At least 260 compromised accounts and stolen more than $ 80,000 was the balance of a cyber attack last Thursday night, as reported Steemit CEO, Ned Scott, on the official blog platform.
The attack, carried to the website of Steemit, allowed the hacker to steal funds and credentials, after an analysis and subsequent containment of threats, managed to be restored and returned to their owners thanks to the joint work team Steemit and the house of camio Bittrex, the latter being responsible for analyzing portfolios Steemit.
Although the robbery was a "relatively small" amount in the words of Scott, considering that Steem surpassed this week the $ 300 million in capitalization, the attack was reported to the authorities of cyber crimes including the FBI, who are already in the research process to solve the problem immediately.
Importantly, the website was steemit.com who suffered the attack, but not the blockchain Steem cryptocurrency platform.
Due to the attack-and as a measure of precaution, all accounts have been suspended, and the ability to deposit or withdraw criptomonedas Steem from Bittrex; situation will be solved in the next 48 hours, when changing passwords with the same or Reddit Facebook credentials that were used to register for the first time be allowed.
Account has not been established with any social network, team Steemit calls for technical assistance via e contact@steemit.com, where he will give users an alternative solution.