Bitcoin wallet Electrum suffered a phishing attack, at least 1,450 BTC stolen

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Like Bitcoin's core wallet, Electrum Wallet allows users to control their own funds and private keys. Electrum wallets' private keys can also be exported and used on other supported wallets to access funds. Electrum apps are available for Windows, Linux, OSX and Android, but do not support iOS and browser clients.

On April 13, Electrum wallets were hacked, and hackers used a wallet vulnerability to steal user keys, resulting in the theft of funds.

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The latest version of UBTC Electrum Light Wallet V3.3.3 has been open for download and download links.

The Electrum team has announced the attack in an official tweet, saying that "this is an ongoing phishing attack on Electrum users" and reminding them to check the authenticity of the client's source before logging in. The team published its official website, and the Electrum clients downloaded elsewhere may be problematic.

Lesson 1: Third-party Electrum servers can link your two transactions together. This can be avoided by running your own Electrum server, supported by your own full node.

In addition, Ivgi provides a plug-in that simplifies the process of setting up BWT with the Electrum client, and can also be used with other wallets that support the Electrum server protocol, such as Edge, Blue Wallet, Eclair Mobile, and Phoenix.

In this demo, Electrum developer Chris Belcher shows how to set up and use an Electrum personal server.