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Topic: HELP~My Wallet was stolen, I lost 2.3102BTC!! (Read 2724 times)

b!z
legendary
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Merit: 1010
August 26, 2013, 09:12:53 AM
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How is it even possible? Any bug in blockchain.info? How to prevent that? What is the most secure wallet ?

bitcoin-qt or armory on a computer that will never ever access the internet
b!z
legendary
Activity: 1582
Merit: 1010
Well, our hacker is doing well indeed, BTC647.733346 stolen in one month.

http://blockchain.info/address/1HackerRpwYH7F6uGu8422dScNxaHAtWYz

Wow, that's a lot of bitcoin.
sr. member
Activity: 412
Merit: 250
What is the most secure wallet ?

The most secure wallet is one you control yourself. Blockchain.info is great for convenience and ease of use but it falls down in the area of security - like all web wallets. The most secure wallets are probably bitcoin-qt, armory, or a paper wallet.
newbie
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I have just had mine stolen from mtgox as well.
over £500 GBP 6+ BTC all of my savings
I had only been using it a week.

Transaction reference: add9e173-7e9a-4d33-b846-5f3e8470cd3e
Date: 2013-08-24 17:37:09 GMT
Thiefs IP: 78.157.215.235
Bitcoin withdraw to: 14MsPS1E7N75XqwP5WrGYEfkSDSC7bgSU5

funny thing is mtgox say in there email...

Please contact us as soon as possible by replying to this email if you did
not request this withdrawal.

Why? they can't do anything.
it should read.

Oh well, better luck next time if you did
not request this withdrawal.
I see the same ip address has logged into my blockchain account as well.

I am contacting the auction fraud police uk. but doubt they can do anything.
member
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
1Hackyaju6LmzW91fnr3xTLFJSAjf7mr2j

Lol
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
There's nothing blockchain.info can do to help you get your coins back.

If it cheers you up in any way, I've lost over 30 BTC over the past year to scammers and lost wallets...

I'd consider your 2BTC loss as lucky. Many of us have lost much much more experimenting with Bitcoin.

So you've lost more than 2 BTC "experimenting?" As in gambling and getting scammed?
Doing that, you already know the risks and you did it knowing there was a chance you could have lost the money.

The OP got the funds stolen against his will.  So if you lost the BTC gambling, getting scammed, that was your own fault.
Of course, this OP should have just used bitcoin wallet QT or have the info backed-up

I've lost more than 2 BTC via theft, learning how to properly send BTC to an address, and not doing enough research on best practices for proper wallet security. I used the term "experimenting" because I felt that it described my learning experiences (i.e. trial and error) well.

Got it. Haven't used BTC on a gambling site yet..

Also...

I'd consider your 2BTC loss as lucky. Many of us have lost much much more experimenting with Bitcoin.

It's not because someone lost more, that it is lucky to lose 2 btc ...
Maybe it was all he had.

Point taken. It's not lucky to loose any BTC Sad
I'll revise my previous statement: As the territory surrounding a risky bet such as BTC stands, only put up what your willing to loose, write it off as a learning experience, and get back in the game!  Wink
legendary
Activity: 1736
Merit: 1029
There's nothing blockchain.info can do to help you get your coins back.

If it cheers you up in any way, I've lost over 30 BTC over the past year to scammers and lost wallets...

I'd consider your 2BTC loss as lucky. Many of us have lost much much more experimenting with Bitcoin.

So you've lost more than 2 BTC "experimenting?" As in gambling and getting scammed?
Doing that, you already know the risks and you did it knowing there was a chance you could have lost the money.

The OP got the funds stolen against his will.  So if you lost the BTC gambling, getting scammed, that was your own fault.
Of course, this OP should have just used bitcoin wallet QT or have the info backed-up
newbie
Activity: 5
Merit: 0
How is it even possible? Any bug in blockchain.info? How to prevent that? What is the most secure wallet ?
newbie
Activity: 54
Merit: 0
There's nothing blockchain.info can do to help you get your coins back.

Actually Piuk is refunding those that were affected:

Jesse James has informed me of a problem with the rng used by blockchain.info javascript clients being poorly seeded when initialised in a background webworker task. In some browsers this could lead to duplicate R values being used when signing transactions (Firefox is likely to be particularly vulnerable). This issue effects the transaction signing code only, not the generation of private keys.

Patches have now been deployed, Please ensure you upgrade to the latest version of your Blockchain.info client.

Chrome extension - v2.85
Fixefox extension - v1.97
Mac client - v0.11

Users of the web interface should clear their browsers cache before next login.

Only a handful of addresses are known to be affected thus far. Likely if you have been affected by this problem your coins will have been taken already. All affected users will be refunded in full, please PM me or email [email protected].

