BEWARE of Splinterlands phishing links on Google Search Engine

poshtoken 3 years ago

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groentje 3 years ago

Oef i normally do not really care about my internet security. But now i have crypto and sirrious money is involved mightbe i should care more.

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hiro-hive 3 years ago

Maybe getting paranoid sometimes can be helpful though, if we didn't check this out our account will be gone forever after 30 days. You are right we should be more careful

woodathegsd 3 years ago

We have had multiple friends of ours hit over this scam.

And we definitely need some more tools to break up these scam artist rings.

And a lot of people who are really small and don't know no better need to be educated as to actual airdrops as opposed to all of the scam airdrops that are really fishing expeditions.

hiro-hive 3 years ago

it is an unpleasant scenario if this happen to anyone

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woodathegsd 3 years ago

This is the reason why you put everything in savings as well as powering up.

Try not to leave liquid balance accessible to get hit.

And don't fall for fishing scams that are too good to be true.

charlotte01 3 years ago

Thanks a lot for this wonderful information. For someone like us coming up, it's really a good info.

hiro-hive 3 years ago

my pleasure

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queenstarr 3 years ago

O my, this is scary and thank you for bringing this to light. Alot of lessons learnt. Hopefully this is rectified.
Tbh there should be a third party permission like an otp code or something, even after the active key, there should be another gate before final transaction. Could be via email or mobile number, this way hackers don't get fast access this way. Digital assets needs more security, not enough as of yet IMO.

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hiro-hive 3 years ago

Yeah, we knows if we can have this kind of security in the future.

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wrestlingdesires 3 years ago

If it requires that, it's not really a wallet - about the best thing to do is keep your important assets locked up tight 😥

hiro-hive 3 years ago

Hive Power up is I think the one of the safest way to protect yourself

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queenstarr 3 years ago

Yes HP is great too.

wrestlingdesires 3 years ago

Combined with watching the account and never using the master key, it's an excellent defense :) But you still need to be alert, and never click anything different.

queenstarr 3 years ago

Yes true. But😢

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jamerussell 3 years ago

The number one item which you could add in your post is to only use the lowest key possible to log in: even if it's a bad actor they cannot access your wallet to get any of your crypto, the problem is that these accounts are not hacked if you give someone access to the account by compromising the Master Password, which is the only way they can change the keys. Not rocket science but pure logic in 99.999% of the cases.
Is it possible to "hack" a 50 character password? Yes, not likely, but not impossible. Most HIVE users would not have the funds in their account that someone would even bother to try for, they would go for the major money if they have a possibility of getting it.
That Master Password and the Owner Key should NEVER be used for anything except to recover your account by changing your keys if you accidently compromised your posting key or active key.

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hiro-hive 3 years ago

The number one item which you could add in your post is to only use the lowest key possible to log in:

Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for pointing out that Master Password shouldn't be use all the time especially when login in

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b0s 3 years ago

This is a serious issue. The fact that the top Google search are scams. Wonder if there's a way to rectify this.

Thanks for sharing

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