MyEtherWallet Succumbs to DNS Attack with $ 17 million stolen

[cannycassiopeia]

No one will be a millionaire here, only scammers/hackers will. That's why we need to check our accounts from time to time. And make sure that we put our 2FAs. These people wants easy money so this kind of activity is just a piece of cake for them.

[ChainWorld]

So sad when i here that popular web wallet like Myetherwallet can get hacked, seriously i can't trust any we wallet, i think they didn't use cloudflare dns,this is due to uses of public dns.

[etin06]

It was very painful and disheartening that alot of money where lost as a result of this  DNS attack.  Alot of check mate need to be done to prevent this from happening again someone close to me lost some Eth as well due to this. For all those that lost money due to this I pray that they should recover soon.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

So sad when i here that popular web wallet like Myetherwallet can get hacked, seriously i can't trust any we wallet, i think they didn't use cloudflare dns,this is due to uses of public dns.

After what happened, people can stop trusting web wallets. Even if you follow the safety rules, you can lose money. As you can see, hardware wallets are safest for now. By the way, it's interesting how they solve the problem with dns attacks now.

[Palakka]

They always warned that Keystore and seed phrase was not a secure way to access the wallets so I don't think this is a big surprise. If you accessed with a TREZOR or Ledger you should be okay.

The hardware wallet is recommended than the online wallet
If using Trezor or Ledger nano. No need to worry for your balance there.

[Fahim]

When I read such news, I am in total shock. I do not even know how it is. Yesterday, have a lot of money in your wallet, and today become bankrupt. The whole issue is safe, but I think that people just need to create many separate cold wallets.

[Chupacabras]

How could you protect your servers so badly? I hope this does not affect the price of my tokens, I will definitely not use MEV now. Buterin help! 

[BlackWidow]

Yeah, that's bad news . You should always be alert and try to protect your funds as much as possible . And go to trusted sites

[gurunanakji777]

This has happend many times with MyEtherwallet. In my opinion they should implement some security measures on its website like some other exchanges google authenticator. I never heard other exchanges has been hacked everytime I heard about MEW. Admin should seriously think about making it more secure so that nobody will fear to login. I am always afraid to login my MEW Ac because I have seen many people lost their coins without sharing their keys. I usually avoid to login my Ac I always use etherscan or ethplorer to check my coins. Only thing we can do is always login carefully check the website address twice before using your keys. I would say use UTC file to login your Ac that is more secure. Try to secure your coins in Trezor wallet that is the best way to secure your coins.

[AlexS_off]

If there is an opportunity to steal such a sum, then this is very bad news for ETH's reputation. Such security issues have a poor impact on the value of cryptocurrencies. And now ETH and other coins and lost a lot of value, which indicates the panic among holders of the crypto. But I hope soon to correct the situation.

[Haley craft]

This further proves that the security of digital currency cannot be guaranteed well.
So in my opinion, it is necessary to buy a hardware wallet.

[jyotianand01]

Myetherwallet is the leader of altcoins but not apply any security feature on its platform when even very small companies applied 2FA on their sites to secure peoples from phishing attacks. This way, it is loosing peoples trust because everyday we heard about hacking of myetherwallet but still even 2FA is not on their platform.

[Tamilson]

How could you protect your servers so badly? I hope this does not affect the price of my tokens, I will definitely not use MEV now. Buterin help! 

It's hard to that because it's out of our control but we can have control and take responsibility for our coins so better to use now a hardware wallet like nano ledger or trezor. We don't know when the website wallets or trading site can get compromise so think ahead and don't let our future stole.

[Iyanu14]

I made it my priority to buy trezor wallet nothing but because of phishing attack here and there i felt it be foolish to have $$7000  and couldn't afford to buy an hardware wallet of just $$120. I hope people learn from this bad incidence.

[JACKSW4G]

This year, there were already 5 attempts to hack this service. Maybe they should hire experienced programmers, they need something to do with security.

[altsMlk]

They have posted on Twitter. Now problem solved. But Its better to stay safe few more days. If you can use mew interface as a cold wallet, Its safe. Or use metamask. Thats a good and safety alternative.

[jpucela14]

I couldn't believe this when I saw it! I guess people should be using their hardware wallets always. Putting your seeds into a website always seemed like a bad idea anyway

[Britainacoin]

Popular Ethereum wallet interface MyEtherWallet has succumbed to a DNS hijacking attack that allowed a hacker to redirect users to a malicious version of the website.

The MEW confirmed that this was not their fault and was trying their best to identify the attacked server to fix things as soon as possible.
This topic is rapidly spreading on the Reddit forum. The attacking IP address seems to come from Russia. At the time of writing, 25,000 ETH ($ 17 million) has been stolen.

It is highly recommend that everyone be careful when using the MEW wallet and follow the security instructions by MEW wallet. In other words, you are advised to integrate Metamask into login and make direct transactions via Metamask. If you want to check your balance, visit https://etherscan.io/, which means you do not have to log into MyEtherwallet.com anymore, so you will avoid the hidden potential risk here.

Rothscoin team.

after last night attack, i can trust only ledger nano s and not to other online wallets. also i think desktop wallet is good selection to people that they have not ledger. if you use web wallets may be you will be in risk.

[ROMANALADIN]

For security, it is very important to download a browser that supports the black list of malicious websites, EtherAddressLookup and MetaMask are the two most popular options for Chrome users. Provide an additional level of protection, MyEtherWallet users can also download a copy of the website from Github and run the purse on a standalone computer, which will further enhance security.

[Ros-In]

You know what ? OP is writing random thing and smugle his website link there. There no 17million stolen https://etherscan.io/address/0x1d50588c0aa11959a5c28831ce3dc5f1d3120d29 here the hacker wallet. I hope you guys still be aware too.