https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/a9yji3/elec...
> Just to clarify the "hacked" part of the title:
> Technically speaking, even though the term 'hacked' is broad, what happened was an attacker utilized the server response/messaging capability to phish users (it was more convincing because rich text was allowed to display in the electrum client). The message provided a link to "upgrade electrum", but was actually installing a malicious clone.
> The attacker amplified their reach by spinning up more malicious servers which could loosely be considered a sybil attack.
> People using the correct wallet software and not clicking any links are unaffected. Electrum was no more "hacked" than gmail is hacked every time one of their users is sent a phishing email