Topic: Keep your crypto holdings secure!!! (Read 322 times)

You are right, I was wondering about the OP and whether the concern was more about
HAMAS or getting our wallets hacked? TBH I wouldnt put it past Mossad or the IDF's.

anyway, yes its important to secure your coins and all passphrases, passwords and seeds
to the best of your ability because lets be honest, WE are the weakest link in the security chain.

Always be careful and don't just trust anyone, always double check all tracsaction and people you meet, you should be the only one in control of your money.
This kind of incident is not new, so don't be complacent that you won't be a victim of something like this in the future. Because all the scammers are really spreading now.

Let's be real here. Hamas isn't the main concern when it comes to crypto hacks. And targeting pro-israel countries isn't same as targeting CEX:es or DeFi for random users. Or having wallet drainers in web pages that are being constantly shared in every crypto community. I feel like putting my tin foil hat on this as all they have is one example of Delhi businessman, yet they and OP are seem to see this as a major threat. While actual crypto hacks are a multi billion dollar industry happening world wide. And my educated guess is that worst groups are far from Hamas. Also there's the fact that they can launder the money as much as they can, it's getting harder and harder to cash out any significant crypto amounts. And in the future that's most likely impossible.

That being said. Everyone should keep their wallets safe. Not because of Hamas, but because you don't keep your door open, or give control of your bank account to strangers either.

I don't know for sure if Hamas is involved in such activities. But I understand your concern. Prioritizing security is definitely important when it comes to storing and handling cryptocurrency. Don't click on suspicious links or download unknown files and always use strong, unique passwords and enable two-factor authentication whenever possible. Additionally, consider investing in a hardware wallet for added security. The number of scams will increase day by day and the incidents of theft will be heard constantly. So be aware of potential security threats and take proactive measures to protect your crypto assets.

Gold is used as a store of value for centuries and is often considered a safe-haven and the lower volatility is more attractive.

Your reminder is a good reminder. Crypto is only safe if we store it safe.
If we store it not safe it is lost easily.
We cant trust hackers because hackers know every exploit and will make every exploit to steel our coin.

Some people can be careless with so many things about there information they don't even consider security of there information again, if your security is not a priority then there is no security then, just because of some people's carelessness they have invaded in different ways, they don't cross check links before registering there information even clicking on random links, am sure there will be people who will feel in there seed phrase in forms. They don't know anything about so someone just have to be very careful with the internet its an interesting place the same time a scary place to be.

The news holds zero credibility and I don't think hamas will be targeting to the wallets now, they are at the war zone now with no food, water, electricity and internet.

But as title says keep your crypto safe, its your responsibility no matter what.

That's a twist.

I've just read on the link provided that it's 2021 so, it had happened long time ago and that's probably how they're funded as well.

Yeah, if there's no war I think that there won't be any highlight on that wallet but because it's timely, given that Hamas attacked on it so they have to be exposed.

Personally I don't sure yet with this link related about Hamas targeting with cryptocurrency fund for stalling, actually with your source information talk about Israel agency linked with all cryptocurrency fund are targeting by Hamas. Despite is rumor about Hamas targeting with cryptocurrency holder true or not have been our decision to secure our cryptocurrency fund. Don't click any unknow link receiving in our email and protect all assets with hardware wallet, I don't think have an ideas for losing our fund when holding in right wallet and keep secure it for long term, don't be afraid and serious with unknow information exactly about OP topic not related yet about Hamas because hacker have been target for all cryptocurrency holder before with how much million assets of cryptocurrency hack.

No information about how the wallet was hacked is provided but there is some question that's left unanswered.
Why did the authority just know now that the theft wallet was operated by al Qassam brigades when the issue of Hamas occurred?
I ask this question there could be a political game played there.
I don't support bad habits but the theft is also naive for moving the cryptocurrency to Binance which allows the Isreal authority to freeze the account.

I think that there is always the use of click bait, it is an evil that we live with today, and it is enough for there to be a trending topic to trigger the misuse of this bad practice on the Internet.

One should always be attentive to the fact of any security breach in the crypto reference, because even if we follow the established parameters to their maximum extent, trust is perhaps our main mistake, so the best be on the lookout. Then, any news is vital, to know if there is something different.

But, there is nothing new here, just maybe putting the click bait with neon lights on a topic that is unfortunately a tragedy and they want to link one thing with the other. Please!  no matter your religion, your country, or your monetary status, the security It must be the same in the so explicitly explained fact of safeguarding your bitcoin.

