{"id":67283,"date":"2018-07-12T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=67283"},"modified":"2019-11-07T02:44:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T02:44:32","slug":"myetherwallet-hola-vpn-compromised-user-accounts-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/myetherwallet-hola-vpn-compromised-user-accounts-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"MyEtherWallet Hola VPN Compromised, User Accounts Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far in 2018, a series of major cryptocurrency exchange hacks have resulted in over $750 million stolen. On July 9, MyEtherWallet reported a security breach to its Hola VPN service that left user accounts exposed.<\/p>\n

50 Million Accounts Potentially Compromised<\/h2>\n

MyEtherWallet (MEW), a globally renowned cryptocurrency management tool and web wallet, experienced a security breach to its Hola VPN browser extension that left user accounts exposed for approximately five hours on July 9.<\/p>\n

MEW's Hola VPN is a free browser extension with nearly 50 million users. During the security breach, hackers were able to access and monitor user accounts who toggled the VPN on and were actively using MEW.<\/p>\n

Regular users of MEW were not affected by the hack, as the core platform itself remained uncompromised. Taking to Twitter, MEW warned Hola users of the security issue and advised them to transfer funds to a new account.<\/p>\n

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We received a report that suggest Hola chrome extension was hacked for approximately 5 hrs and the attack was logging your activity on MEW.<\/p>\n

— MyEtherWallet.com (@myetherwallet) July 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n