steal information. Even if you trade on ineffective exchanges, it's easy to leave undue consequences. No matter how i follow the security layer 2 lock still more secure.

this post is very helpful, especially to me, i almost fell victim to these hackers some months back, i was rescued by my crypto guilder who highlighted points to identify scams to me, posts like this should be spread among this forum to prevent others from falling victim.

I still can't understand people who follow links from e-mail and send their private keys to unknown places. I personally know a man who has three times asked the managers of the bounty of the companies to change purses, because the old one was stolen. The private key is the kind of thing that needs to be hidden is safer than a pin code of the credit card. But every time they step on the same rake.

yeah i lost my NEO private key with fake NEX ICO

I believe that you just need to keep the main sites in the browser bookmarks, and then there will be no such situations when you accidentally went to the wrong address

Actually this will not happen if people doing to study for themselves,just need to carefully and safe activity aduite.Keep carefully do not given key and password for your wallet.for ever cleck mail before have you checking right confirmation.

This hacking is a very serious issue as we heard every fortnight that someone got hacked and lost all his coins hold in that wallet but still no solid solution available to stop it. The only way to save yourself is, never click any unknown link whose source is not verified.

many ways that hackers do to steal and make money easily. as you explained, I've also experienced this, I registered airdrop, and the web bring me to a fake myetherwallet link, which requires me to enter a private key, because I realize that if it's scam and dangerous, I immediately cancel the airdrop.
for the Hunter airdrop must beware, check the website airdrop before join.

Hackers always observe and look for opportunities to steal the bitcoin we have, they will use various ways to trap us in their traps. So we should always be vigilant and do not get caught in the trap of hackers which can ultimately harm us. Do not carelessly provide passwords for the bitcoin wallets that we have, and carefully look at the various sites that we will follow, because it might be a fake site created by hackers to trap us so they can know the password of the bitcoin wallet we have.

Well, at present hacker issue has been a vital concerned to all of the crypto users. People need to have the basic knowledge to be free their funds from hackers and scammers. Investors should be aware of this kinda threat whereas they might lose their money so they need to secure their wallets and private keys anyhow. In this digital crypto world, hackers remain busy to hack someone's funds to have easy money so we should try to save our hard working money from this heinous hackers community.

Hackers are everywhere in the space, daily strategising  on how to trick investors and get a whole of there investment, you are your own security in the cryptocurrency space, ensure you do not access you wallet from mail you recieve, avoid lottery site, or expecting to reap where you did not sow, I.E:  mails the inform you, you have won an ETH OR  BTC OR Altcoin and instruct you to confirm by inputing you add. Avoid freebies or unsolisited bonus.

Hacker grows stronger because Crypto industry is growing. Creating fake websites along with counterfeit message leads to users believing that it is a legitimate provider that loses everything. Be careful what you see and receive because HACKER is everywhere and wants your money.

we must learn to save our money and treat their security more reverently because, due to our negligence, we can lose all our money in a flash

I think that hackers are many today but if to be careful you can avoid certain cases when you will suffer from the actions of hackers. To my mind, it is better to learn the trading basics and trade carefully

Hackers are everywhere, they are always willing to take away your value. They are recognized as intelligent people, but their intelligence is used in a bad way so it seems a bit wasteful

This happens in following situations:

1) You are ignorant of the importance of keys.

2) You know the value of keys but were asked about it at a time when you were busy with some other work. In such a situation the mind gets confused and you might end up giving crucial details.

Therefore, I 1) never participate in Airdrop. 2) I don't follow links from emails. At the same time, I am sure that this is not even 1/4 of the protection of my wallet ...For 2 months my friend was hacked by 2 eth wallet. Regarding the first case, she suggested that she could get on a phishing site. But the second address of the wallet did not show anywhere, except for Google-form bounty. Now I understand that even for bounty hunters to have a wallet on the website MEW - this is not enough.

Hacker and Scammer is the 'part' of the bitcoin world, and i think it is the dark side of the bitcoin side, so i advice you to be careful because of the scammers and hackers, you need to check twice about the link and input text that you inputted on internet

Because of the huge amount of money in crypto, hackers and scammers are working tirelessly every time to steal from crypto users and investors. Remember, crypto is decentralized hence the total security of tokens lies largely in the care of the wallet holder. It is therefore very necessary to treat login details meticulously in order to avoid being phished, hacked or scammed.

Many hackers have new ways to steal their assets, are always careful before working on airdrops can prevent a little from losing assets, my advice is not to fill in the airdrop if it is ordered to enter private keys and learn about their projects and websites.

Yes, you have a point buddy,  its just very hard to make accounts safe because if this well trained and knowledgeable scammers that wishes us to suffer and get what we all have. That is why needs to be more extra careful and dont trust your accounts to someone else especially people in the internet.

Everywhere There are always scams and hackers who try to get money by stealing, they can't use their intelligence to achieve something better than stealing.