Of course, bro, if you have a wallet that includes valuable assets like bitcoin, and you have not made a full arrangement on top of it, then the end result can be nothing but a loss. Of course, the more valuable something is, the more every person wants to get it in any situation. Similarly, if bitcoin is not well protected in terms of security and privacy, then the responsibility will be on you because when If you don't take full safety measures, there will definitely be a risky intervention.

So, even if you have something valuable like bitcoin, don't keep it on online wallets or exchanges, because these hackers monitor and rob people in the same way. Yes, if it is a small amount, then they can keep it on online wallets or exchanges for trading, etc., and if it is a large amount, it is very important to use hardware wallets because physical wallets are more secure in protecting against hackers than online wallets.


Yes, all Arabians and all Muslims are not bad and cannot be. It is not on Muslims, Christians, Jews, or atheists; anyone who spreads chaos falls under the category of terrorism, so they are called terrorists. It is the bad belief of some people that Muslims and Arabs are terrorists. Not only that, but it is not so; it is a misunderstanding of these people. Mexico is the world's most wanted criminal-rated country; 83% of its people are Christians, so that does not mean that Christianity is now a terrorist religion or that Christians are terrorists. By excuse, I do not mean any blasphemy, but the purpose is to explain.

The rest of the terrorist organization runs on the same black money. Wherever they find their goal (money), they get every possible access there. So, in the same way, Malicious entities also work for their purpose in the crypto space. It means wherever they see weakness in any wallet or exchange account, they attack it in the form of a hacker. So the goal is to keep your assets as safe as possible, i.e., in hardware wallets, etc.

the main focus is how to secure the devices we use. No matter how good the security you use, if you personally don't really care and seem careless, your security will still fail. There have been many incidents of crypto wallets being hacked and losing many of their assets, even though they have implemented double security, but what happens is that all assets can be lost. what is accessed and what is usually used should receive attention. If our wallet is exposed, hackers will make many attempts to steal our assets.

Actually if you read closely with another links in the news, it says that it started at 2019. And the Indian authorities has a hard time tracing the source, until Israel Mossad informed them that the wallet according to them belong to the leader of the Hamas group and so India knows the connection now.


Yes, regardless who's entities is the hackers are, we should be very vigilant on who we deal with as far as our cryptocurrencies goes. We must practice safe hygiene so that we won't get hack even by our neighbours. It's that it is just being magnified right now because of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

It happened 2 years ago?

I agree to those folks that are saying that whoever is the group behind the robbery, it's still going to depend on how we're keeping ourselves secure and we shouldn't trust any custodial wallet for keeping our wallets.

I remember that there's also this type of news from Afghanistan after the taking over of Taliban. I guess these news will always connected to the current news and affairs but in relation with that, we have to be responsible on how we keep our funds and what wallets we use.

You are right, it would be more helpful if the op would cover the above questions instead of picking up dead bodies/talking about old events at the moment of war, where both countries are experiencing los of life. I can see where the OP is going and which side he wanted to chose and making sure of it that we know it. I am not being rude kr trying to accuse the op but simply sharing the image that this post is making. But to be very honest we should really be careful, because hacks especially in crypto has been so much.

If you would search on internet then you will find that, only in 8 months the lost money by hacks has reached 1 billion dollars already. And just to point out, there are many freelancer hackers or you can call them independent hackers who have stole a great amount of money and donate it to palestine or other poor countries facing death from a long time. Just sharing the fact not chosing sides just like op.
Dear this post or event whatever you call it is old as op has said in his post, and yes there are many hackers either they are from hamas kr from whatever part of the world, hacking not because there government has asked them, they obviously doing it independently at least that's what I think.

I hope non of the reader of this post will mind my words.

Regardless of which group the hackers belong to, they only target software vulnerabilities, the rest is user negligence.
And yeah I think we know the recommended security measures as you said.

Which wallet was the man using because the wallets we're using to store our Bitcoin is very important. Many people don't take this warning very serious and they'll regret not doing that because using centralized wallets are a threat to our Bitcoin. And when you use a non custodial wallet you till need to be careful because when you exposed your seed phrase or private key, your coins are no longer secured and they can be hacked just like what happened to the business man. We should use offline wallets like hardware wallets or even though we have to use online wallets like electrum, we should use them in an airgapped device. When you do this you have hack proof your coins and they will be stored safely until you're ready to sell. A lot of war is going on and the terrorists behind this wars need funding, the easiest way they can get that is through cryptocurency and users involved will be the target so we have to be wise and protect our coins.


