Hacker moved coins from my wallet - page 3.

Charles-Tim

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Quote from: shasan on April 30, 2023, 07:48:39 AM

Sorry to hear about your loss. A few weeks ago the same thing happened to Julerz now happened to you. Can't imagine what is going on with Electrum. Also can't remember but seen a similar case for an Electrum hack. Have you clicked on an update after logging in to the Electrum wallet? I never click on anything through Electrum. I am afraid that I will fall into this type of trap.

Only what I noticed that you can click on is the Electrum URL for update, which was never like before but having the correct Electrum URL for update. Another thing that I know that can be clicked on is the blockchain explorer.

You can fall for the trap too if you are the type of person that do not take wallet safety and online security seriously. It is not about Electrum wallet, it is about carelessness. Anyone that can fall for the scam while using Electrum can also fall for the scam while using any other online wallet.

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PC is much dangerous for crypto and hackers are now so smarts and its possible that they introduced malware which are not detectable by any antimalware software. 0.015 btc is not a small amount but now you cannot do anything except be careful from next time.

For future safety i will recommend hardware wallet to recieve any big amount.

Never Enter your phrase, personal Gmail, Social accounts related to crypto because Laptop or Pc can easily be hacked through malware. Mobile is secure so far as i am using for 5 years and did not faced any problem while using PC my phrase compromised 3 times

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Quote from: Avirunes on April 30, 2023, 07:31:19 AM

I am clueless as to how this could have happened as like I said I had Malwarebytes on my laptop but despite that this incident happened.I know how dumb and idiot I look right now but I still can't wrap my head around how this could have happened.

Sorry for your loss Avirunes, you're not dumb and idiot, things like this happen just when we thought we are safe, I also thought that Malwarebytes is good for blocking intrusion but it's not you did the right thing securing your computer, and your account here in Bitcointalk.
You can still get back what you've loss Shasan is a good man he will understand and you can regain what you've lost, when you are ok and you figure out what really went wrong you can share and update so we can also learn from this.
I'm also an Electrum user but I seldom use it now after Julerz's story.

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Quote from: shasan on April 30, 2023, 07:48:39 AM

Sorry to hear about your loss. A few weeks ago the same thing happened to Julerz now happened to you. Can't imagine what is going on with Electrum.

Whatever happened, there is no problem with electrum itself. Electrum (if it's used properly) is secure enough. julerz12 used electrum on an online device and Avirunes probably did the same thing.
Any online device is always prone to hacking.

shasan

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Sorry to hear about your loss. A few weeks ago the same thing happened to Julerz now happened to you. Can't imagine what is going on with Electrum. Also can't remember but seen a similar case for an Electrum hack. Have you clicked on an update after logging in to the Electrum wallet? I never click on anything through Electrum. I am afraid that I will fall into this type of trap.

Charles-Tim

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What is Malwarebytes? Is it an anti-malware? Do not rely on anti-malware to the extent you will start to using your device in an unsecured way. Always use ad blockers, stop downloading torrent files, stop visiting unsecure sites, start to be careful of malware and start protecting your device.

For better security, use cold wallet or multisig wallet. Or for convenience and security, get a hardware wallet.

Always still be careful of malware.

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What happened: Today I requested additional loan in shasan's thread here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62169183. After some discussions privately with shasan it was approved by him and he sent the coins. As soon as it arrived the hacker moved it from my wallet address: bc1qwerty0uuuee9t3jf5tvr0952a099p67qama7k3 (only one in the wallet). I am not sure how he got control of my Electrum wallet (despite Malwarebytes on my laptop) but as soon as it happened I reset password of forum and other sites via my mobile and did fresh install of Windows.

Scammers Wallet Address: bc1qzzvml53wkc5g4w5tuk6xz0t0j332rfgftymf2f

Amount Scammed: 0.015 BTC

In seclog both the recent password changes were done by me and to confirm that I am the real Avirunes here is the signed message from my oldest address which I have kept safe on my blockchain.info:

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Address:

Code:

1oooTXKUgGbLhVTG4zZ4FJi71Xzk6vijL

Message:

Code:

This is Avirunes and I confirm bc1qwerty0uuuee9t3jf5tvr0952a099p67qama7k3 has been compromised.

Signature:

Code:

G9NT2IalfZX4tApHIlpKvXnpV0nzKk+yHFdY9adx6naZc0mjxdxkq9BnGLjLVSUNxxZG8sNHbC+3pqB152JwHH4=

Even after the signed message, I think shasan can verify that I am real Avirunes here as we were always in touch through telegram.

I am clueless as to how this could have happened as like I said I had Malwarebytes on my laptop but despite that this incident happened.I know how dumb and idiot I look right now but I still can't wrap my head around how this could have happened.

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