Account got hacked - Hacker is using my trust score to scam others

dominiclloyd0

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Hello all

I would like to make a final update to this thread and thank all the ones who helped.

Unfortunately, after sending 3 messages to theymos with the required signature in the exact required format as mentioned, I received no reply.
I even offered in my last message, a $100 USD BTC donation the bitcointalk.org forum in return to the wasted 5 minutes required to verify the signature.
It's been a week now, no answer, to be honest, I'm not expecting one anymore.

I'll go ahead and start fresh again as advised.
I already made a new post here
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/exchanging-bitcoin-into-paypal-very-high-positive-feedback-1430141

and would like to ask for your support, especially the members who traded with me earlier, the members who were able to verify my account at bitify and the members who verified my old signature (already posted in this thread).

Thank you all for your help and support.

dominiclloyd0

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Thank you for the tips.
Will have a look.

BitNow

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If you have a linux distribution you can create a random password with the following command:
apg -a 0 -x 32

Create a password of at least 32 characters for your account: Bitcointalk is not very secure and your data will be stolen someday in the future but if you have a password of at least 32 characters the chances of your account being hacked are lower.
"Bitcointalk gets hacked once a year in the last 5 years span"
You can buy the whole Bitcointalk database in the darknet.

For Window platform you can use this tool:
Password Generator: http://pwgen-win.sourceforge.net/
Password Keychain: http://keepass.info/

Sad for your loss.

Good luck with your work.

Best regards.

BitNow
"Buy moondollars with cash"
www.bitnow.it

achow101

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Just writing some code

Quote from: dominiclloyd0 on April 01, 2016, 04:03:20 PM

Dear all

First I would like to thank you for your help in the last day, with regards to restore my account.

I have made few research yesterday and today, and found out that even if you are able to fulfill theymos requirements by signing an old address, it's highly probable that your request will get dismissed or ignored.

Can any of your guys confirm or deny this?

That's the message I send (exactly as requested)

_______________________________________________________________________________ ___

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account has been hacked. Please reset the email to <[email protected]>. The current date is <01 April 2016>
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
131pBGSGtQ9Z5XuGUFYV55NB1iq5nSoaJ5
HMP7v8HqWnG4AfIy4WuEQ4OO1DwgU8P+roTtynRJJH+dam866C6tf72GCZ8R0hkOw/zgX83OImseLG78tf+Ugmo=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

I sent that address to someone in a PM with PM ID#4176240
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=4176240;quote;u=71834
_______________________________________________________________________________ ___

I'm not sure what else should I be doing, if anyone knows the right steps to get this account restored, I would really appreciate it:

PLEDGE: For anyone who can actively help, in return for your time for helping me restore my account, I pledge to donate $25 USD (by uᴉoɔʇᴉq) to any address or any charitable organisation of your choice.

Really all you can do now is wait. PM theymos and BadBear with the signed message and hopefully your account will be recovered. The proper users have given it negative trust warning that the account is hacked and Cyrus said (in the trust page) that the account is now banned as well so it can't be used maliciously.

dominiclloyd0

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Activity: 40

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Dear all

First I would like to thank you for your help in the last day, with regards to restore my account.

I have made few research yesterday and today, and found out that even if you are able to fulfill theymos requirements by signing an old address, it's highly probable that your request will get dismissed or ignored.

Can any of your guys confirm or deny this?

I sent that address to someone in a PM with PM ID#4176240
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=4176240;quote;u=71834
_______________________________________________________________________________ ___

I'm not sure what else should I be doing, if anyone knows the right steps to get this account restored, I would really appreciate it:

PLEDGE: For anyone who can actively help, in return for your time for helping me restore my account, I pledge to donate $25 USD (by uᴉoɔʇᴉq) to any address or any charitable organisation of your choice.

dominiclloyd0

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Quote from: luluchick on March 31, 2016, 03:40:59 PM

Can you sign this address avax?
131pBGSGtQ9Z5XuGUFYV55NB1iq5nSoaJ5

Finally done!

I contacted blockchain.info and they told me 2 things

1 - There is no way to sign messages with the new design.
The only way I was able to do it is to export the private key, and then import it to the key to a new blockchain.info account, without switching to the new design.

2 - Concerning exporting the private keys to another wallet.
That's what they answered.
===============================
There is no user-friendly way to export individual private keys from the HD wallet, but this guide will walk you through the steps:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-2l6xOqcbjs9QWEqSh72RD1d8EEdvG_hQuEXw_f_o6w/edit

Thanks,
===============================

Already contacted Theymos with my signature, waiting for his answer.

achow101

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Just writing some code

Quote from: dominiclloyd0 on March 31, 2016, 05:56:47 PM

Quote from: Lutpin on March 31, 2016, 05:48:28 PM

Quote from: achow101 on March 31, 2016, 05:43:51 PM

How are you using it with Electrum? Did you create a new wallet with the "restore a wallet or import keys" option? That is the only way to import the private key.

