Hackers hacked bitcoin.org website and placed a fake ad

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The attackers organized a fake distribution of cryptocurrency, offering users to send bitcoins to an unknown address and receive twice as much in return.

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Hackers gained unauthorized access to information resources Bitcoin.org and placed on it to advertise the fake web cryptocurrency hand, reports rbc.ru.

Visitors to the Bitcoin Foundation website - bitcoin.org - noticed an unusual pop-up window (Chinese version is known, there may have been variants in other languages).

On the home page of the world's most popular cryptocurrency, it was reported that the Bitcoin Foundation is allegedly ready to immediately return a double amount to users who sent bitcoins to a wallet number hidden behind a QR code. It was reported that the offer is limited and only applies to the first 10,000 users.

The operator of the site Bitcoin.org said that the developers are already figuring out how the attackers managed to gain access to the resource.
 
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