Enigma: An unknown hacker seems to have stolen so far Ethereum worth $470.000. The Ethereum for those who don't know it is one of the most popular cryptocurrencies.
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 for the sale of digital currencies. So many victims sent their cryptocurrencies to address of hackers.
The Etherscan, is a popular search engine for Ethereum Blockchain that allows users to easily search for, confirm and validate their transactions, recognizes already identified the payment address 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 allegedly hit came a few days after an article was published by Enigma, which was trying to educate its users, to avoid phishers, fraudsters, spammers.
“As we work hard to build the future, crypto and invest, we're going to take a few minutes to talk about better safety,” the Enigma Project publication said.
"Because of our strong growth, our community has become a target. The worst elements of the cryptographic scene, fraudsters 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.