Hack IOTA: the foundation publishes a patch for its Trinity portfolio

The foundation IOTA posted a update for his Trinity wallet sure office. The IOTA network is currently still suspended.

Following the piracy of several of its portfolios, the IOTA foundation published a patch for Trinity Desktop. Users of Trinity on desk are invited to update their wallet.

When you download the new version, be sure to change your password, ”says the foundation.

While fault seems to have affected only the desktop version of Trinity, the foundation advises users of Trinity on mobile not to open their wallets yet.

In the coming days, the foundation will publish a seeds migration tool to allow users to transfer their tokens to a "safe seed".

We highly recommend to users who have opened Trinity (Desktop and Mobile) since December 17, 2019 to use the tool and migrate their tokens to a new safe seed during the migration period, ”warns the foundation.

Note that users of hardware portfolios Ledger Nano X and Nano S will not need to use the migration tool. A change of password is nevertheless recommended.

The coordinator, the network security mechanism IOTA, is currently still at a standstill, preventing any operation on the IOTA blockchain.

After the migration process, we will restart the coordinator and operations will resume normally on the network, ”concludes the foundation.

According to the latest reports, hackers stole approximately $ 1.6 million into digital pieces IOTA (MIOTA) on several wallets Trinity Desktop.