Thank you guys for your input.

I have now been reminded that electrum is open source.
I understand where you are coming from, I appreciate your comments.

I get where you are coming from when you say "If you receive a malicious message via whatsapp, it's not whatsapp's fault".
But you read everywhere to only download or update software/apps via the proper website or app - that's exactly what I did - the notice to update came via the app whilst doing a transaction. If you opened an app like photoshop on your computer or phone and it asked you to update before you could use it again, most people would follow the link because they trust photoshop, and if it crashed your computer, you would blame photoshop for not warning people.

As soon as it happened at the time, I researched and found out immediately that this was an on going problem - so why didn't the developers have a notice front and centre warning people, or even freeze transactions until the problem was rectified?

Anyway, I understand that the money is gone and I can't blame anyone because there is nobody to blame and the legal stuff covers any liability.
The blame comes back to me for trusting the wallet too much in the first place. You would think that a crypto wallet would have that sort of thing covered.

My real hope was that someone would reply and say "They've found a way to trace the transactions and the people who got duped can put their names on a list to receive some of their money back" - but I know that is like living in cloud cuckoo land.

But I live in hope.

Thanks again guys.

Thank you for your reply.
Yes, now I remember, this is as far as I got the last time I looked into this.
There is completely zero accountability.

Thank you very much for sending the links, I appreciate it.
I will follow them.

It's just so upsetting.

Hello,
I am one of the people who had my BTC stolen from my electrum wallet. (In 2018).
I see this as a fundamental problem with the wallet.
I was sent an error message during a transaction, it asked me to update the wallet.
I am sure that you know the rest of the story and what I am talking about!
Surely, this has to be a the electrum wallet's fault!
How can this be my fault? I was in the electrum app, the message appeared in the app.
The electrum wallet blockchain was hacked - I followed the instructions sent to me by the app.
I received no warning or prior knowledge (at the time) of this kind of thing happening, - you would think that a warning message would be front and centre when conducting transactions.
How can the blame be put on me? - I understand that things have changed, and everyone is incredibly careful when making transactions and updating etc, but I was sent the link to upgrade the wallet through the actual wallet itself.
My problem is with the fact that electrum take absolutely no responsibility for what happened - like 'shrugs' shit happens.
Is electrum ever going to do anything to help those poor people who got duped through what I see as completely their fault?
Does anyone know what the current situation is? Are there any plans to help us or do the right thing?
Any news from anyone or any updates on this situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time.