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PatsTB12

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Quote from: hubballi on October 21, 2018, 12:06:13 PM

I think nothing can be done in this case as once the hacker hacked the wallet and stole the coins cannot be reversed. As one of the fellow user told it that mostly the hacker uses the VPN service to navigate his IP address so that he cannot be followed through IP address.

To the people saying nothing can be done, transactions are irreversible, yeah I get that. What I meant was, what can be done about identifying the guy from his posts on this forum.

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Quote from: gentlemand on October 21, 2018, 06:15:32 PM

Quote from: PatsTB12 on October 20, 2018, 01:37:04 PM

The thief advertised the malware on BitcoinTalk

What does this mean? You bought some software off this person? It's an altcoin wallet? You clicked on a link?

Even if you don't want to go into details, giving us the outline of what happened may save someone else. It doesn't have to be identifying in any way.

This - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/beware-of-increasingly-sophisticated-malware-infection-attempts-935898 is pinned at the top of the altcoin section. Was it one of these happenings?

I would never download anything from this site. If it's something coin related I'll go to the Github. If it's some random program I won't bother at all.

Exactly, share some more details on how this happens to warn other members and let us avoid such a mistake.

Was this a link, program, ad? How did this hack happen?

The best way is to learn from mistakes and avoid in the future. So share some more information to better understand this exploit.

gentlemand

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Quote from: PatsTB12 on October 20, 2018, 01:37:04 PM

The thief advertised the malware on BitcoinTalk

What does this mean? You bought some software off this person? It's an altcoin wallet? You clicked on a link?

Even if you don't want to go into details, giving us the outline of what happened may save someone else. It doesn't have to be identifying in any way.

This - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/beware-of-increasingly-sophisticated-malware-infection-attempts-935898 is pinned at the top of the altcoin section. Was it one of these happenings?

I would never download anything from this site. If it's something coin related I'll go to the Github. If it's some random program I won't bother at all.

hubballi

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I think nothing can be done in this case as once the hacker hacked the wallet and stole the coins cannot be reversed. As one of the fellow user told it that mostly the hacker uses the VPN service to navigate his IP address so that he cannot be followed through IP address.

That is why it is told that use the wallet in separate computer which you dont use it for regular use. This way you can keep your wallets safely from getting hacked or malware affected.

RomanPoman

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Always use NoScript or other Scriptblockers guys. There is a lot of dirt out there, especially in Pop-up ads

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Quote from: KryptoKai on October 21, 2018, 09:26:46 AM

To use malware the scammer must be very smart with computing so it is likely that he will be using a VPN to mask his real IP. Also, as a pro scammer he will probably launder those bitcoins via various DEXs into privacy coins. However, the BCT admins might still be able to help if you open a scam accusation thread

if someone uses some kind of malware it automaticaly doesnt mean that hes "very smart with computing", there are hundreds of programs people can buy (stupid people even) and infect other people with almost no knowledge about computing.

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To use malware the scammer must be very smart with computing so it is likely that he will be using a VPN to mask his real IP. Also, as a pro scammer he will probably launder those bitcoins via various DEXs into privacy coins. However, the BCT admins might still be able to help if you open a scam accusation thread

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Quote from: Baofeng on October 20, 2018, 06:16:26 PM

Sorry for your loss. However, user can't delete their profile here. Can you share the username though if you still remember it?

I have the username but prefer to keep it private, the situation is ongoing. Do you know what kind of information admins have on user profiles that may help identify the thief?

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Transactions although recorded is irreversible, so I'm not sure what recourse you have to make to recover your funds.

It may be possible to find the identity of the thief (that's what I'm attempting now) and report to law enforcement. They have already expressed interest because it was a large theft.

this forum stores IP addresses of the user when he signs up and i believe that also every time a post is made or preview is clicked it stores your IP address with that post. the admin (theymos) is the only one with access as far as i know but he will not share this information with you even if the person was a known scammer or was obviously spreading malware.
you can only try getting a court order and legally demand that information in which case he will share it legally.

p.s. the user didn't delete his profile, it is not possible in this forum. what happened was that because he was spreading malware his account was nuked by a moderator deleting all the posts.

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Quote from: PatsTB12 on October 20, 2018, 01:37:04 PM

I had a large sum of Bitcoin (>$100K) stolen by malware earlier this year. The thief advertised the malware on BitcoinTalk, but of course that user has deleted their profile.

Sorry for your loss. However, user can't delete their profile here. Can you share the username though if you still remember it?

Quote from: PatsTB12 on October 20, 2018, 01:37:04 PM

I would like to discuss what can be done. I'm trying to bring this to the attention of the admins (sent PMs), but I imagine they get a lot of messages and I fear it may slip through the cracks.

If you have proof then you might as well posted it in this thread, Scam Accusations

Quote from: PatsTB12 on October 20, 2018, 01:37:04 PM

Presumably somebody has access to information about that user that may help me. I would greatly appreciate any help you guys can give me here, I am doing whatever I can to recover my losses.

Thanks for your consideration.

Transactions although recorded is irreversible, so I'm not sure what recourse you have to make to recover your funds.

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OP, I'm sorry to hear about your losses. I can't imagine how I would feel after loosing $100k...
I think that this topic belongs to reputation or scam accusation boards. You're saying that hacker deleted his Bitcointalk profile, but as I know it's almost impossible to delete profile here, mod only ban users who are spreading malware. Maybe you know username of this scammer?
Having list of scammer Bitcoin addresses and transactiins can't help much. Hacker have full access to your funds and he can do whatever he wants with it. Nobody can stop him, we only can track movement of these BTC...
OP, can you give more details about your story. Maybe it can't help to get your money back, but it would be good to educate other users how to avoid such malware. Can you tell where did you kept your BTC - online wallet, desktop wallet or somewhere else? What kind of malware it was?

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Well to be honest you must be very cautious in the cryptocurrency world. right now you have lost your fund.

Well you can bring up your evidence and table it to the right source but what can be done is to put a red trust on the person that duped you

Well your curiosity got the better of you and you lost your guard I hope you learn from this error. You can get a good anti virus system running on your device to prevent future occurance

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Have you faced something like this thread- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/users-spreading-malware-cryptojacking-strange-behavior-5054146
If so, you can join the discussion and share information there.

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