‘No indication that MetaMask wallets were affected’ – Joseph Lubin reassures users
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MetaMask disclosed an incident affecting part of its infrastructure on Sept. 30 and said it found no immediate threat to its wallets [32217]. Joseph Lubin separately said there was no indication that MetaMask wallets were affected [32213]. An on-chain estimate counted 16,965 validators exited or in the queue by Oct. [32217]. ETH moving out of the overall validator market was described as having jumped 4x in the past few days [32213].
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What it means
Users of MetaMask are the group most directly affected today, because the company said an incident touched part of its infrastructure on Sept. 30 while also saying it saw no immediate threat to its wallets. That means wallet users have a specific security event to notice, even though the disclosed update did not say their wallets were exposed.
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Ethereum rose 0.3% in the 4 hours after the first headline, after a flat 2 hours before.
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Has this happened before?
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 42 days ago | Consensys founder says MetaMask wallets safe after security incident event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |