Hackers are active these days.

[Gintama214]

Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?

Well, hackers are always active and are spread all over the world. To be exact they are everywhere, you won't know when do they attack or if they will attack. As we have an new altcoin now, its not impossible that they will attack that will be shocked to everyone who are always update to bitcoin but for those who has no idea surely it will go the news like the wannacry ransomware but I do think that is there will be one someone will actually will stop them or nothing will happen its just a rumor. 

[Marma Kalari]

Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?

Are you really afraid of transaction because of the hackers,then you wont be able to send anything online  ,the reason for not sending transaction within the first week is simply because we just had an upgrade and to be on the safe side and as a precaution most are waiting for a week or two and it is not because of any hackers.

[Vishnu.Reang]

the 48.5 bitcoin guy was a fool downloading a fake electrum wallet from a fake website!

It happens all the time. A few days back, I came across a thread here in Bitcointalk. It was about a guy who got BTC10,000 stolen from his Blockchain.info wallet, as he didn't enabled 2FA. The thread was from 2013, and back then BTC was worth only around $10 per coin. But imagine what he could have done, if he had all those coins now.

[CryptoBry]

We have to be careful all the time because scammers and hackers don't know how to sleep either during the day and much more so during the night. They can be anywhere and if I am right there can be so many even in this forum...they are just like vultures that are always ready to strike anytime they see a good opportunity to exploit.

Scammers and hackers are people who are making money out of their skills by victimizing people and the more people they can suck of their money the happier they can be.

So beware...be aware...or cry a river!

[slackcryptoz]

As the thread describes hackers will be more active to use this as an opportunity to enter into the network and tray to hack the accounts of users and transfer huge funds in terms of bitcoin and bitcoin cash. It's good for us to keep it in a much secure manner.

[Schuyler]

Hackers are always on the lookout for opportunities to flex their muscles. The recent events in the bitcoin world could bring out more of them but if you are a vigilant user who reads the specific instructions on how to go about what just transpired, I think you are in good hands. The ones who get victimized often are those who act first before thinking and planning what needs to be done.

[erickkyut]

Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?

Yes it is true that hackers are very active these days but there are threads here saying that it is now safe to do Bitcoin transactions. Just be more careful and avoid suspicious links because they might be phishing sites and don't easily trust when someone offers you and investment opportunity. Make your own research first.

[Smarty14392]

Hackers are present everyone but i dont think they are active these days because i did not see any scam in present. Yes, they are sending spam emails to hack our credit cards, paypal, etc but it depends on us to respond or not. I am getting hundreads of such spam mails each day but now i know which is real and which is a scam. Just try to check the url of the website to make sure you are on the correct platform.

[BR4bbit]

the 48.5 bitcoin guy was a fool downloading a fake electrum wallet from a fake website!

It happens all the time. A few days back, I came across a thread here in Bitcointalk. It was about a guy who got BTC10,000 stolen from his Blockchain.info wallet, as he didn't enabled 2FA. The thread was from 2013, and back then BTC was worth only around $10 per coin. But imagine what he could have done, if he had all those coins now.

WHAT?  10000 BTC, he could be a Millionaire now if his coins hadn't been stolen. All his hard work gone with the wind, hopes he recover from that.

[que91]

the 48.5 bitcoin guy was a fool downloading a fake electrum wallet from a fake website!

It happens all the time. A few days back, I came across a thread here in Bitcointalk. It was about a guy who got BTC10,000 stolen from his Blockchain.info wallet, as he didn't enabled 2FA. The thread was from 2013, and back then BTC was worth only around $10 per coin. But imagine what he could have done, if he had all those coins now.

WHAT?  10000 BTC, he could be a Millionaire now if his coins hadn't been stolen. All his hard work gone with the wind, hopes he recover from that.

