Bitcoin owners have a lot to be thankful for in 2017—like the meteoric rise in Bitcoin value where a single coin is worth nearly $10,000.
But this is probably not how they wanted to end their Thanksgiving weekend. Bitcoin Gold served up this critical cybersecurity warning:
"Please be aware that for approximately 4.5 days, a link on our Download page and the file downloads on our Github release page have been serving two suspicious files of unknown origin.
Until we know otherwise, all users should presume these files were created with malicious intent—to steal cryptocurrencies and/or user information. The file does not trigger antivirus / anti-malware software, but do not presume the file is safe."
The files remain, at this point, a mystery.