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Cryptopolitan 2021-09-23 09:01:19

Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin website hit by hackers

TL;DR Breakdown Hackers hit Satoshi Nakamoto website to run giveaway scam.Website taken down after hack.Crypto community prone to giveaway scams. Anonymous crypto hackers have laid siege to the website of Satoshi Nakamoto (Bitcoin.org). The website is the first and oldest website relating to Bitcoin. Earlier on Thursday, 23rd September, the website was compromised by unknown hackers to promote dubious Bitcoin giveaways. Unfortunately, the scammers had gotten around $17,764 before the breach was discovered, and the site was subsequently taken down. Hours after the Satoshi Nakamoto website breach, users noticed the fraud and shared it on Twitter. The website’s homepage displayed a pop-up page that asks users to send Bitcoin to a dedicated address with promises they will receive doubled amount in return. Needless to say, this was indeed another scam, which the community has already grown accustomed to. The crypto community has experienced countless fraudulent activities involving some of the most well-known names in and outside the space. Screenshot of homepage of compromised Bitcoin.Org website Satoshi Nakamoto website taken down after hack After the site was compromised, all other sub-pages on it stopped functioning. The homepage would not allow clicking into any other pages or even to check the PDF version of the BTC white paper. Checks by Cryptopolitan also confirms this as an error message (ERR_SSL_VERSION) displays a...

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