Enigma hacked: Ethereum theft worth 470.000 dollars.

: 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.

Ο hacker κατάφερε να υποκλέψει το δημοφιλές ψηφιακό νόμισμα, όταν παραβίασε επιτυχώς την επίσης δημοφιλή επενδυτική συναλλαγών του Ethereum που ονόμάζεται 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.Ethereum enigma

The hacker or hackers also sent emails with the Enigma newsletter asking for money for the sale of digital coins. So many victims sent their cryptic frequencies to the 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 reportedly struck comes just days after Enigma published an article trying to educate its users to avoid , fraudsters, spammers.

"As we work hard to build the future, encrypt and invest, we will need a few minutes to talk about security," the Enigma 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.

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