MyDashWallet.org Compromised

[HeyMichael]

Mydashwallet.org is an online wallet developed and maintained by DeltaEngine, an independent developer. It has no relation with the official wallets maintained by the Dash Core Group development team, which are unaffected by the compromise described below.

Today it was discovered that mydashwallet.org was compromised. The hacker was able to obtain private keys used between May 13th and July 12th. Out of an abundance of caution, anyone using mydashwallet.org in that timeframe should assume their private keys are known by the hacker and should immediately move any balances out of that wallet.

Based on our understanding, people who used mydashwallet.org in conjunction with a hardware wallet or with associated tipbots are not affected. We also don’t believe that the vulnerability affects other third-party wallets.

Dash Core Group is assisting the developer to resolve this issue and collecting relevant information to provide to law enforcement. For any users affected please use this forum post to share and provide any helpful information you want to share and visit mydashwallet.org for updates.

 

[tungfa]

1) In April 2018, MyDashWallet was modified to load an external script from the script hosting website GreasyFork. While not abnormal, this is not considered a secure practice, particularly since the reference loaded the latest version of the script, rather than a specific version. On May 13 2019, a hacker compromised the GreasyFork account of the original author of the script, Jixun Moe, and added code to send users' private keys to an external server. This change was detected on July 12 2019 when the hacker used the private keys to move user funds. MyDashWallet is not maintained by Dash Core Group, and at no time was the Dash network itself compromised.
2) The hack itself was only active for two months before being detected. The insecure coding practice implemented by MyDashWallet went undetected for over a year due to insufficient review of code by third parties. In the future, all code handling private keys should be reviewed thoroughly before being trusted with user funds. In particular, the use of local keystore files should be discouraged in favour of hardware wallets, similar to best practices implemented by MyEtherWallet.
3) Dash is an open protocol built on open source software. As such, anyone is free to implement wallets or other software interacting with the Dash network. All software released by Dash Core Group is both open source and subjected to stringent quality testing prior to release. Third party software should be reviewed carefully before use, with preference given to open source software where the code is available.

tx @strophy

 

[FabioEcoe]

EEYYY!!! My account was hacked ... have I lost my funds? I think there is not much to do, they must return the chain to before the hack... it's incredible that I may have an error like that there ... please recover the funds

 

[FabioEcoe]

1) In April 2018, MyDashWallet was modified to load an external script from the script hosting website GreasyFork. While not abnormal, this is not considered a secure practice, particularly since the reference loaded the latest version of the script, rather than a specific version. On May 13 2019, a hacker compromised the GreasyFork account of the original author of the script, Jixun Moe, and added code to send users' private keys to an external server. This change was detected on July 12 2019 when the hacker used the private keys to move user funds. MyDashWallet is not maintained by Dash Core Group, and at no time was the Dash network itself compromised.
2) The hack itself was only active for two months before being detected. The insecure coding practice implemented by MyDashWallet went undetected for over a year due to insufficient review of code by third parties. In the future, all code handling private keys should be reviewed thoroughly before being trusted with user funds. In particular, the use of local keystore files should be discouraged in favour of hardware wallets, similar to best practices implemented by MyEtherWallet.
3) Dash is an open protocol built on open source software. As such, anyone is free to implement wallets or other software interacting with the Dash network. All software released by Dash Core Group is both open source and subjected to stringent quality testing prior to release. Third party software should be reviewed carefully before use, with preference given to open source software where the code is available.

tx @strophy

Have I lost my funds? I think that there is not much to do, they must return the chain before the hacking ... it is incredible that there could be an error like that there ... please help to recover the funds

 

[FabioEcoe]

The total robbery was 143.84 DASH in mydashwallet ... the funds have just been moved to two accounts today at the "mined Jul 14, 2019 9:28:15 AM" ... please help ... the accounts CAN BE tracked !!!

 

[camosoul]

It blows my mind that people still stick their money in the cloud and then act surprised when it disappears... DUMB! This has been going on since 2009 and you STILL haven't learned your lesson?

 

[FabioEcoe]

I am not an expert programmer ... BUT it is very easy to know that NO external libraries are requested ... and accounts can be traced ... I ASK DASH to replace at least part of what was stolen from a portfolio his name and is authorized on his official page.

what happens if DASH does NOT have an accessible and safe wallet ... in South America, it is very necessary ...
also, if DASH does not know who he works with...

 

[AgnewPickens]

Dash knows who the 3rd party contractor was, that is not the issue, we have many options in S. America, he was one of many contractors, I suggest you look up some local providers @FabioEcoe Like George Donnely.

 

[FabioEcoe]

Dash knows who the 3rd party contractor was, that is not the issue, we have many options in S. America, he was one of many contractors, I suggest you look up some local providers @FabioEcoe Like George Donnely.

DO NOT. the facts say otherwise ... my hacked account: XhnL2H26iBGGRAjnpjApbnMhc9os6F5PyD ... you can follow it

 

[Hello Kitty]

the MDW is fishy now! so many persons lost the DASH in MDW during 2 months, and MDW found nothing before. It's so wired!

 

[Antti Kaikkonen]

@FabioEcoe I tried to see if I can follow the money from the address that you provided, but I can only see that it had 0.83 Dash. Is that a wrong address since you said you lost 143 dash? What is the transaction id of the transaction(s) that you didn't authorize?

 

[bigrcanada]

Lol...
Crickets.

 

[Hello Kitty]

@HeyMichael What about the issue now? If the DASH core or The DAO do something about the MDW compromised? And why the Deltaengine keep silence all the time ?