Malware that steals cryptocurrency found embedded in some versions of Monero's official client app available on its site; Monero team says it is investigating
The Monero Project is currently investigating a potential compromise of the official website after a coin stealer was found …
BleepingComputer Sergiu Gatlan
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Discussion
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@matthew_d_green
Matthew Green
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My sympathies to the Monero team. This kind of thing is a legit nightmare. https://arstechnica.com/...
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@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
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The Monero team has published an official announcement on their site and widened the compromise window from 35mins to 14h “between Monday 18th 2:30 AM UTC and 4:30 PM UTC” https://web.getmonero.org/... https://twitter.com/...