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ibminer

legendary

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Goonies never say die.

Quote from: theta on January 27, 2019, 05:37:20 AM

Recovery worked, I got my account back, thanks everyone!

Now, I see that I have -2 trust, which was justified while it was under the control of the hacker(s), but can it be reset now? Or should I just contact the people that voted negatively?

Looks like an account recovery has happened according to seclog, I've removed my feedback.

FatBen

jr. member

Activity: 34

Merit: 18

Code:

January 18, 2019, 01:14:13 PM - theta - manual recovery, ownership change queued (completed)
January 25, 2019, 01:25:01 PM - theta - manual recovery, previously-queued ownership change completed
Today at 10:10:00 AM - theta - password reset via email
Today at 10:10:16 AM - theta - woke up

Congratulations mate, the recovery speed was quite impressive.

Quote from: theta on January 27, 2019, 05:37:20 AM

should I just contact the people that voted negatively?

Yep, just contact them to remove the negative tags

theta

full member

Activity: 164

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Recovery worked, I got my account back, thanks everyone!

Now, I see that I have -2 trust, which was justified while it was under the control of the hacker(s), but can it be reset now? Or should I just contact the people that voted negatively?

theta1

newbie

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Quote from: mapuche33 on December 27, 2018, 10:50:39 PM

Merry Christmas!

here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/account-recoveries-are-moving-again-5089781

Thank you! Email sent, fingers crossed. Happy new year!

mapuche33

jr. member

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Merry Christmas!

here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/account-recoveries-are-moving-again-5089781

theta1

newbie

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theta1

newbie

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One more nudge. More than a year has passed now.

mapuche33

jr. member

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Time flees.. no updates so far, very disappointed about staff management and their false promises. Cry

I see you was lucky enough to lock your account within the 15 days window.. many others (including myself) were hijacked, used their profiles for spam / deceiving others, sold the accounts multiple times and even ignored all recovery & ban attempts from their legitimate owners.
Recovery of hacked accounts should be #1 priority, it is not rocket science and even a single volunteer could revert most of the damage that hackers has been making consistently over the years because of a second market that allows account buying/selling. Admins are well aware of this but they don't care nor enforce the rules or security measures.

theta1

newbie

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Quote from: mapuche33 on August 27, 2018, 10:30:10 AM

I wonder why your compromised Full Member account theta with only -2 red trust reports to be Last Active on: November 23, 2017, 05:37:28 PM . What made the spammer abbandon it ?

Hi,
I'm not sure I understand the question, but the last activity is in Nov 23, 2017 because that's when I locked the account. I did it immediately as soon as I received the notification that my password was changed, as I mentioned that in the very beginning of this thread. So it's not that the hacker abandoned it, it's that it's locked and can't access it themselves.

Quote from: mapuche33 on August 27, 2018, 10:30:10 AM

Either way, I just ignored your hacked account (however not sure if my current rank makes any difference) once you manage to recover your account you'll have to sign another message to confirm it, so I can remove my red trust.
I believe starting a red trust campaign on those hacked accounts who has been reported + verified successfully will cause a significantly harm on those scammers who bought your hacked account for spamming / shady purposes.

I guess you are referring to a case where a hacker uses a hacked account successfully for a long period, in which case reducing their trust would compromise their strategy. In my case the hacker didn't even manage to post a single message because I locked the account immediately.
I would love to have my account back and remove the red trust and go back to where we were. Perhaps as we approach the 1 year anniversary, a moderator will help me recover it! Roll Eyes

mapuche33

jr. member

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I wonder why your compromised Full Member account theta with only -2 red trust reports to be Last Active on: November 23, 2017, 05:37:28 PM . What made the spammer abbandon it ?

Either way, I just ignored your hacked account (however not sure if my current rank makes any difference) once you manage to recover your account you'll have to sign another message to confirm it, so I can remove my red trust.
I believe starting a red trust campaign on those hacked accounts who has been reported + verified successfully will cause a significantly harm on those scammers who bought your hacked account for spamming / shady purposes.

theta1

newbie

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Got Hacked

newbie

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Hello,
I created this account as my account got hacked. So I PMed theymos with a bitcoin signed message, hoping to get back my access. This message is to make sure that It's me who PMed thymos. My hacked and locked account User name is: arghabd; Hope it helps.
Thanks a lot.

theta1

newbie

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bump
can someone please take a look?

vagnavs2

newbie

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Anyone here have any success? Been waiting since October 27

theta1

newbie

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theta1

newbie

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Quote from: Shazam!!! on January 16, 2018, 04:49:50 PM

theta1's signed message is good. I verified it before, but I do not see the other thread it was in.
Probably removed because of this thread. Hopefully someone can look into this soon, and the many other accounts like
this. It would be nice if the forum would allow a "team" of volunteers to work on this issue. I'd sign up for it, and try
to clear some space on this board.

Thank you. Is any mod watching please?

Shazam!!!

full member

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#takeminingback

theta1's signed message is good. I verified it before, but I do not see the other thread it was in.
Probably removed because of this thread. Hopefully someone can look into this soon, and the many other accounts like
this. It would be nice if the forum would allow a "team" of volunteers to work on this issue. I'd sign up for it, and try
to clear some space on this board.

hoticotk

newbie

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Quote from: theta1 on January 16, 2018, 11:38:30 AM

Yes, indeed. I have however already signed the required message with an address that was shown in my profile, as you can see from the discussion in this thread. I have sent the signed message to Theymos and Cyrus, and have received no response yet. I will wait for longer, while hoping that another mod /admin will help with action being taken to restore my account.

me too, i have been waiting for long without any response

theta1

newbie

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Yes, indeed. I have however already signed the required message with an address that was shown in my profile, as you can see from the discussion in this thread. I have sent the signed message to Theymos and Cyrus, and have received no response yet. I will wait for longer, while hoping that another mod /admin will help with action being taken to restore my account.

singlebit

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Quote from: theta1 on November 23, 2017, 04:31:53 PM

Earlier today I received an email saying that the email address of my bitcointalk account (theta) was changed, and then another one saying that my password was changed.
The only option available was to lock the account and then try to recover it.
I did lock it and then checked the instructions for recovery (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/recovering-hacked-accounts-or-accounts-with-lost-passwords-497545). They require signing a bitcoin address or a PGP key that was previously mentioned and therefore is known to belong to the account holder.
The problem is I haven't publicly disclosed either so according to these instructions I can't recover my account.
I find this hard to believe.
First of all, how come an email address change is allowed without confirmation or at the very least time-locking from the previous email address? And how come I can't recover it now, again by returning ownership to the original email address?
There must be another way to recover it. What shall I do?

The way that you only to recover your account is using your blockchain wallet staking in your account.

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