Monero users warned of possible compromise of official client files The developers of the Monero cryptocurrency this Tuesday posted a notice on Reddit, according to which the CLI binaries available on the official getmonero.org portal could be compromised at some point in the last 24 hours.

Monero users warned about possible compromise of official client files

Monero cryptocurrency developers this tuesday posted a notice on Reddit stating that CLI binaries available on the official getmonero.org portal could have been compromised at some point in the last 24 hours.

“Some users have noticed that the hash of the binaries they are downloading is not what they expected,” the developers write. - Apparently, the container was indeed compromised, and different CLI binaries were being sent within 35 minutes. The download is now from a secure backup source ".

The developers remind users to check the integrity of the downloaded files, and especially recommend this to those who have downloaded Monero clients in the last 24 hours. If a hash mismatch is found, the user should immediately withdraw assets from all wallets that were opened using potentially vulnerable software to the addresses of secure wallets.

“The binaries are also available on GitHub, the hashes are also hosted by GitLab on our own infrastructure, but that doesn't help if no one checks the hashes of the downloaded files. Any self-signing mechanism in software can be compromised through malicious binaries. The only possible way to solve this problem lies outside the scope of the software itself ", - writes the creator of Monero Riccardo Spagni in the comments..

Information about the possible loss of cryptocurrency due to this vulnerability in present time no. Several members of the Monero team are investigating the possible aftermath of the incident.

Meanwhile, the Monero network continues to prepare for the planned hard fork with an updated mining algorithm, which should take place on November 30.

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