How to Protect Yourself From This Massive Ongoing Cryptocurrency Hack
It seems no sooner does someone come up with a method to keep your digital data safe than hackers find a way to subvert it. Today's case in point: Bad actors have stolen more than $130 million in cryptocurrency from users of offline hardware wallets, devices specifically meant to be a safe option for securing bitcoin. Hackers are attacking cold crypto walletsAs TechCrunch reports, multiple groups of hackers have gained access to Coldcard crypto wallets and are continuing to drain funds in an ongoing theft.
- ▪It seems no sooner does someone come up with a method to keep your digital data safe than hackers find a way to subvert it.
- ▪Today's case in point: Bad actors have stolen more than $130 million in cryptocurrency from users of offline hardware wallets, devices specifically meant to be a safe option for securing bitcoin.
- ▪Hackers are attacking cold crypto walletsAs TechCrunch reports, multiple groups of hackers have gained access to Coldcard crypto wallets and are continuing to drain funds in an ongoing theft.
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It seems no sooner does someone come up with a method to keep your digital data safe than hackers find a way to subvert it. Today's case in point: Bad actors have stolen more than $130 million in cryptocurrency from users of offline hardware wallets, devices specifically meant to be a safe option for securing bitcoin. Hackers are attacking cold crypto walletsAs TechCrunch reports, multiple groups of hackers have gained access to Coldcard crypto wallets and are continuing to drain funds in an ongoing theft. The wallets, made by Coinkite, are considered "cold," meaning they are not connected to the internet or any other device, and users' keys or seed phrases exist entirely offline. By contrast, "hot" wallets are connected to the internet and include apps and browser extensions.
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