Fallout 4 pirate gets instant karma when his Bitcoins are stolen
There are many hazards in the wastelands of Fallout 4, but one Bitcoin-loving gamer found out the hard way that real life can be dangerous too. On the Bitcoin subreddit, user arkanoah was asking for help determining how his Bitcoins were stolen. It turns out a pirated game is probably the culprit.
Bitcoin is a digital currency that is held in wallet files. All Bitcoin transactions are processed in the blockchain, a sort of public master ledger of Bitcoin usage. Arkanoah posted a link to the mysterious transaction on the blockchain, showing a 4.88 BTC withdrawal from his wallet on November 11th. Guess what else happened around then. Yep, Fallout 4 was released.
http://www.geek.com/games/fallout-4-pirate-gets-instant-karma-when-his-bitcoins-are-stolen-1641350/
There are many hazards in the wastelands of Fallout 4, but one Bitcoin-loving gamer found out the hard way that real life can be dangerous too. On the Bitcoin subreddit, user arkanoah was asking for help determining how his Bitcoins were stolen. It turns out a pirated game is probably the culprit.
Bitcoin is a digital currency that is held in wallet files. All Bitcoin transactions are processed in the blockchain, a sort of public master ledger of Bitcoin usage. Arkanoah posted a link to the mysterious transaction on the blockchain, showing a 4.88 BTC withdrawal from his wallet on November 11th. Guess what else happened around then. Yep, Fallout 4 was released.
http://www.geek.com/games/fallout-4-pirate-gets-instant-karma-when-his-bitcoins-are-stolen-1641350/
4.88 BTC is a lot for a hot wallet. I wonder why he didn't use cold storage for this amount. One install of a spyware/keylogger program and it's gone, security is very important if you use a hot wallet. Perhaps if he used Trezor he would still have his bitcoins.
because people are lazy....