Always have many way for hecker to get your data and take your money, you have more secure your account and always save your asset at new coin and keep your money save by holding at exchange accout.

I encounter so many kind of airdrops and with my experience, I encounter more scams than legit, and coins that have no value or has a very low value. That is why I stopped joining airdrops. I know what you've said is all true. I have friends who lost their coins becuase of joining airdrop so we must take good care of our wallet. Do not give to anyone pur private keys.

Those hackers are really busy with their evil plans, I think their work is a little reduces now because of the dump which is not convenient for every participants.
One has to be careful of them. Once they invade one's account , it is very painful. All what one has been working for over time, they clear it off in their wickedness. May God deliver us from their evil hand.

This is not actually a hacking activities they are only thief not hackers they are stealing users login credentials and automatically sent into the email add of this thieves this kind of method is a very common now which can be done even by normal users by just creating a simple free website lookalike the target site real hackers are code breakers can penetrate secured website deface it and make unauthorized transactions.

I prefer a wallet that has secure backup, the back up should be encrypted to avoid hacker on having access of the account. This will allow the user to restore a wallet without having to type in your seed – the password will be enough, and the QR code of the seed doesn’t even need to be displayed on the screen of your device. This can provide defense against malicious software trying to capture the screen of your computer or smartphone. Wallet such as HODLER possess this feature and it really an effective way to keep from any act of hackers.

I totally agree with you about that sometimes we should be careful when we are trying to access our account even if we are in our homes or using public computers and aside from don't leave your account opened so that all your important files will not be accessible by someone.

Yes, you have a point buddy,  its just very hard to make accounts safe because if this well trained and knowledgeable scammers that wishes us to suffer and get what we all have. That is why needs to be more extra careful and dont trust your accounts to someone else especially people in the internet.

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the rising price and popularity of Bitcoin to try to steal the currency and distribute malware.These Bitcoin scams target social media because it's full of people who might be interested in buying and selling Bitcoin, but don't know much about it -- making them prime targets to be taken advantage of by scammers.therefore, we should be careful about it

For me,it's best to write your private key and any valuable information regarding to your wallet in a very safe place,also not to input your password in any Google form and above all just be careful while online. Hackers are always smart using their IQ. Let your crypto information be known only to yourself.

Exactly newbies rush towards airdrops in order to earn and get scammed and whine about crypto is useless or something. There are numerous post on scams almost everyday someone post's about it. It's better to get some knowledge first and then try airdrops.

Protecting our wallet is a very important thing. I suggest that you try to use the hardware wallet (cold wallet) when you are not trading, because it does not need to link to the Internet most of the time!

Hey people there's also another way of these scammer/hackers do. Read the thread of "Do not send bitcoins to extortionists. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5057062.0)"

Not only you should beware of hackers/scammers but with extortionists and tricksters too. Don't send them any amount if you receive same email indicated on that thread.

I am sure that by activating the option for secure our account, we don't have to worry from the hackers and we can feel safe from any of attacker. But still, it is not guaranteed to get full safety because the hacker will find another way to break into the account. We always need to check our account so the possibility to get hack can reduce.

We should really be aware with these hackers. They tend to take advantage on people just for easy money, clearly not thinking of the effects of it on the person.

We have to be aware of the Hackers. You should not enter your private key or password of your wallet in any wrong website or anywhere. If any hacker found out your private key or password then you can't do anything thing and they fly with your coins or fly with your investment and you can't do anything. Always check the security of the website, bookmark the original one because the hackers always spread the phishing website to attend our private keys or password.

A Hacker Group threatens to reveal some sensitive 9/11 documents if they don't receive a substantial ransom amount of Bitcoin (https://coincodex.com/crypto/bitcoin/)s.

https://coincodex.com/article/2838/hacker-group-demands-bitcoin-ransom-says-it-has-access-to-sensitive-911-documents/

Never give your wallet private key to anyone or any website. If it is exchange or MEW, then check if you open the real one, there are scammer try to fake the site and steal information from people .I don’t think there are good organisation to track down hacker and scammer at moment, we need to support each other’s and try to spot the thief if it possible.

Actually they are not lazy because they are doing well in hacking or scamming other users. They are very motivated to do it because their efforts will be paid depending on the portfolios they will get after hacking. These hackers nowadays are doing their best and probably now they are taking much from other users. So they are not lazy instead they are really hard working to hack other user's portfolio.

it is just common sense for all of us here. We know that because of anonymity feature many are encourage to scam others. Just take the altcoins and bounties sections. There are many fraud and scam projects there. Just include also some hackers that will let you join a group and download a link or a malware that will lead them to hack your accounts.

Being educationally involved in the crypto world will help you avoid being scammed or hacked.. Even if you are just a beginner if you read well and study everything you can avoid serious loss or damage to yourself... Don't just get lazy just to get a money for free sometimes you still need to learn and study the basic principle of what you are entering.. ^_^ That is just a friendly reminder .. Read or Research before you do !