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angohanta

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Quote from: MiningSensei on January 12, 2018, 06:26:14 PM

Shut the fuck off, dont you see that this thread is from MAY 2017? are you blind? Or you are simple just not reading the entire thread before posting? came on, do not be so lazy, what a shit poster.

Quote from: angohanta on January 12, 2018, 06:23:27 PM

As long as oyu kept your keys safe, this is impossible to happen. So it's most likely someone has either access to your pc or you go infected with malware that can steal data i.e. keylogger.

And you do not need to be an expert to know that you can not share your private key, and that you need to keep it safe, are you a newbie or what? I am tired of this kind of people who are always trying to justify everything without not even knowing how to use an offline wallet.

Here comes someone raging all of a sudden, are you on a period or somethin'? lol Grin

MiningSensei

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Shut the fuck off, dont you see that this thread is from MAY 2017? are you blind? Or you are simple just not reading the entire thread before posting? came on, do not be so lazy, what a shit poster.

Quote from: angohanta on January 12, 2018, 06:23:27 PM

As long as oyu kept your keys safe, this is impossible to happen. So it's most likely someone has either access to your pc or you go infected with malware that can steal data i.e. keylogger.

And you do not need to be an expert to know that you can not share your private key, and that you need to keep it safe, are you a newbie or what? I am tired of this kind of people who are always trying to justify everything without not even knowing how to use an offline wallet.

angohanta

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As long as oyu kept your keys safe, this is impossible to happen. So it's most likely someone has either access to your pc or you go infected with malware that can steal data i.e. keylogger. Also double check evertyhing you click online, chances are there might be phishing attempts that you might not be aware of. Hopefully you can figure it out and prevent such future attacks.

cryptotycoon33

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Quote from: Mickeyspit on May 03, 2017, 09:52:24 PM

Hello, yesterday 10000 pivx were stolen from my encrypted wallet. My computer knowledge is good I have removed malware and viruses from hundreds of computers as I did it for a job for few years. Is it possible that I have been hacked is for someone to send me a key logger and then transfer my PIVX wallet.dat to their computer and then transfer funds out?
At the time of the transaction I was setting up the masternode and asked for help on slack. Maybe someone from pivx slack saw my post hacked me?
I have traced the transaction... it ended up here

http://www.presstab.pw/phpexplorer/PIVX/address.php?address=DC2zB4fnzEaYyjc4SbzVgJSxAXUtK4Vk6Y

I will give a reward to anyone who can help with the discovery of my stolen coins

I am very sorry about the whole hacking incidence. Please try to careful next time. I have had this same bitter experience with my ETH wallet and I know how painful is it. I know somebody will come out to help you. Too bad!

Cryptoadvisors

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I myself didn't gave anything. i just downloaded an infected file and my money left the wallet after download. 10.000 pivx.

joae1975

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Forgive me for the retro post but he gave him his masternode priv key. It’s not the same as a real priv key, right?

nightpainter

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I was hacked by a Slack user for a different altcoin.

He lead me through the steps to setup a UNIX server. One of the commands he fed me was a get command to fetch a trojan virus.

When generating the wallet, I suspect the trojan sent him my .dat file. Before I had a chance to encrypt it.

Cryptoadvisors

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Hi guys, yes the guy posed in PIVX support with pivx logo. I was asking for support for several days on slack and i real admin i think just said to me to watch tutorials on youtube or on their channel. I was really glad when someone help me with good codes. I didn't give up any private key or something else, and the wallet was encrypted. After i wrongly downloaded the filezilla with block and chains files to get up to date on my wallet, instantly after finishing downloading the pivx flew away from my wallet. Normally the real devs called me also stupid for downloading the file, which i was. And they banned the user and then they refused to give up his account email to send him an email begging for my coins back. All the pivx, Mike's and mine and others are in the same wallet where i can see them. Strange is that the thief didn't use any...

DigitalLemming

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Wow read almost all of this. Moral of the story make sure to encrypt your wallet. Never share your private key with anyone for any reason. Do not trust people the first time you meet them on slack with your money. Know tricks that people can use to have you give them your private key. Last do more research and get more experience before attempting to set up a master node.

vanarebane

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It is very weird, theoretically it is impossible to be hacked if you have this way to protect your computer, maybe your computer has keylogger. That could be the answer.

easytipz

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So, you gave your private key to a scammer.
God bless you.

