ViaBTC предупреждает пользователей о рисках мошенничества и временно ограничивает доступ к аккаунтам Translation: ViaBTC warns users about fraud risks and temporarily restricts account access

According to their statements, in recent weeks, malicious actors have been persuading miners to connect to the pool using fake addresses, siphoning off their hash rate and earnings. In response, the ViaBTC team sent notifications to users, reminding them to utilize only the official addresses of the platform.

To safeguard users, technical specialists temporarily restricted access to certain accounts that might be at risk.

“Account restrictions and limitations will be gradually lifted once it is confirmed that the threat has been completely eradicated. These measures are purely protective and are not related to any other factors,” emphasized ViaBTC.

Representatives of the mining pool specifically pointed out that the documents requested from some users are solely for verification purposes to prevent the risk of power hijacking, rather than for standard verification procedures.

Some restrictions have already been lifted. The support service is operating at an increased capacity to restore access.

ViaBTC’s comments followed a surge of user complaints, primarily from Russia, regarding unexpected account blocks and demands for a set of documents.

Users reported that these blocks often occurred while using a VPN or switching pool addresses.

It’s worth noting that in October, the crypto exchange aggregator BestChange restricted ruble transactions for 95 services.