No, it's not.
"Wallet -> Private Keys -> Import" works aswell.
(Unless the private key exported from blockchain.info is in some odd format electrum doesn't accept that way.)

Yes that's what happening, the format of the private key exported from blockchain.info is not recognized by electrum.
I also tried it on www.bitaddress.org >> wallet details

Same error, private key unrecognized.

Oh, yeah, I just checked, Blockchain.info does not seem to be using the right format for Private keys. Private keys will always start with a 5, K or L. I'm seeing them start with 7 in my bc.i wallet.

BitNow

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Quote from: dominiclloyd0 on March 31, 2016, 05:56:47 PM

Quote from: Lutpin on March 31, 2016, 05:48:28 PM

Quote from: achow101 on March 31, 2016, 05:43:51 PM

How are you using it with Electrum? Did you create a new wallet with the "restore a wallet or import keys" option? That is the only way to import the private key.

No, it's not.
"Wallet -> Private Keys -> Import" works aswell.
(Unless the private key exported from blockchain.info is in some odd format electrum doesn't accept that way.)

Yes that's what happening, the format of the private key exported from blockchain.info is not recognized by electrum.
I also tried it on www.bitaddress.org >> wallet details

Same error, private key unrecognized.

Proceed as follow:
1. Export a private key from Electrum wallet
2. Check Blockchain.info exported key and Electrum exported key in a text editor
3. Look for differences out of the key area: the key numbers in hexadecimal should be the same, blockchain.info probably add something custom in the file and Electrum probably add some custom text in the private key file as well.
4. Normalize the key exported from Blockchain.info into the Electrum standard

Private key is a string of hexadecimal characters: that part is the only part that matters.

That is why I use Bitcoin Core: "Use web wallets for daily amounts only"

Best regards.

dominiclloyd0

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Activity: 40

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Quote from: Lutpin on March 31, 2016, 05:48:28 PM

Quote from: achow101 on March 31, 2016, 05:43:51 PM

How are you using it with Electrum? Did you create a new wallet with the "restore a wallet or import keys" option? That is the only way to import the private key.

No, it's not.
"Wallet -> Private Keys -> Import" works aswell.
(Unless the private key exported from blockchain.info is in some odd format electrum doesn't accept that way.)

Yes that's what happening, the format of the private key exported from blockchain.info is not recognized by electrum.
I also tried it on www.bitaddress.org >> wallet details

Same error, private key unrecognized.

achow101

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Activity: 3374

Merit: 6530

Just writing some code

Quote from: Lutpin on March 31, 2016, 05:48:28 PM

Quote from: achow101 on March 31, 2016, 05:43:51 PM

How are you using it with Electrum? Did you create a new wallet with the "restore a wallet or import keys" option? That is the only way to import the private key.

No, it's not.
"Wallet -> Private Keys -> Import" works aswell.
(Unless the private key exported from blockchain.info is in some odd format electrum doesn't accept that way.)

I'm using Electrum 2.5.4 and I don't see that option, just sweep and export.

Lutpin

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Goodbye, Z.

Quote from: achow101 on March 31, 2016, 05:43:51 PM

How are you using it with Electrum? Did you create a new wallet with the "restore a wallet or import keys" option? That is the only way to import the private key.

No, it's not.
"Wallet -> Private Keys -> Import" works aswell.
(Unless the private key exported from blockchain.info is in some odd format electrum doesn't accept that way.)

achow101

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Just writing some code

Quote from: dominiclloyd0 on March 31, 2016, 05:40:19 PM

Quote from: achow101 on March 31, 2016, 05:03:12 PM

If your address was created on the old blockchain.info wallet, with the new one, you should be able to export the private key and use another software to sign a message. If you go to Settings > Addresses and click on "Manage Addresses" next to the Imported Addresses option, you will see a list of addresses from the old wallet. Then click on export private key to get the private key of your address and sign a message with it.

Yes I managed to go to "Manage addresses" and copied the Private key for that address, however when I paste it in the Electrum software, it doesn't recognize it, any ideas?