SpaceX and others that were affected by this issue, contact him by email (the one at the end of the post I am quoting above) or PM.

Ah, I was not aware that what the enabled the theft of coins was a vulnerability in blockchain.info's code.  Still, they are getting refunded from the siteowners' pockets, and rightfully so, but technically they are not getting their original coins back.
sr. member
Activity: 322
Merit: 250
Ask me anything if you have any problem
Well, our hacker is doing well indeed, BTC647.733346 stolen in one month.

http://blockchain.info/address/1HackerRpwYH7F6uGu8422dScNxaHAtWYz
He got fix job and big rewards every month if continue do that
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
I'd consider your 2BTC loss as lucky. Many of us have lost much much more experimenting with Bitcoin.

It's not because someone lost more, that it is lucky to lose 2 btc ...
Maybe it was all he had.

Point taken. It's not lucky to loose any BTC Sad
I'll revise my previous statement: As the territory surrounding a risky bet such as BTC stands, only put up what your willing to loose, write it off as a learning experience, and get back in the game!  Wink
hero member
Activity: 824
Merit: 712
Well, our hacker is doing well indeed, BTC647.733346 stolen in one month.

http://blockchain.info/address/1HackerRpwYH7F6uGu8422dScNxaHAtWYz

I sure hope the community is working on finding out what the vulnerability is.  So far, at least two people have said they were using blockchain.info when this happened to them.  There are many more it appears that have not posted on the forum.
sr. member
Activity: 350
Merit: 250
I'd consider your 2BTC loss as lucky. Many of us have lost much much more experimenting with Bitcoin.

It's not because someone lost more, that it is lucky to lose 2 btc ...
Maybe it was all he had.
hero member
Activity: 658
Merit: 500
Buy and sell bitcoins,
Is this blockchain.info related or what?

 Huh
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
There's nothing blockchain.info can do to help you get your coins back.

If it cheers you up in any way, I've lost over 30 BTC over the past year to scammers and lost wallets...

I'd consider your 2BTC loss as lucky. Many of us have lost much much more experimenting with Bitcoin.
newbie
Activity: 6
Merit: 0
There's nothing blockchain.info can do to help you get your coins back.

Actually Piuk is refunding those that were affected:

Jesse James has informed me of a problem with the rng used by blockchain.info javascript clients being poorly seeded when initialised in a background webworker task. In some browsers this could lead to duplicate R values being used when signing transactions (Firefox is likely to be particularly vulnerable). This issue effects the transaction signing code only, not the generation of private keys.

Patches have now been deployed, Please ensure you upgrade to the latest version of your Blockchain.info client.

Chrome extension - v2.85
Fixefox extension - v1.97
Mac client - v0.11

Users of the web interface should clear their browsers cache before next login.

Only a handful of addresses are known to be affected thus far. Likely if you have been affected by this problem your coins will have been taken already. All affected users will be refunded in full, please PM me or email [email protected].

SpaceX and others that were affected by this issue, contact him by email (the one at the end of the post I am quoting above) or PM.
I have sent a PM to piuk~
legendary
Activity: 1148
Merit: 1018
Well, our hacker is doing well indeed, BTC647.733346 stolen in one month.

http://blockchain.info/address/1HackerRpwYH7F6uGu8422dScNxaHAtWYz
legendary
Activity: 3472
Merit: 1722
There's nothing blockchain.info can do to help you get your coins back.

Actually Piuk is refunding those that were affected:

Jesse James has informed me of a problem with the rng used by blockchain.info javascript clients being poorly seeded when initialised in a background webworker task. In some browsers this could lead to duplicate R values being used when signing transactions (Firefox is likely to be particularly vulnerable). This issue effects the transaction signing code only, not the generation of private keys.

Patches have now been deployed, Please ensure you upgrade to the latest version of your Blockchain.info client.

Chrome extension - v2.85
Fixefox extension - v1.97
Mac client - v0.11

Users of the web interface should clear their browsers cache before next login.

Only a handful of addresses are known to be affected thus far. Likely if you have been affected by this problem your coins will have been taken already. All affected users will be refunded in full, please PM me or email [email protected].

SpaceX and others that were affected by this issue, contact him by email (the one at the end of the post I am quoting above) or PM.
newbie
Activity: 54
Merit: 0
There's nothing blockchain.info can do to help you get your coins back.

If it cheers you up in any way, I've lost over 30 BTC over the past year to scammers and lost wallets...
hero member
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Merit: 500
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I doubt they will, because how do you tell it's a genuine theft or staged?
This thing is real, but I don't know if my case is included in their extent of compensation

I do not question you or your experience in general, I'm simply saying it's hard to prove either way.
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