Creating an online wallet has no cost so I understood understand why people still use their main offline wallet for free things that could cause them to lose everything in their wallet. People are so used to getting free things like giveaways, airdrop and that's why it'll be very hard for them to let go of free things completely, some members built their wealth on free things and they think the industry is still as it was in the past when those airdrops and giveaway were worth something but they forget that a new marketing technique has been introduced and those free things aren't worth it anymore. Giveaways and airdrops are now mostly used by scammers and if we want to participate in them, we should use a separate wallats and device that doesn't have any coin and won't be connected to our main account so Incase it get infected we would be affected.

Probably this indian owner of lost Bitcoin is too gullible to click random link or put his wallet private key on unsecured place. Worst is he is storing funds on CEX while he should be using hardware wallets considering how huge his holdings in crypto.

With Hamas or not threat. Bitcoin holders should really be vigilant with their holdings since  this is the main purpose of being decentralized. We are on our own in securing our assets safety which is a double edge sword when you don’t have any idea on what is the basic security protocol for your crypto assets.

Don't know if the Hamas group hacked the wallet on some platform or where?
Because for me there is no way, they are wallets with their own control especially if they keep it safe,, there is no further clarity and only reports of Delhi businessmen losing crypto.

Now we know hacker attacks on a centralized platform often happen even Mixin Network has lost $200 million due to negligence, so how safe they will not be safe if they store on the platform. I think it's much safer to have a hardware wallet and store it securely with no one else knowing.

Although there have been no incidents of Hamas stealing crypto from Indian businessmen. Basically, it has become an obligation, that we as crypto investors must always take good care of the crypto assets we own. Apart from that, Hamas only targets countries that are pro-Israel. So I'm not too worried, because as far as I know the country where I live is more pro-Palestinian. But apart from all that, this incident happened quite a long time ago. So most likely, Hamas has stopped carrying out crypto theft operations. Because currently Hamas can be said to be in a state of chaos because of yesterday's events. So the possibility of Hamas committing crypto theft in my opinion is very small.
But even so, caution and vigilance must continue to be applied. Because apart from Hamas, there are definitely other individuals or individuals who will always try to hack and steal the assets of crypto investors.

Therefore, we must know how to avoid hacking or stealing crypto. And actually the method is quite simple, namely by choosing a non-custodial wallet as a place to store crypto assets. Because by using a non-custodial wallet we will have more freedom in managing the crypto assets we own, and there are no third parties like in Custodian wallets. So it is very likely that crypto assets will be much safer and more controlled.

With the cases of exchange hacks and scams and even some where the exchange extort or embezzle the funds of their customers for their own greedy activities I think it's best to always save your crypto-currency funds yourself.
But it's not all about saving your funds yourself because if done wrongly you have still meet say faith like those who got caught up in exchange financial issues.

Have you own wallet, use a very secured password, additional security with 2FA but still this may not be enough to protect you, using a cold storage wallet helps limit you to the dangers from be online. It's more secured and hardly can be assessed by hackers if you are secure with your devices.

Migrate to the most peaceful country

Well I don't think that's really a solution, but of course a peace country is better than a country that usually have a conflict.

Using a cold storage is a must because it will decrease the probability of get cyber attack and it's better to increase your privacy level because it will make people will not know who you're.

It is a personal responsibility to keep your bitcoins safe by yourself, not under the trust of someone, or an exchange. Self custody is risky but it is not something any bitcoin investor will not be able to do if they pay close attention to security tips and updates as they change and are shared on this forum. It is easy to forget the importance and let your guard down at some point when you are hodling, but it is always important to remind yourself that letting your guard down even for one moment can lead to loss and severe regrets.

Guard your bitcoins with the consciousness that loss to criminals is not impossible.

as your arguments they trying to targeting wallets now my question that. they Targets only those country who involves these clash or all others country and
now what we can do.?

If you store your bitcoin on centralized exchanges, you might be victims of Hamas or any hacker. You don't have private key, don't own your bitcoin and what you can do is hoping centralized exchanges have good security to protect their treasury including your fund.

I am sorry for anyone who lost fund by bad security of centralized exchanges or from scam exits, but they deserve to learn hard lessons.

If they listen to security-wise warnings and recommendations, they would have been safe with their own non custodial wallets.

Maintaining the security of our crypto owners is the duty and responsibility of each investor, regardless of whether there is a cyber attack from Hamas or not. We have to secure it from people who want to steal the crypto we have so we have to really pay attention and activate everything necessary.

And if people have also secured their crypto wallets well, they don't need to worry about attacks or fraud. And they already did it before the news. But they must remain vigilant if there really has been an attack on wallets that need to be properly guarded.

And be careful when using your wallet.

