Recover Your Private Keys, Ordinals Warn Users Amid Security Breach
Ordswap, a Bitcoin trading site, warns users of safety risks and offers a new tool to protect their digital money after a suspicious website change.
Ordswap, a unique Bitcoin trading place, is in trouble and working to keep users safe.
On Oct. 10, Ordswap told people on X (Twitter) about a new help tool. Users who signed in with MetaMask can use it to get their secret Bitcoin codes (private keys) back, this is to
A day earlier, Oct. 9, Ordswap told everyone to avoid its website because it was not safe. They blamed Netlify, a company that helps with websites, for the problem. This is to protect users from losing their money
People saw a new button on the Ordswap website that asked them to link their crypto wallets, trying to trick them. A person on X warned this button could empty wallets. Now, going to Ordswap's website takes you to another place called RelayX.
Even though Ordswap's team said no keys or money are lost yet, users who used the website might be in danger.
In a similar problem last month, Balancer, another service, got tricked and the hackers r took $240,000. Balancer believes the thieves fooled it's website helper, EuroDNS, and made users approve a bad action that stole their money.