Haha, I don't mourn for him, because he not keep safe his funds when have a huge amount Bitcoin in Blockchain.info. Always use third wallet need use 2FA or other choice hacker can attack or rob it. As me in first time I know Bitcoin, although my wallet just have 10k satoshi but I still use use 2FA

[iamMhew]

Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?

hackers are everywhere. not just only in this event but most all of the time hackers are always active.
so all you can do is do first check the websites you entering before you may go through. not only that. secure your wallet too. activate its 2FA for more secure. and do not trust anyone/anybody about your transactions. there are more possible to get you hacked.

[crazyivan]

Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?

Have they told you why these last few days are any different in terms of hacker activity?

[jonosutio]

What should you do if the wallet robbers get up again, will you shift their coins out of paper to exchange wallets and vice versa, just claim.

[cafucafucafu]

Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?

To be honest, hackers are everywhere and they always are hacking, and they will always try and access your wallets, especially online wallets which don’t require a lot of security, some only need a password and email and the stronger ones have 2 factor authentications. Would recommend using a hardware wallet or pc wallet.

With the hard fork happening, people are scrambling to claim their free bitcoin cash and the hackers are then taking advantage of these people via hacks. Just don’t move your bitcoin these couple of days and it will be all good.

[Taskford]

This is true that there is a lot of hackers that are active today especially in ethereum platform because there is a lot of vulnerabilities of ethereum as of now and the hackers are taking advantage of that to make money easily without working hard and by just using their smart thinking.

[MAbtc]

A number of wallet robberies are going on. People are moving their coins from paper wallets to exchange wallets and vice-versa, in order to claim the BCH. Hackers are noticing these transactions and trying to exploit them.

Exactly. With new implementations and wallets popping up left and right, and confused users just looking for a way to get their Bcash and dump it, the situation is ripe for fake wallets and phishing websites. This is one of the reasons why I haven't made any effort to get the airdropped coins. I really don't know which wallets are safe, and I have no idea who these BitcoinABC/Bitcoin Cash developers are. Best to wait for now.

[Minecache]

Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?

This type of current uncertainty gives hackers wet panties from excitement. One gentleman lost >$150,000 trying to claim his BCC. I am sure there are others who are too ashamed to mention their losses. Sit tight for a couple of weeks until the dust settles.

[numismatist]

A number of wallet robberies are going on. People are moving their coins from paper wallets to exchange wallets and vice-versa, in order to claim the BCH. Hackers are noticing these transactions and trying to exploit them.

Exactly. With new implementations and wallets popping up left and right, and confused users just looking for a way to get their Bcash and dump it, the situation is ripe for fake wallets and phishing websites. This is one of the reasons why I haven't made any effort to get the airdropped coins. I really don't know which wallets are safe, and I have no idea who these BitcoinABC/Bitcoin Cash developers are. Best to wait for now.

Wallets that you compiled yourself from their openly published source code. Don't download binaries. Or even trust some stupid virus detector to catch the freshly builtin exploits, they cannot keep up in pace with malicious code implementions.
Dont ever trust convenient beginner wallets that offer a hodgepodge of supported coins neatly covering all of your crypto wealthes. There has been at least one incident during the last 48 hours inside this forum where someone lost everything, from BTC and LTC to ETH.

[Fireblade]

Some bitcoin users told me not to do transactions in these couple of days because hackers are active these days. I want to know is it true? or some kind of rumor? Anyone here who have faced such problem?

Yes it is true that hackers are very active these days but there are threads here saying that it is now safe to do Bitcoin transactions. Just be more careful and avoid suspicious links because they might be phishing sites and don't easily trust when someone offers you and investment opportunity. Make your own research first.

to me i think they remain as active for all the time but in fact they are are searching for opportunities and when they find such kind of opportunities they have people's accounts and hack bitcoins from them.

[xsaints128]

Hackers have always been active. The most common way of being a hacker's victim is the user's fault. Often fake website, phishing emails and social engineering. When using the internet, be aware. Scan your pc regularly and don't click og sketchy links. Especially don't download sketchy software. If you really need to, use a virtual machine.

I agree with u a 100%. But hackers have been quite active in the past few months with Coindash being hacked, InsureX, ETH parity wallet,etc. They have been stirring things up quite a bit.