List of Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses - page 9.

dooglus

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Quote from: dree12 on August 16, 2014, 01:32:35 PM

Thank you! I have corrected this locally and the changes will go live along with a few more backlog entries hopefully later this week.

I edited my post around the same time you were replying to it, adding a link to the actual blockchain transaction.

I don't know if you saw my edit, but guess you will now.

dree12

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Quote from: dooglus on August 16, 2014, 01:18:24 PM

Quote from: dree12 on April 18, 2014, 08:57:36 PM

Just Dice Incident
Time: 2013-07-15
Victim: Just-Dice investors, Dooglus
Suspect: Just-Dice.com user “celeste”, who claims he was hacked.
Status: Bets rolled back.
Amount: About 1300 BTC^[62]

From the Just-Dice database of debits and credits:

Mon Jul 15 15:09:58 2013 {"amount":1300.155,"address":"manual debit","txid":"","eid":22234}
Tue Jul 16 07:53:03 2013 {"amount":1300.155,"note":"manual credit","eid":23310}

ie. I debited his account late, after he had already lost the balance (taking his balance negative, in the hope he would deposit to clear the debt), and then later re-credited it after rolling back the bets.

So the amount in question is exactly 1300.155 BTC.

Thank you! I have corrected this locally and the changes will go live along with a few more backlog entries hopefully later this week.

dooglus

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Quote from: dree12 on April 18, 2014, 08:57:36 PM

Just Dice Incident
Time: 2013-07-15
Victim: Just-Dice investors, Dooglus
Suspect: Just-Dice.com user “celeste”, who claims he was hacked.
Status: Bets rolled back.
Amount: About 1300 BTC^[62]

From the Just-Dice database of debits and credits:

Mon Jul 15 15:09:58 2013 {"amount":1300.155,"address":"manual debit","txid":"","eid":22234}
Tue Jul 16 07:53:03 2013 {"amount":1300.155,"note":"manual credit","eid":23310}

ie. I debited his account late, after he had already lost the balance (taking his balance negative, in the hope he would deposit to clear the debt), and then later re-credited it after rolling back the bets.

So the amount in question is exactly 1300.155 BTC.

Edit: here's the transaction where I paid him out but didn't debit the database:

https://blockchain.info/tx/0aa67253b162c6ddae04bbc5b01a0283591a74288cdd1c2073a3181ec7e124da

1ChELp7ynrwpktFJvRgrBECWxWWg2Mxu72 - (Spent) 1,300.1549 BTC

That's 1300.155 BTC minus the standard tx fee of 0.0001 BTC.

Mobius

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All this convices me that small exchanges will close down, unable to increase security. Even big ones will have their new "MtGox" once in a while.
People eed to be educated and coins stored without the need to rely on third parties.

I am not so sure about this. I think it would be more accurate to say that exchanges that grow too quickly will eventually close down due to a hack. If an exchange is able to limit it's growth then it can continue it's security procedures as it becomes more of a target to hackers.

oceans

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Still needing to read through a lot more of this but this is great that you have managed to compile such a great up to date list which will help many people especially if they are getting into bitcoin for the first time. I know many will appreciate this if they are just starting out but so will those who have been doing it a while but still need that heads up. Thanks for sharing.

hikedoon

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This was well worth reading.
Thanks for taking the time to write this up.

dree12

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Partial update is up. I'll keep working on the full backlog and put up a full update soon.

Spearmint

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was a great read thanks Shocked

dree12

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Quote from: ?? on ??

All this convices me that small exchanges will close down, unable to increase security. Even big ones will have their new "MtGox" once in a while.
People eed to be educated and coins stored without the need to rely on third parties.

I agree with you, as with the vast majority of Bitcoiners. But most leave one major point out, and this must be resolved before Bitcoin can be mainstream: If even a large exchange can't keep its coins safe, how can Joe Sixpack do it?

There are plenty of stories about "Power Users" losing their bitcoins to theft or to some accident. The average user will not be so lucky: we can hardly expect Grandma to make backups, choose a strong password, and keep her computer malware-free. This must be addressed.

mrcashking

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Wait until the nigerian scammers learn about bitcoin if they haven't already. Scams are gonna get even uglier on that front.

dree12

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Quote from: hdbuck on August 08, 2014, 02:55:09 PM

very nice thread, appreciate the work thx. never forget.

ps: why the hell doesnt the 800k+ Gox lost coins are not #1 in the Top heist?

Gox is a placeholder while I wait for more details to arise. They've been very hush-hush about it so far.

I have gone through some more of the backlog.

