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Users will be able to reclaim the stolen account with a guarantee of proxies. These measures will help to overcome the effects of the recent cyber attacks on popular blokcheyn-gay.

As the co-founder Dan Steemit Larimer in his blog, and now, if the user account is stolen, it can be returned by any keys that you use for 30 days. To do this you need a man, ready to confirm your identity. As noted in the comments to the article, this concept of "correlates well with the fact that Steemit - social network."

According to Dan Larimer, means of protection from hackers are becoming more expensive and difficult to use; Meanwhile, cybercriminals are finding ways to circumvent any obstacles. "Hacked even nuclear power plants in Iran, which was generally cut off from the Internet," - said the developer. "At some point, the cost of preventing cracking is higher than the cost of recovering from it ...", - he writes. According to him, the guaranteed return of the account owner - the most reasonable measure in the absence of absolute protection guarantees, he considers it a kind of trade-off between security and convenience.

When a social network account hacked, have access to two or more people. Blokcheynu for which there is no difference who holds the key to your account, you will need to make your choice. Protection, which developed in Steem, allows the user to restore a user account using a proxy - spouse, parent, friend, or any third party, including the very gay Steemit, which can identify you by e-mail, login on Reddit or your account to Facebook.
Trustee makes a request to replace the keys from old to new. After that, you have 24 hours to enter the account under the new and old passwords (any key that you used in the last 30 days). If you have time to do this, the hacker will be expelled from your account. But if within 30 days you have not used social network, then your page will be lost forever.

The Trustee is entitled to make a request for password recovery, but not in the hands of the keys as such, so there is no access to your account in Steemit. If, however, turned out to be a partner account hacked, the first he has to apply to a trustee for his help. Every 30 days, the user can confirm their trustee or to replace it.

July 14, 10 days after the first payment of user fees for published content in the amount of $ 1.3 million, Steemit website turned initially available, and then transferred to a "read-only" mode. The unknown cyber criminals had stolen $ 85,000 and hacked about 260 accounts. Executive Director Steemit Ned Scott promised that "all users whose accounts have been compromised, receive full compensation for damages."
Steemit - social network based on blokcheyna integrated with kriptovalyutnymi purses, whose users are rewarded for produced content. Its main difference from traditional social networks that the user accounts contain very little personal information and value to hackers does not represent personal data and money. Due technology blokcheyn account owner, even without having access to it, will know about the invasion and the loss of funds.