A Bunch of Government Websites From Around the World Were Just Hacked and Used To Drain MetaMask Wallets

TL;DR

• If you’ve been in crypto long enough, you’ll have learned that MetaMask is a favorite target of many hackers.

• Yesterday, scammers hacked official government websites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam and other jurisdictions, redirecting those websites to fake MetaMask websites.

• The good news? Metamask’s security team is on the case. They’re juicing up their detection systems, learning from this campaign to detect similar attacks and prevent them as soon as they launch.

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If you’ve been in crypto long enough, you’ll have learned that MetaMask is a favorite target of many hackers.

(Hopefully, that lesson didn’t come to you the hard way).

On top of that, you’ve probably twigged to the fact that when signing in via the MetaMask website, it pays to check that the URL is legit.

Because if it’s not, and your wallet gets compromised – there’s no coming back.

Most Web3 natives have a healthy dose of fear and distrust that makes them question how/where they interact in Web3.

Turns out, this ain’t lost on hackers – and they’re forever looking for ways to artificially gain users’ trust, so they can fleece ‘em.

Their latest angle?

Yesterday, scammers hacked official government websites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam and other jurisdictions, redirecting those websites to fake MetaMask websites.

…and the fake websites are almost identical to the official one.

(That’s the bad news).

The good news? Metamask’s security team is on the case.

They’re juicing up their detection systems, learning from this campaign to detect similar attacks and prevent them as soon as they launch.

Alright, now you know. Stay safe out there folks!