Dogecoin christmas hacked

If you've heard of Dogecoinmaybe you thought it was a joke. A cryptocurrency based on what has been called the meme of the year forit certainly has all dogecoin christmas hacked earmarks of an internet prank. But some people are apparently taking Dogecoin seriously — seriously enough, at least, to steal millions of them from online wallets. In a move worthy of Scrooge himself, the e-heist took place on Christmas Day.

Hackers were reportedly able to compromise the systems of online wallet service Dogewallet and reconfigure the site so that all transactions were rerouted to their own address. We're currently reviewing logs for information. It's not clear exactly dogecoin christmas hacked many Dogecoins fell prey to the incident, but the amount is said to be in excess of 30 million.

In a Reddit post on the matter, Dogewallet's founders say they are scrambling to reimburse users for as much of the lost currency as possible. As The Reg goes to press the big, red "Publish" button dogecoin christmas hacked this story, the latest update claims that at least "a few million" Dogecoins have been returned to users so far. Not everyone in the Dogecoin community buys Dogewallet's explanation, however. In a separate Reddit thread, some users have speculated that the incident may not have been a hack at all, but the result of a deliberate scam designed to bilk gullible users out of their Dogecoins.

Scam or not — and El Reg does not care to speculate on who may have been behind the theft — many Dogecoin fans have argued that most of these losses could have been prevented if Dogewallet users had learned from the example of earlier cryptocurrencies, such as the daddy of them all, Bitcoin. That service has since been taken down, its homepage replaced with a less-than-reassuring apology. Indeed, even Dogewallet's operators weren't so dogecoin christmas hacked cut up by Wednesday's sad event that they dogecoin christmas hacked take the opportunity to wag their dogecoin christmas hacked at some of the service's users.

Dogewallet has posted the address it believes was the beneficiary of the purloined Dogecoins, but whether that will help recover them is unclear. As for the future of Dogewallet, it sounds dogecoin christmas hacked it doesn't have one. The service is currently shut down and it doesn't seem likely to return.

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