In Brief:
- Bitcoin.org was hacked by some anonymous hackers to put giveaway scam.
- Hosting provider of Bitcoin.org, Namecheap, temporarily disable the domain.
- The hacker received nine transactions worth $17.000 in BTC.
The First open-source website of Bitcoin, Bitcoin.org has been hacked by the hacker and they have posted a giveaway scam over the platform.
The anonymous head of Bitcoin.org, Cobra, announced on Twitter that website is under cyberattack and hackers have posted a scam notice on their website.
“Looks like Bitcoin.org got hacked and the entire site replaced with a scam asking for free Bitcoin. Do not send funds to that address,” Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo posted on Twitter.
In a return action of this attack, Namecheap, the hosting provider, temporarily took down the website. According to Cobra, the website “may be down for a few days”.
Before the website went offline, according to some users, the website was showing a pop up regarding fake giveaways of Bitcoin. Unfortunately, some users had sent Bitcoin to their address. As of the time of writing, this address is holding $17,000 worth of Bitcoin.
Cobra revealed a brief about the attack type that hackers had exploited a Flaw in the DNS. He said that Bitcoin.org’s Cloudflare accounts and servers were not affected by this attack.
Earlier, in July, Bitcoin.org became a victim of the DDoS attack, where hackers had demanded ransom for an undisclosed amount of Bitcoin. A week prior to this attack, the United Kingdom ordered the website to stop hosting the Bitcoin white paper.
Currently, Bitcoin.org is accessible again with the Bitcoin white paper.
Bitcoin.org is the first educational crypto website, which was launched in August 2008. The website’s aim was to provide educational resources about the seminal cryptocurrency. Currently, Bitcoin.org is known for hosting the Bitcoin core, software to connect the Bitcoin network and to run a node.
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