Hackers are active these days.

[SkyjetCrew]

Hackers are always looking for easy ways to steal you. Create fake websites, phishing, spam even. The main thing is put a good antivirus software and do not go for questionable links, and do not download unproven applications.

[Malaya]

Hackers are anywhere. There will be always ways on how you can make sure that you account is always safe. Your passwords must always be secured. Also, this should not fear of anything else.

[Manuj]

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?

When your friend says "hackers are active these days." It is going to be applicable for the next several days and weeks and months and the whole year round. Hackers are always active and are always there to strike whenever given the opportunity.

[Lanatsa]

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?

All of us do really have the possible risk of getting hacked but as long we are not careless then it doesnt really matter at all.Theres no need to worry.Sometimes our curiosity leads us into things which we dont expect.Clicking random links or even on phishing links can really be done if we are not really aware on it.I would like to say that this forum does really help us about new possible scams that do exist today which im thankful that my awareness and knowledge do add up.

[subSTRATA]

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 in my own opinion, there are really many hackers these days so you need to be fully aware in your transactions. But always look in where you are typing because there are many fake websites that can steal your accounts in just one click, so always keep your eyes open or pilled.

This. As a sig camp manager, you would be floored at the amount of folks on a weekly basis that have their ETH wallets compromised. In a group of 300 people, say at least 10% of those folks get hacked during the course of a 4 WEEK campaign; another 5% will change their wallet addresses due to "possible insecurity'. This is why cryptos are so attractive to scammers/hackers; its just too easy at the moment given the high numbers of novice users. This is also why crypto isnt ready for the mainstream yet. There is a reason why ach is reversible, and that is that people tend to fuck up. Given how easy it is to fuck up in a very expensive way here, we will continue to be plagued by this until crypto becomes a lot more user friendly  

would you care to explain how an eth wallet gets hacked in this context? im not trying to rail you on anything, just a legitimate question. it seems to me with each major altcoin, there is always a greater emphasis on security as it's expected that individuals new to crypto are entering the scene due to hearing about some new cryptocurrency. given those assumptions, it seems rather ridiculous that such a large percentage of wallets could be compromised on a regular basis. I dont know enough about the ethereum scene enough to formulate a possible reason, so if you could enlighten me, that'd be awesome.

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?

All of us do really have the possible risk of getting hacked but as long we are not careless then it doesnt really matter at all.Theres no need to worry.Sometimes our curiosity leads us into things which we dont expect.Clicking random links or even on phishing links can really be done if we are not really aware on it.I would like to say that this forum does really help us about new possible scams that do exist today which im thankful that my awareness and knowledge do add up.

there's only a potential to get hacked if you leave a reason that would cause you to be vulnerable. a hard wallet with zero network connection with transactions only created and signed, then broadcast to the network on a separate machine, for example, leaves nearly zero risk of being compromised. there's always a reason a vulnerability exists, and more often than not, the user themselves are at fault for causing it.

[no0dlepunk]

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?

Black hackers are always there, they had never been inactive, my friend... you just might have been feeling their presence now because of your involvement in bitcoin. Fortunately, I haven't encountered any threat from those good old folks.

When you are sending bitcoin, always check the address after you copied and pasted it. (malware may interfere upon pressing ctrl+v); as much as possible, please avoid faucets because most of the time we encrypt malware in the ads and links within the faucet website.

[chesegrinder]

hackers are every where now a days they just fishing online creating more fake website or layering the web site. if you think you click on mysterious website dont register and trust your instinct. Since the time where money involve hackers are everywhere. Clean your PC every time so you can prevent malware also take away on faucets as faucet creators encrypt malware on it, my laptop have loaded of malware since i start doing faucet so right i stop collecting on them and do other job. Always be vigilant.

[jatin729]

If we have proper security of our wallet, i means strong password and private key than how can someone steal your bitcoin.
There are so many fraud over internet as we seen there is one malware detected about clipboard hacked.
I would suggest keep away from doublet bitcoin sites and don't install any third party app like Bitcoin generator. 

[CryptoBeefy]

Hackers are always active and trying new scams, just be extra vigilant.

[mostkey]

this is already proven, in addition to hacking their transactions the hecker did it hecking into some bitcointalk account, some of them have stated that their account is exposed to hecking. therefore we all need to be alert to the hecker, we also can not any login on the network that is not in the know

[BenOnceAgain]

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 always active.  It never ceases to surprise me the sheer volume of attacks my that my businesses infrastructure servers face.  These are nothing but normal web servers, storing nothing of importance.  Yet there's bots that troll the internet looking for any system that has exploitable known vulnerabilities.  Endlessly.  I wonder if there's been any calculations of their cumulative bandwidth effects on overall IP traffic.  Probably would be interesting to take a look at.

In any event, considering that is just for simple websites with nothing of value whatsoever, you should treat your crypto like it's gold, or fine pieces of artwork.  Especially if you're doing any type of website or any business or service in the crypto space.  You're basically painting a huge target on yourself that says, "ATTACK HERE".

I am preparing a venture for the crypto community that I hope is well-received.  I know that security planning and implementation is absolutely paramount to our success.

[Flomo]

I think not for now, hackers are always active anytime. we should be more aware of it because it will be very harmful to us. The tumor appears because at this time many new Ico are emerging

[BitBayMarkets]

You should put all the money you have in your online wallet. Or just withdraw it to your bank account.
I think that is the savest thing to do right now. You should just be careful not to have to much bitcoins on the internet.

[bamboylee]

You should always be vigilant in protecting your accounts and its content. Hackers are always active and always looking for ways to compromise your system and steal your money. Most of the time it is our own negligence that makes way for hackers to steal from us. We should not let that happen. Avoid fishy websites and click baits.

[Yatsan]

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?

You can keep your bitcoin safe by saving it into a hardcore wallet like trezor. Or simply into wallet that you are the one that is holding your private key to access your bitcoin because in that way there's no way that the hacker can hack your bitcoin because that is the safest way for storing bitcoin.

[Edrian]

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 active anytime as long as your account are not protected and your passcode hard to decrypt.  Always practice precaution and avoid visiting and downloading malicious site with weird contents.  I have not experience anything as such and hopefully not in the future.

[BrandonFever]

I think they are active yes but bitcoin wont be affected by that it will be high as it is right now or even higher because of that so many people want it and even people try to steal or hack it.

Beware of clicking links. They could be a virus that someone have sendt you.

[Pasnik]

I think they are active yes but bitcoin wont be affected by that it will be high as it is right now or even higher because of that so many people want it and even people try to steal or hack it.

Hacker are everywhere as these days there are many fake, phishing websites spreading. So we should be careful in opening a site that may hack your btc. Be cautious with dealing a site, be vigilant and be safe to protect your account.

[asus09]

there is some news circulating about hacker news.
I think this is true, and about the ico that has been hacked. they say it is under repair. but I'm still not sure, what is a strategy or just an alibi.
hopefully my thinking is not right.

[perla]

I think they are active yes but bitcoin wont be affected by that it will be high as it is right now or even higher because of that so many people want it and even people try to steal or hack it.

Hacker are everywhere as these days there are many fake, phishing websites spreading. So we should be careful in opening a site that may hack your btc. Be cautious with dealing a site, be vigilant and be safe to protect your account.

ya nowadays too many phising site that can make people lose their coins. maybe what is booming now is Myetherwallet phising site because some ICO use Ethereum token and this can be good chance for hacker to spread phising links