ConsenSys, the blockchain software company behind the MetaMask wallet, disclosed on Wednesday, September 30, that a security incident had affected part of its infrastructure.

Joseph Lubin, the Ethereum co-founder who leads the firm, has now addressed the event directly. According to a report by COINOTAG, the reviews carried out so far have found that MetaMask Ethereum (ETH) wallets were unaffected by the incident.

MetaMask is one of the most widely used self-custodial wallets in the Ethereum ecosystem, enabling users to store Ether and other Ethereum-based tokens and to interact with decentralized applications. ConsenSys, which was founded by Lubin, developed the wallet and stands among the most prominent companies in the Ethereum sector; Lubin is also a co-founder of the Ethereum network itself.

Because self-custodial wallets such as MetaMask leave control of private keys in the hands of users rather than the provider, statements from the company about the scope of an infrastructure-level incident are closely watched by the wallet's user base. The indication that Ethereum wallets were unaffected addresses that central concern directly. In any disclosure of this kind, the practical question for users of widely adopted wallet software is whether the incident reached the layer where keys and transactions are handled, and the reviews conducted to date point away from that outcome for MetaMask Ethereum wallets.

The available report does not outline further details about the nature of the incident or which specific parts of ConsenSys's infrastructure were affected. Further statements from ConsenSys would be where any clarification about the affected systems would surface; until then, the finding that MetaMask's Ethereum wallets were unaffected remains the company's key conclusion from its review so far.

This content was first published on COINOTAG: https://en.coinotag.com/joseph-lubin-metamask-ethereum-wallets-safe-september-30-incident