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MCT Domain Hijacking

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Incident Overview

On October 6th, MCT issued an announcement stating that in the past two days, some users had reported cases of their MCT wallets being compromised. After investigation today, it was discovered that due to the DNS domain hijacking, under certain specific conditions, private keys could potentially be uploaded to a fraudulent domain. MCT advises users who have entered their private keys into MCT since September 15, 2023, to transfer their wallet balances as a precautionary measure as soon as possible.

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