Created a new policy clarifying which alleged scams can be considered scams, and which can be attributed to business failure, which is not in itself malicious. Business failure, however, can (and often does) lead to scams, so most business failures remain eligible for this list. A simple rule of thumb is, "If this happened outside the Bitcoin world, could I successfully file a lawsuit?" Note that a theft or hack overrides a scam, even if the failure to repay could be penalized with a successful lawsuit.
Added notes on the inclusion of all scams in the list explaining why they are considered scams.
Miscellaneous editing to the preface.

hdbuck

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very nice thread, appreciate the work thx. never forget.

ps: why the hell doesnt the 800k+ Gox lost coins are not #1 in the Top heist?

BowieMan

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Is there life on Mars?

Reading this list can really make you sick to the stomach. Or it can also show you how all the coins you've lost yourself are nothing compared to those really big heists. And even big names like "Klee" aren't safe from being scammed or robbed. A lot of well known Bitcoin people have also lost their money in the Gox fiasco!

dree12

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Approximately half the backlog is done, though this half has been mostly rejected on account of being too small. These updates will not go live until I finish the whole backlog (excluding Mt. Gox, which is still awaiting more information), as updating this topic, which requires editing several posts, is not yet automated and is (to some degree) very repetitive work.

Changes:

Added GBL and CryptoRush
New section containing recent incidents that have been judged to be outside the scope of this list on account of theft amount being too small.
Update Silk Road 2 to include recent reports that users are being paid back.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the backlog!

(It is worth noting that the backlog is coincidentally ordered roughly from least severe to most, so the latter half will consist of more interesting incidents.)

pandacoin

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You can add BitcoinLiveBets scammers, too. They ran after the World Cup final.

dree12

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Quote from: Timelord2067 on August 08, 2014, 08:39:45 AM

If I'm permitted, can you add CoinEx.PW scam site - claimed earlier in 2014 to have had coins 'stolen' went off line for a few hours, came back for a few weeks, an 818 BTC pump of Moon coin occurred (I watched most of it happen) (and to a lesser extent Infinate Coin) some weeks later the site went off line with messages in their bitcointalk forum that there was a problem - site was off line for a few weeks then came back without explanation/announcement. Aspects of the site began to break down and after a few days it became apparent that neither of the two admins were online and some two months later, the site was taken down *however* some person's on the bitcointalk page claim to be still able to log into the coinex.pw site with (what appears to be a scam-within-a-scam) selling other alt coins for BTC out of the goodness of their hearts that they will somehow be able to recover the BTC from coinex.pw later is alluded to but no plausible explanation of how then can recover these funds.

If you read through early posts of "Captain Future" he at first ridicules coinex.pw then wants to become an admin, then he's left answering the questions when the other admin goes silent. ( @ erundook)

Regards,

I'll hopefully finish the update today. Stay tuned.

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If I'm permitted, can you add CoinEx.PW scam site - claimed earlier in 2014 to have had coins 'stolen' went off line for a few hours, came back for a few weeks, an 818 BTC pump of Moon coin occurred (I watched most of it happen) (and to a lesser extent Infinate Coin) some weeks later the site went off line with messages in their bitcointalk forum that there was a problem - site was off line for a few weeks then came back without explanation/announcement. Aspects of the site began to break down and after a few days it became apparent that neither of the two admins were online and some two months later, the site was taken down *however* some person's on the bitcointalk page claim to be still able to log into the coinex.pw site with (what appears to be a scam-within-a-scam) selling other alt coins for BTC out of the goodness of their hearts that they will somehow be able to recover the BTC from coinex.pw later is alluded to but no plausible explanation of how then can recover these funds.

If you read through early posts of "Captain Future" he at first ridicules coinex.pw then wants to become an admin, then he's left answering the questions when the other admin goes silent. ( @ erundook)

Regards,

JorgeStolfi

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A small one that does not directly involve BTC except as a getaway vehicle, but is notable as illustrating a weakness of PoS coins:

Exchanges Bittrex and Bter apparently were the scene of two nearly simultaneous attacks on Navajo (NAV), a PoS altcoin. On Bittrex the attackers used a private mining network to double-spend almost 1 million NAV in the purchase of about 9 BTC, and withdrew the BTC:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7848188
Details on the Bter attack are not yet known:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7859494

allthingsluxury

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I knew there was a lot, but wow this is staggering once you stop and look at it.

dree12

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Quote from: JorgeStolfi on July 15, 2014, 08:50:14 AM

Another thread about a confirmed scam, CoinReturn:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/coinreturn-discussion-of-current-issues-and-possible-future-actions-665833

I do not know whether the amount is sufficient to qualify for your list.

Apologies if you already considered it and rejected it. Perhaps ypu should place on Page 1 a list with the names (only the names) of the incidents that are on your queue, or that you already looked into and rejected; so that readers can avoid suggesting them over and over again.

Thanks, I've added this to the queue now. As I get through the backlog I'll make sure to keep a list of rejected incidents and post them somewhere.

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