Nearly 700,000 websites are hacked in bid to steal cryptocurrency

[pooya87]

meh, this is one of the many bullshits that this site publishes and the owners keep on advertising their links on this forum. it basically talking about those malicious JavaScript scripts that can be run on some web pages that can do malicious stuff on a computer of the person that visits them. 700k is also probably an imaginary number by the author and also it is talking about web pages not web sites! so that is weird enough.

[Initscri]

meh, this is one of the many bullshits that this site publishes and the owners keep on advertising their links on this forum. it basically talking about those malicious JavaScript scripts that can be run on some web pages that can do malicious stuff on a computer of the person that visits them. 700k is also probably an imaginary number by the author and also it is talking about web pages not web sites! so that is weird enough.

TBH, I wouldn't be surprised if he just googled the amount of websites using StatCounter.

There's another article here: https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/11/07/hackers-infiltrate-600k-websites-through-statcounter-in-search-of-bitcoin/

Not entirely sure where this 700,000 number is coming from.

[jseverson]

TBH, I wouldn't be surprised if he just googled the amount of websites using StatCounter.

There's another article here: https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/11/07/hackers-infiltrate-600k-websites-through-statcounter-in-search-of-bitcoin/

Not entirely sure where this 700,000 number is coming from.

Here you go:

According to a PublicWWW search, there are over 688,000 websites that currently appear to load the company's tracking script.

The malicous part of the script is also shown in the article. There were also no (reportedly) lost funds, apparently.

[bitfocus]

that is the reason no one should keep all his/her coins in exchanges and on-line wallets. Paper wallet and hardware wallets are safe.

[Muzika]

This is one of the reasons that traditional investors and big investors are afraid to enter this market. Large-scale attacks by hackers on websites, trading platforms, to steal assets Cryptocurrency is always an obsession for investors. We need to have a solution against hackers, this market is very potential but it does not attract many people, because it is too risky.

"Popular web analytics platform Statcounter experienced a breach on November 3, according to research from malware researcher Matthieu Faou. Up to 700,000 web pages were targeted in the hack which primarily aimed to steal cryptocurrency through a malicious script. Per the report, through the script was loaded on many websites, there is nothing much to fear. The malicious Statcounter script behind the attack primarily targeted the cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io to generate Bitcoin addresses. Only if the URL or content in a given webpage contained references to “myaccount/withdraw/BTC” would the malicious script activate and then silently connect to the exchange to fill the hackers’ pockets with money."

See more: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/statcounter-700000-websites-hacked-cryptocurrency/

if it will be the issue then it will affect the market on both side, the positive way those hackers can control the market but when they want to crash the market then the price will drop and the worst thing those investors will turn their back on cryptocurrency.

[Miklight88]

I still kind of surprised that someone can only think of destroying what others has build instead of using that precious time to build some thing reasonable too to make the world a better place, but have decide to go other way and they can even get rich more than what they expect if only they do the right thing and go in a right part.

[bots1]

Many sites experience piracy that is true but not all piracy is doing harmful hacking. The 700K website is fake, even when there are rumors of an exchange being hacked, it makes bitcoin down. This idea is bad but actually, there are even news orders that aim for free advertising. If indeed you are afraid of your wallet being hacked, make your assets into a paper wallet.

[dr_chen]

Since all losses fall onto the affected individuals, people must take any measure to make wheir wallets inaccessible by hackers. Before this kind of concerns will be solved  many people would not consider to enter the crypto market. I think, it is very important that cryptocurrency exchanges must give users complete security of funds storage.

[richan]

I doubt such a huge number of website can be hacked in just to steal cryptocurrency. Any security website won't ever put cryptocurrency or access to its assets online but will keep it on hard wallet or cold storage which will make it impossible to take it assets away if even hackers succeed in breaking into a website.

[drumamat]

Unfortunately, it is a pity that people are faced with the activities of hackers and still have not come up with ways that can 100% protect users from identity theft and funds stored in crypto-wallets.Regarding your post, you are not quite correctly displayed the news. Because as literally on the site it is written like this:Up to 700,000 web pages were targeted in the hack which primarily aimed to steal cryptocurrency through a malicious script.https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/statcounter-700000-websites-hacked-cryptocurrency/Ie not hacked but were aimed at hacking.

[QuestionAuthority]

Bitcoin itself is a protocol that is virtually impervious to hacking because if harmed the items hackers want to steal become worthless.

Bitcoin wallets are just public domain application software. The source code is readily available. Exploits against bitcoin wallets are so easily preventable that no one should ever become a victim. The problem is created when lazy people want convenience and sacrifice security to get it.

The problem with altturds (cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin) is they are created by sharks whose self interest eliminates the ability to trust the coin. Roger Ver doesn’t adore BCH because he loves bitcoin. He wants to be king of the hill again. Does anyone believe J.P Morgan Chase, Microsoft and Intel invested in Ethereum for altruistic reasons? No, they want to be at the front of the line when it’s time to fleece the sheep. I hope they get hacked to death. Do you really feel safe using crime coins like Monero? If there was ever a coin waiting for government attack it’s Monero. Most altturds are just so stupid it’s hard to believe they really exist. Mooncoin? Seriously? One coin for each millimeter of distance from the earth to the moon? If you put real money in altturds Darwin is going to catch up with you eventually and ensure you stay on the bottom of the food chain.

[malikusama]

This is one of the reasons that traditional investors and big investors are afraid to enter this market. Large-scale attacks by hackers on websites, trading platforms, to steal assets Cryptocurrency is always an obsession for investors. We need to have a solution against hackers, this market is very potential but it does not attract many people, because it is too risky.

Yeah may be majority of big investors are afraid to enter but not all of them, check the market cap of cryptos it is now around $211,087,421,197, that means still we have big investors in the market.
Scammers and hackers are always there even in the traditional market, even in online banking there involves huge risk, in fact cryptos are more secure in every aspect than online banking if user is fully aware of it.

[Initscri]

TBH, I wouldn't be surprised if he just googled the amount of websites using StatCounter.

There's another article here: https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/11/07/hackers-infiltrate-600k-websites-through-statcounter-in-search-of-bitcoin/

Not entirely sure where this 700,000 number is coming from.

Here you go:

According to a PublicWWW search, there are over 688,000 websites that currently appear to load the company's tracking script.

The malicous part of the script is also shown in the article. There were also no (reportedly) lost funds, apparently.

Ahh ok, that makes more sense. Because I was comparing the numbers to BuiltWith and other sites, and they weren't matching up.

That's Web pages, not websites. * IE: The 700,000 quote is including multiple pages on 1 website. So that quote is wayyyyy off.

https://www.wappalyzer.com/technologies/statcounter
Wappalyzer is reporting around 60,000~

On a side note, the amount of users on this thread dumping "shouldn't have been using online wallets" spam is astounding; even though it's completely irrelevant.