PSA: DO NOT USE ONLINE SEED GENERATORS self.Iota

Submitted 1 day ago * by myhrmansM - announcement

Lately we’ve been getting a lot of reports regarding people losing/missing their IOTA and people having outgoing transactions not done by them. These seeds were generated online using unofficial websites. IOTA has no official website to generate a seed.

NEVER USE AN ONLINE SEED GENERATOR!

If you see ads on websites promoting a seed generator, these are not done by the foundation. So even if they might seem real to the looks they are not. We cannot say this enough… never use an online seed generator.

If you know that you have generated your seed online... on any website, please move your iotas to a new seed as soon as possible.

Here are three methods to safely generate a seed: https://helloiota.com/generate-seed.html

Here is also a guide provided by /u/onehitwonderos/ how to create a bootable USB with the OS Tails and install the IOTA wallet on it: https://medium.com/@onehitwonder/creating-a-safe-environment-for-your-iota-wallet-and-seed-1fe5a563addb

Also, if you would like to check on your balance but are unable to log into your wallet for whatever reason (or do not trust the balance your wallet is showing you) you can check all of your addresses on https://thetangle.org/ or on the Tangle Explorer in the sidebar and add them up. If you do not keep track of your addresses, your withdrawal history from whatever exchange you bought from should have them.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Iota/comments/7rmc55/psa_do_not_use_online_seed_generators/