Hey as most of you’ll will know that Electrum wallet users were tricked in updating their wallets when a notification popped up inside it, and many lost their coins. It’s just been a while since that incident, and yesterday Electrum Wallet servers were hit by DoS attack, where many lost their coins but a single user lost 1,40,000$ due to the attack.
I feel following these safety guidelines shall help you save your coins:
1) The update happened in the desktop version, and not the mobile version hence I would suggest to download the official Electrum app and transact via the official Electrum app only.
2) Electrum wallet for desktop must only be updated from this site
https://electrum.org/#home only, do not update it any other way.
3) If you’re keen to use a desktop version visit the site and update it to the latest version for your own safety.
4) I would advise you not to do any transaction for next few days, and if you want to do I would once again suggest use the mobile version only for doing it.
5) Also it’s pertinent to note that you should immediately set your servers to connect manually, if it’s yet on automatic mode.
6) Ensure you have 2Fa on and clean your system with a good anti virus, this is for additional security.
Also if you have more ways one can protect their Electrum wallet post below so all can read it.
Link to the news :
https://cointelegraph.com/news/electrum-faces-another-fake-wallet-attack-users-reported-to-lose-millions-of-dollars