TL; DR
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If you’ve been in crypto long enough, you’ve learned that Metamask is a favorite target of many hackers.
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Yesterday, scammers hacked official government websites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam and other jurisdictions and redirected those websites to fake MetaMask websites.
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The good news? The Metamask security team is on the case. They are improving their detection systems and learning from this campaign to detect and prevent similar attacks as soon as they are launched.
Full story
If you’ve been in crypto long enough, you’ve learned that Metamask is a favorite target of many hackers.
(Hopefully that lesson didn’t come to you the hard way).
In addition, you probably already know that when logging in via the MetaMask website, it’s worth checking that the URL is legitimate.
Because if it doesn’t, and your wallet is compromised… there is no turning back.
Most Web3 natives have a healthy dose of fear and distrust, which makes them wonder how/where they interact in Web3.
As it turns out, this isn’t lost on hackers – and they’re constantly looking for ways to artificially gain users’ trust so they can trick them.
Their latest angle?
Yesterday, scammers hacked official government websites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam and other jurisdictions and redirected those websites to fake MetaMask websites.
…and the fake websites are almost identical to the official ones.
(That’s the bad news).
The good news? The Metamask security team is on the case.
They are improving their detection systems and learning from this campaign to detect and prevent similar attacks as soon as they are launched.
OK, now you know. Stay safe out there folks!