Phalo

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This is really heartbreaking. I am really sorry. I am glad you were able to find out exactly how your coins got stolen. Don't blame yourself, learn from the experience. Isht like this happens. As for the thief, may he burn in hell.

gotit

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Sorry hear that man. That really sucks.

Haitham

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Cryptos = New hope in life!

That's really sad.. don't think u can do much about it Sad

nightpainter

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Quote from: HashFace on October 17, 2017, 12:26:20 PM

Quote from: Cryptoadvisors on October 17, 2017, 11:43:34 AM

Let me be clear. I am not the guy who started this post. I didn't give up my private key or either key. I am the victim of same thief who also stole from the guy who post. I downloaded a file and installed block and chain folders and the pivx left immediately my wallet. Ten thousand pivx. I could put my conversation with pivx support team, they didn't want to provide me the email of the thief or no information whatsoever. I do not want to make FUD on pivx but this is the reality. The pivx is all collected in one account and the thief is staking. They told me to come with a court order to give me the thief address. They also asked if i am not the thief myself.

Were you getting advice from a user on Slack at the time it happened? Seems like the OP traced his loss back to a Slack user who pretended to be a developer and then stole his coins.

Here is one methodology I know is being used: The thief directs you to download a file for installation; it's the wallet installation package, but this one is infected with a trojan virus. You start up the wallet, transfer your coins to the new address, then the thief takes them. That's all I know. One could guess that the trojan broadcasts a signal that allows the thief to access your remote server, grab your dat, or whatever. I'm only guessing....I don't know how the actual crime is pulled off. But I can tell you there's a infected installer, I can assure you. Easy to duplicate this for many coins, and pull off the heist across all these slack boards.

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Quote from: Cryptoadvisors on October 17, 2017, 11:43:34 AM

Let me be clear. I am not the guy who started this post. I didn't give up my private key or either key. I am the victim of same thief who also stole from the guy who post. I downloaded a file and installed block and chain folders and the pivx left immediately my wallet. Ten thousand pivx. I could put my conversation with pivx support team, they didn't want to provide me the email of the thief or no information whatsoever. I do not want to make FUD on pivx but this is the reality. The pivx is all collected in one account and the thief is staking. They told me to come with a court order to give me the thief address. They also asked if i am not the thief myself.

Were you getting advice from a user on Slack at the time it happened? Seems like the OP traced his loss back to a Slack user who pretended to be a developer and then stole his coins.

Cryptoadvisors

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Let me be clear. I am not the guy who started this post. I didn't give up my private key or either key. I am the victim of same thief who also stole from the guy who post. I downloaded a file and installed block and chain folders and the pivx left immediately my wallet. Ten thousand pivx. I could put my conversation with pivx support team, they didn't want to provide me the email of the thief or no information whatsoever. I do not want to make FUD on pivx but this is the reality. The pivx is all collected in one account and the thief is staking. They told me to come with a court order to give me the thief address. They also asked if i am not the thief myself.

anasso

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i suggest you to trace the destination adress of your coin and email exhanges to block amounts of the thief send them to exchange!

you can't know who stole your coins until he sell them in exchanges!

moore100

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Quote from: testerx on May 08, 2017, 01:49:24 AM

Quote from: Mickeyspit on May 07, 2017, 11:59:31 PM

thanks to all who provided me with help in this theft.

I AM A FUCKIN DUMB NOOB who did infact did send my private key to alistar.
who i thought was a dev as he was in the #support channel and had a pivx logo next to his name.
He was very kind to offer help in a private chat he told me to type in to the debug console "dumpprivkey"
He then deleted the massage on slack.

i did not get hacked!!!!!
i gave my money away.
(IDIOT NOOB)
sorry for wasting your time
I shall make it back by investing more in crypto!!!

In all seriousness, I would honestly consider rethink investing in newer cryptos if you had trouble setting up things like a node yourself, and especially if you were willing to send your private key to other people, even if they were a real dev it'd be insane.

I really fell bad for your lose Sad

But really there is only two things that you Never Never give to anyone "Private Keys" and "Password". Even if it's a Dev why would he need a private key from you? If you was drunk or high at the time i can understand Cheesy

but otherwise you should be more careful in the future if you decided to invest more

Johnnywelsh

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The fact that you asked if you were sent a keylogger leads me to believe your IT skills are not as good as you claim. Either you know you've been sent executable content recently that was suspicious or you haven't. It couldn't have magically traveled over the Internet.

The only alternative if you've been posting your IP addresses and discussing setting up a masternode was you had a missing Windows patch that allowed remote code execution on your machine.

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