Hi all. My bitcointalk account viking02 got hacked about a week ago. I noticed i could not log into my account and it said wrong password but i didn't think much about it. Then when i clicked on restore password to my email address connected to my bitcointalk account, i noticed i did not get any email on this. Not only this, i noticed i got a lot of email recently from ICOs like buy this ico etc.
My viking02 profile
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/viking02-354663I then clicked on my viking02 profile and then i noticed they have a picture/text of COMSA ICO. Not only that, it even has a signature with COMSA at the bottom. And it has even has a bitcoin address. I did not ever put anything on my profile address ever. I check the posts and this user has been making many posts and even in one post, he POSTED on a thread called stake your bitcoin address. I took a look at that thread and its for posters to post their bitcoin address in case they ever get hacked etc. So either this hacker or person who bought a hacked account did this so he would have proof of ownership of my account.
The thing is i never posted my bitcoin address anywhere in a post. However, i did give my bitcoin address to another user when they paid me a very tiny amount of btc. Would that work to restore my bitcointalk account back? I would message that user who i remember his username here if he still has my old private messages? The thing is that guy is a legendary poster on this forum.
So right now, what can i do on this issue? Can someone tell me when was the last time my account viking02 got the account password and email changed? When i looked through the threads here, someone mentioned they got their account hacked and someone else checked and said your details got changed on so and so etc. Can someone tell me when my information was changed around?
My account is from a few years back and is a hero account. I read that they hack these accounts to make money from promoting icos and that must be true since this poster has a COMSA ICO up. The thing is im not sure exactly how i got hacked. I did change my password a while back as well.
I have emailed not only the mods but a few other members here who post on this forum for their advice. So far i only got one bitcointalk member who messaged me back and told me to email the 2 mods theymos and cyrus but havent gotten any reply back.
If i cannot get my account back, can the mods freeze/ban the viking02 account then?
And can someone tell me if they could get their account back if they were in same situation as me? I read you can get it back with a signature but i did send my btc address to someone via PM. If that other user has that private message still, couldn't that still work? Thanks.