Enigma: An unknown hacker seems to have stolen so far Ethereum worth of 470.000 dollars. Ethereum for those who do not know is one of the most popular cryprobes.
The hacker managed to intercept the popular digital currency, when he successfully hacked the also popular Ethereum trading platform called Enigma.
According with an announcement made on their official website An hour ago, someone "unknown" managed to hack their website, stealing their accounts. Soon after, he published a fake ETH pre-sale website.
The hacker or hackers also sent emails with the Enigma newsletter asking for money to sell digital coins. So many victims sent their cryptocurrencies to the hackers' address.
The Etherscan, is a popular search engine for the Ethereum Blockchain that allows users to search, confirm and validate their transactions easily, it already recognizes flag the address payments as malicious, but there are many who still send ETH to the following address:
0x29d7d1dd5b6f9c864d9db560d72a247c178ae86b
Until now, hackers have managed to grab over 1.487.90 Ether and still receive payments.
The hackers reportedly struck comes just days after Enigma published an article trying to educate its users to avoid phishers, scammers, Spammers.
"As we work hard to build the future, encrypt and invest, we will need a few minutes to talk about security," said the Enigma Project publication.
“Due to our rapid growth, our community has become a target. The worst elements of the crypto scene, scammers and phishers, are attracted by projects and communities like ours".
The above incident marks the fifth Ethereum theft within two months:
Ethereum worth 8.4 million dollars at Veritaseum's original currency offer (ICO).
$32 million worth of Ethereum from Parity's Ethereum coin accounts.
Ethereum worth 7 million dollars during Israeli ICO CoinDash transactions.
Ethereum worth 1 million dollars in the Bithumb encryption exchange.
For the time being, it is unclear how attackers managed to enter the Enigma network.