There is no quantum computer that can penetrate any crypto wallet security on its own, it always has something to do with the owners, there are ways people give hackers the access to their own wallets, either through phishing links or malicious websites, some people still store their recovery seeds online till today, through cloud storage or even email accounts, bad practices altogether.

Like I just said, crypto wallet users are the ones giving hackers the power over them, people are greedy, people are slack, and that's how they get their wallets compromised, keep your private keys and recovery seeds offline. Avoid any only storages they gets easily hacked by hackers, anything that uses email login with a password is not a safe place for your recovery seed.

Also avoid free things, when it's too good to be true then it means you are the price, if you have to claim free tokens make sure you have a separate wallet for this, I also believe that a hardware wallet is the safest as it requires the hardware wallet to make transaction anyway, they don't cost a fortune.

Not all people from Arabian or Muslim nations are bad people but entities like terrorism organizations do need money sources for their operations. I am not surprised if a finding is true, not fake and not a borrow reason to make Hamas looks worse.

I think about this news like governments say Bitcoin is a tool for money laundering, it is not true if they don't mention about Bitcoin in a whole picture. When people censor a whole picture to reach their target to attack something, someone or some entities, it is no longer facts.

North Korea has Lazardus to help them hack many cryptocurrency projects, bridges to bring money back to their dictatorship nation and serve their government. They just do similar thing like Hamas through cyber attacks to get money.

When you are investing a big amount, your main motive should be to hold it securely only. You can’t just hold it in any online or fancy wallet. If the amount that you are holding is big, then you should go for Trezor wallets. These wallets are hardware wallet and are the safest to hold the coins. If you don’t have a big amount and still wanna hold it securely, then electrum is the best wallet. We can’t do anything about the hackers, what we can do is just keeping ourself safe from the attacks.

Yes, right. The article doesn't explain how they stole it. It's just a claim and is still under investigation.

I think this could be useful for people who live around or in areas close to conflict areas to maintain and protect wallets for storing assets such as bitcoin so that they are not physically destroyed and lost due to the conflict that occurs.

We never know what will happen if wallets containing assets such as bitcoin are not properly secured.

These are critical questions the OP failed to address in his post and without those answers, the post is not really doing much help to us in this forum. Assuming we know how they got access to those wallets and perhaps what the owner did or did not do correctly that made his wallet compromised, then we can learn from that to remain protected.

If Hamas goes this direction, I'm afraid his enemies will increase, and I'm sure he does not need that at the moment.

Scam, anyone who is not being careful will be caught up in their net being attacked, every motive that lead to this kind of experience is a bad one aimed to affect other individuals who have taken their trust in them, you may not know tgis until you fall under their category of prey.


They can use any means to attack, they are being dynamic is things related to this fraudulent activities, the best way is to avoid them and avoid any low reputable wallet.


The routes of entry for an attack.


Non custodial wallets could serves better, choose from the reputable wallet people recognized and uses.

Whether its Hamas or North Korea's Lazarus or a staff of YoBit or Binance, the point is that nobody should be leaving his/her funds to a custodian. Nobody can be trusted. Keep your money under your sole control and ownership.

Especially during these chaotic moments in history, I think people should be urgently advised to withdraw their funds from centralized exchanges. A number of accounts have recently been locked following Israel's response to the attacks of Hamas.

I'm not saying they aren't justified, but no implementation is perfect. Anybody's wallet could be locked together with other suspicious accounts. It's not as if you'd be given a day in court when that happens. Your funds will likely be seized immediately.

Keeping your wallet safe is not something new or a topic to start emphasizing on, we just have to stick to the process of running a continuous reminder just like you did in this post. For sure, hacking has to be part of everything since digitization is attributed to it, but those who expose their keys are very common among us and are likely to fall victim.

Always protect your wallet at all times cause scammers are always trying to find ways to steal the coins there.

It seems very convenient for the media houses to spread such propaganda at this heated times. Bitcoin does not have any connection to the politics going on between the different regions.

- Jay -

The article didn't even pointed out which way the Hamas stole the coins, so how can people learnt?

I think it's not about how he hold his coins, but he's a known businessman and supporting the other competitor, so it means about KYC. This is why you shoudn't link your coins with your personal information, but most people broke this since they're using centralized exchanges.

Hamas is targeting cryptocurrency wallets and Indian business man is already a victim. He had already lost half a million dollar to the cyber wings of Hamas. This had happened two years back and the Police had struggled to find the end users of the Wallets. By the time Israel intelligence agency have given list of suspected wallets. The security agencies of India had identified the stolen funds ended with the Wallets operated by the cyber terrorism wing of Hamas called al Qassam brigades. Though the incident took place long back, we need to be keeping things in a much secure manner.

Hamas steals crypto