MyEtherWallet Compromised as Hackers Make Their Way with over $150K Worth of Digital Currency

Popular web-wallet hosting service MyEtherWallet announced via a tweet this morning that a couple of its DNS registration servers had been hijacked by third-party actors.

The attack saw hackers get away with around $152,000 worth of Ether.

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She then went to clarify that a majority of their customers who were affected by this incident were using Google DNS servers.

Hemachandra believes that these users in all likelihood had clicked on the "Ignore" button when an SSL warning popped up- causing them to become prime targets for illegal phishing activities.

Not taking any further chances, Hemachandra has requested other MyEtherWallet users to switch to Cloudfare DNS servers while company devs work towards resolving any remaining issues.

"Users, PLEASE ENSURE there is a green bar SSL certificate that says 'EtherWallet Inc' before making any transactions. We advise customers to run a local copy of the MEW and ignore any tweets, Reddit posts, or messages of any kind which claim to be giving away or reimbursing ETH on behalf of MEW.".

While Hemachandra and her team have been swift in taking remedial action, Google's press office has still not released an official statement in regards to this matter.

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