Topic: how can your account get hacked without them having acxess to your email? - page 2. (Read 2516 times)

OK thanks... just have to wait a little longer then i guess. I will message bad bear see if he can help.

only theymos (and maybe badbear) can answer both questions for sure.
I doubt that there are that many password recovery requests everyday but I'm sure that theymos get a lot of PMs and Emails everyday and is busy.

That's not good news
Never mind I can post with this account for now. I send him another message in 2 weeks.

Why does it take so long? Is there that many people that get hacked on here every day?

yup. expect 2 weeks or longer or much much longer. I think theymos give more priority to "useful" users, but don't quote me on that.

Yes but I think it is proven now but I still have no message from theymos or no account back? does it take a long time ?

The onus to prove the ownership of your that account is on you.You must have signed message which you can provide to forum owner and he will help you get your account back.
Next time you must keep changing your password periodically to prevent hacking

What to use for prevention of those keyloggers?
Not to click on newbies links in posts..
Firewall, Avast internet sec?Any other?

Keylogger. Most probably a keylogger. Someone could simple just get your account details, and if they have control of your username and password, they can change the email. Sadly there's no 2FA yet. I think  I remember reading a post about 2FA in the new forum script, though.

So when we talk about security:

Can they use hash power to bruteforce account?
i mean there is a lot unused asic and avalons..

Can we all agree about this?
Majority of those hacks are made by uses of keyloggers, viruses,
phishing attacks..Dont give acces to others unknown users to your pc..
So for protection you first must use your head, then antivirus and others..

thanks very much

I hope i can return to my old account soon... i keep checking if i am turning into a legend but not yet. I would hate it if this thief is the one posting when it turns legend.

For now i just have to stay on this one.

thanks for everyones help with this.


I'm not sure if i went on a phishing site or not. I think maybe what happened is when this site got hacked and it said some peoples accounts details maybe leaked i thought ..probably won't be mine and didnt change it. Or maybe i did get bent over on a phishing site. I've changed all my passwords for other things now just precaution and not being lazy this time.

You must have clicked on a phishing site that stole your passwords. You have to consider changing all your passwords and install a good protection system.

I have flagged the account for now.

This was very helpful because I also did not know how to sign a message with a bitcoin address. At least you enlightened me.

thanks for all your help  i am now sending to theymos the correct message proving my ownership of cryptohunter I hope he will return it soon.

Dear Theymos please reset my account I got hacked.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to <[email protected]>. The current date is <04/02/2016>.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
<1DgagYPqnnrPz3kcHCYnB7YcBRZs5Uqw5m>

-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Here is the unedited post where I posted that address: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4217946
OR
I sent that address to someone in a PM with PM ID#...

I have more proof too if we need it.

thanks

that's correct but use this template.

the email, timestamp and the link to your post (or the archive) is important. you can test it out by verifying it (read the "how to sign a message" thread I posted).



use electrum wallet if you don't want to download the whole blockchain.

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link to cryptohunter's profile so people won't need to search for it -> https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/cryptohunter-92110

ok thanks mate.


here is the message i wrote

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Hey theymos. please can you give me my cryptohunter account back as soon as possible.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1DgagYPqnnrPz3kcHCYnB7YcBRZs5Uqw5m

this the out put from the signed message
========================================================================
H4x0fm4JTBycrrWznE5my88jIrgeyjWtb9CPu/m9h0KhAifOoDOaPSGZWNf+1Na2f7d58eDY6815Lc7ii2Z36MU=
=========================================================================


can anyone tell me if this worked okay?

how can i test it out?

anyone have theymos skype or other chat methods?  i was almost on legendary can't believe i have to start all over again whilst they get to turn legendary now so annoying.


another question is do you think something wrong with my hard drive? it seems the bitcoin chain from 18 weeks behind only moved to 16 weeks behind in hours and hours on my other machine?? is bitcoin slow right now or maybe it's growing in size at a very alarming rate. My hdd is only 128gb and is getting very full up now. This is getting a rather large job to start even using btc now for some new people. Days to get the chain ready to use it seems a bit off putting maybe if people dont have much patience. I know there are web wallets etc but really I lost a few alts using web wallets so I personally never trust them again after taking my coins a few times.

it doesn't matter. just don't post your private keys.   only the message, address, and signature (the output).

cheers --Encrypted-- that is very helpful.

thanks too to everyone else trying to help me out.

Yeah i don't really use bitcoin much i mostly only have alt coins and never really do anything but mine , trade coins. So don't even know the basics at all. I mostly just collect alt coins.


am i bests to password protect my btc wallet before posting this signed message on the board or does it not matter... i mean there is just a few btc in there but still would be nice to keep them.

I going out now but back in 3 hours... i am going to post my signed message then. Hopefully someone can say if its better to password lock that btc wallet before doing a signed message.

You don't know how to sign a message with your address?  

Here you go: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-sign-a-message-990345 This is as detailed as it can be. Thx to shorena  

can't quote because it's locked but I can archive it -> https://archive.is/y8J4n (post #56)

update:
yes. the output looks like that. and there's no need to quote it, uneditable archive is more than enough.