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Electrum Phishing Attack

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Incident Overview

Electrum suffers from "Update Phishing" theft. (The "Update Phishing" attack continues, and the older version (less than 3.3.4) is still under threat.)

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://www.8btc.com/article/335983 (opens in a new tab)

This record presents information attributed to the linked sources. Incident dates describe the original event, not a new report. Reported loss figures reflect the source record and are not current market valuations.

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