It Seems Like Steemit Accounts Are Getting Hacked RIGHT NOW!!! Yikes

in steemit •  8 years ago  (edited)

Kate got hacked?  

If you take a look at the trending posts a user that does hiking posts named @katecloud looks like she has been hacked. She had a popular post that had earned a lot and now it is at $0 and there is a message from the hackers directed @dan and @ned

Here is what the hackers changed the post to read.  

Here is one of my favorite clips from the movie Independence Day so we can all get pumped up and stand up to the hackers!  

#steemit #steem #hack #news #breakingnews #hackers 

Authors get paid when people like you upvote their post.
If you enjoyed what you read here, create your account today and start earning FREE STEEM!
Sort Order:  

Good catch sir - Upvoted for visibility.

Thanks! Some people are having problems with withdraws. I hope this hack can be quashed quickly.

It's a shame that people do these things... I hope this problem will be resolved in the near future!

I hope so as well.

This is journalism. Clear, concise and to the point, well done sir.

Thank you Steve. Growing up I always wanted to work at the Daily Planet. Then Twitter came along and I realized within 5 seconds that it was stupid and it was a bot orgy. Now we have this amazing platform #Steemit Long live the blockchain!

Напиши про спам))))

Upvoted for commenting! I can't read it though!

My guess is a weak password was involved. People are horrible at creating passwords. We should never be trusted with the task. There are tools like keepass that while they are better than nothing, do not represent an ideal solution, because you don't easily have access to you password on seperate devices.

Here is truth. Passwords just suck. We should not be using passwords for deriving a key. This is the brain wallet problem we've been facing since 2010 when the first brain wallet schemes were launched.

You need multifactor authentication of which part may be a password.
When you think multifactor auth you think SMS and this is wrong minded.
I have a solution that I believe will work and it's blockchain friendly and portable. It's also a bit too long for comment. So I'll make a new posting about it here shortly.

I agree on the password stuff. It is tough to deal with. Also having these as web wallets right now has to provide holes for these hackers to get through. Let me know when you get your post up about the non SMS multi-factor solution you have. I would love to read about it!

Excellent!!

сам ты бот

Actually... Look at how many upvotes the post garnered though... Did this mass of bots just home in on @Katecloud no matter what she posts?