While Temporarily Closed, Malware Sent To DGEX Users
The most popular pure NXT and BTC only exchange on the web already shut down after suffering an attack on its network and losing 52 BTC and 1.2M NXT. The exchange has promised to cover all losses and it is days from relaunching its market. Unfortunately, one attacker wanted to take advantage of that. Today, a warning was posted on the NXT forums about a fraudulent email getting sent out to DGEX users imitating DGEX's admin email. The email insisted that the exchange was launching early and that users should download the updated DGEX wallet. The post was then shared via email with every NXT....
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