Electrum Botnet Steals $4.6 Million in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies

The botnet attacking Electrum has grown to 152,000 infected computers and has now stolen $4.6 million in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, according to Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes states that it has been “closely monitoring” the attack against the Electrum Bitcoin wallet. The company states how the botnet came to fruition, stating: “Victims were being tricked to download a fraudulent update that stole their cryptocurrencies,” explained Malwarebytes. Later on, the threat actors launched a Distributed Denial of ServiceRead MoreThe post Electrum Botnet Steals $4.6 Million in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.