Enigma, a cryptocurrency investor platform, was compromised by an attacker who swindled investors into parting with roughly $500,000 in cryptocurrency. This week, the decentralized cryptocurrency marketplace was gearing up for its Token Sale, also known as an initial coin offering (ICO), in order to give thousands of users the chance to use their ethereum (ETH) to invest in virtual currency-related projects and products.
However, on 21 August, Enigma sent out frantic messages to users, begging them to not send any ethereum to any wallet address as “certain Enigma accounts were under attack.”