Bitcoin.org goes offline after phishing attack

Bitcoin.org, one of the earliest Bitcoin (BTC) websites, was hacked by online fraudsters and is no longer available at the time of going to press.

Cobra, anonymous curator of Bitcoin.org, announced on September 23 that Bitcoin.org was compromised and the hackers managed to post a phishing notice on the website.

“It looks like Bitcoin.org has been hacked and the entire website has been replaced with a scam that claims to be giving away free bitcoins. Do not send money to this address, ”said Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo report on twitter.

Following a request from Corallo, Namecheap has temporarily disabled the site. According to Cobra, the Bitcoin.org website “may be unavailable for a few days”.

Before Bitcoin.org went offline, users reported that Bitcoin.org displayed a classic fake giveaway message in which scammers allegedly managed to raise around $ 17,000 to its address.

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After disabling the website, Cobra claims that hackers exploited a flaw in the DNS, stating that Bitcoin.org’s Cloudflare accounts and servers were not compromised.

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The most recent attack comes after Bitcoin.org fell victim to a DDoS attack in early July, along with a ransom note for an unknown amount of Bitcoin. The attack comes just a week after a UK court ordered the website to stop hosting white papers on Bitcoin, ruling in favor of self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto and Bitcoin SV advocate Craig Wright.