MEW (MyEtherWalet) Phishing attack - Becarful

hi, i just received an email via slack titled

[Slack] Notifications from the iotatangle team for July 6th, 2017 at 8:42 AM from no-reply@slack.com

with the following content

@athalertbot View in the archives

ethereum alert 8:27 AM, July 6th ALERT: During recent attacks on the Ethereum network, over 1.200.000 private keys have been lost/stolen . Please visit Myetherwallet.com to check your ETH balance and transfer the funds urgently to a new wallet for your own safety. Failure to do so may result in loss of ETH funds.

the myetherwallet.com is a hyperlink to a very nicely crafted phishing page.

BECAREFUL you keys cant be stolen cause MEW doesn't have them :)

http://ift.tt/2tTWiiQ --- screenshot of the message

http://ift.tt/2usLDsq --- screenshot of the phishing page

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