Bitcoin Gold Wallet GitHub Download Breached by Hackers

[kreslik.news]

Bitcoin Gold, the cryptocurrency with the sixth-largest market cap, has been the target of yet another hacking attack. The Bitcoin Gold official wallet, which was available for download on the BTG downloads page and GitHub, had been infected with two “suspicious files of unknown origin”.

Bitcoin Gold posted a “critical warning” against the scam on November 26th. The files were allegedly being downloaded along with the wallet for a 4.5-day period between November 21st and November 25th. The warning said that although the files do not trigger any antivirus software, they should be treated as though they were “created ... (read more)