Another day, another hack. Basically My Ether Wallet was hacked via the chrome extension hola. At this point it isn't known how many users have been affected or how many tokens have been lost.
https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/07/10/mew-hack-hola/So my question to you is will you still use MEW? Do you think it is their responsibility what happened? The hack that happened a couple months ago was bad enough, but now another one? I find it hard to believe that their credibility will be salvaged after this.
Of course I will still use myetherwallet and here's why. This hack is not a problem with MEW's system, it is an issue with the VPN service provider named Hola so we can't blame MEW about this hacking incident, this is why I'm very picky on what VPN to use and I don't use free VPNs because of security reasons. All people that use hola VPN and accessed their MEW wallet at the time of hack, their Ethereum and as well as their erc20 based tokens might gone right now. So if you are one of those who use this service and your cryptocurrencies are still there better create a new mew account and transfer all your tokens to it. And what's worst is if you are using this VPN during the hack, while using other accounts like email, social media accounts, or any other important accounts might also in danger.
Exactly , I use mew in my bounty campaigns, as long as you hold your private key safely and secured, It can also help you to store some important funds in your wallet and be able to trade it online, most of the users in crypto are using MEW as their wallets.