Enigma was stolen $ 500,000 during the pre-sale of ECAT tokens
Scammers stole $ 500,000 from investors of the Enigma block-startup during the ECAT token preempt. This is written by CoinDesk.
According to the statement of the Enigma team, hackers hacked the site of the project and changed the administrator's address to a foreign address of the crypto-currency purse.Thus, investors' funds were sent not to the project, but to fraudsters. According to reports in social networks, attackers pretended to be the official team of the project and encouraged investors to invest in presale.
The startup team stated:
"Currently, our team managed to take control of the accounts of the pre-sale participants and the website.Some pages will be deactivated until the team resolves the issue. Please be vigilant and follow our news. Do not send money or personal information to anyone. "
TechCrunch reports that nearly 1500 ETH (approximately $ 500,000) were transferred by investors to the purse's purse address before the team returned access to the website.Enigma aims to create a decentralized hub for the information needed by crypto-currency hedge funds. Earlier the team indicated that next month it will hold an ICO, although it is unclear what further decision will be taken in connection with this incident.