How are you using it with Electrum? Did you create a new wallet with the "restore a wallet or import keys" option? That is the only way to import the private key.

dominiclloyd0

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Activity: 40

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Quote from: achow101 on March 31, 2016, 05:03:12 PM

If your address was created on the old blockchain.info wallet, with the new one, you should be able to export the private key and use another software to sign a message. If you go to Settings > Addresses and click on "Manage Addresses" next to the Imported Addresses option, you will see a list of addresses from the old wallet. Then click on export private key to get the private key of your address and sign a message with it.

Yes I managed to go to "Manage addresses" and copied the Private key for that address, however when I paste it in the Electrum software, it doesn't recognize it, any ideas?

BitNow

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Quote from: Lutpin on March 31, 2016, 05:02:23 PM

Quote from: BitNow on March 31, 2016, 04:59:06 PM

Download the Bitcoin Core wallet: signing addresses with that wallet is very easy.
For any doubt or information feel free to ask.
Best regards.

But we need a signature from the address that user has previously used (and posted in a PM).
Hence only the 131pB address comes to mind.

I was giving advices.

Quote from: Lutpin on March 31, 2016, 05:02:23 PM

However, if the user is unabled to export the private key from blockchain.info (or get to it in any other way),
downloading core won't be that much a help with this task.

That is true.

Best regards.

Lutpin

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Goodbye, Z.

Quote from: BitNow on March 31, 2016, 05:04:11 PM

What is a 131pB address?

An address starting with the prefix 131pB.

Quote from: luluchick on March 31, 2016, 03:40:59 PM

Can you sign this address avax?
131pBGSGtQ9Z5XuGUFYV55NB1iq5nSoaJ5

BitNow

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Quote from: Lutpin on March 31, 2016, 05:02:23 PM

Quote from: BitNow on March 31, 2016, 04:59:06 PM

Download the Bitcoin Core wallet: signing addresses with that wallet is very easy.
For any doubt or information feel free to ask.
Best regards.

But we need a signature from the address that user has previously used (and posted in a PM).
Hence only the 131pB address comes to mind.
However, if the user is unabled to export the private key from blockchain.info (or get to it in any other way),
downloading core won't be that much a help with this task.

What is a 131pB address?

Best regards.

achow101

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Activity: 3374

Merit: 6530

Just writing some code

If your address was created on the old blockchain.info wallet, with the new one, you should be able to export the private key and use another software to sign a message. If you go to Settings > Addresses and click on "Manage Addresses" next to the Imported Addresses option, you will see a list of addresses from the old wallet. Then click on export private key to get the private key of your address and sign a message with it.

Lutpin

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Activity: 1876

Merit: 1874

Goodbye, Z.

Quote from: BitNow on March 31, 2016, 04:59:06 PM

Download the Bitcoin Core wallet: signing addresses with that wallet is very easy.
For any doubt or information feel free to ask.
Best regards.

But we need a signature from the address that user has previously used (and posted in a PM).
Hence only the 131pB address comes to mind.
However, if the user is unabled to export the private key from blockchain.info (or get to it in any other way),
downloading core won't be that much a help with this task.

BitNow

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Merit: 1003

Quote from: dominiclloyd0 on March 31, 2016, 03:46:20 PM

Yes i own that address.
But I never signed an address before.
So give me 10 minutes to learn how to do it

Download the Bitcoin Core wallet: signing addresses with that wallet is very easy.
Bitcoin Core download: https://bitcoin.org/en/download
How to sign: https://forum.bitcoin.com/beginners-help/guide-how-so-sign-a-message-with-blockchain-info-t436.html

For any doubt or information feel free to ask.

Best regards.

dominiclloyd0

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Thank you
I'm contacting Theymos now
PS: I already sent the 0.34356322 BTC to another address

https://blockchain.info/tx/407147a173f7229c1ee1769f7f16798d2c70f15008eaacad742d7f2f4c174e58

Quote from: Lutpin on March 31, 2016, 04:29:55 PM

Quote from: dominiclloyd0 on March 31, 2016, 04:25:03 PM

Please help because with the new blockchain.info design there is no way to sign an address.

I'm aware of that. However, it's not for me to decide what is sufficient to prove ownership.
We (xetsr, shorena and I) have already left negative trust to your (hacked) account, so it hopefully won't be used to scam anyone else.

Currently, it's about recovering it (-> giving control back to you).
In the sticky thread (here) theymos is pretty clear about the requirement of a signed message.

Quote

I very rarely recover accounts if you can't prove ownership as described above. There are alternative ways of proving ownership, but they take too much time. If I point you to this thread, you can't prove ownership properly, and then I ignore your future PMs, this means that I'm not going to recover your account. Create a new one.

You can take a shot though, PM theymos, explain the situation and point to this thread.
Good luck with it!

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