Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-06-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: ClassicEtherWallet.com
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Data in Transit
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: An unknown attacker gains control over the web domain of Classic Ether Wallet, a client-side wallet system for the Ethereum Classic (ETC) cryptocurrency, being able to phish credentials and redirect transactions. Based on reported cases, the hacker might have stolen nearly $300,000.