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0 pointscrtasm5y ago0 comments

They were running an old official version which has a serious issue allowing the full node servers it connects to to pop up a message. e.g. "You need to upgrade - click here" - that led to the malware.

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nodesocket5y ago

And there is no way to track down the node server that popped up this malicious message? Take it offline?

fluffything5y ago

Yes, electrum.org maintains a blacklist. That won't stop a phisher that just made 16 million dollars though. Spawning a new server costs cents.

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nodesocket5y ago

And there is no way to track down the node server that popped up this malicious message? Take it offline?

fluffything5y ago

Yes, electrum.org maintains a blacklist. That won't stop a phisher that just made 16 million dollars though. Spawning a new server costs cents.

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