create a cold wallet - use armory - it has lots of good reviews form everyone - some how to:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/what-is-the-safest-way-to-import-paper-wallets-155074
Topic: PLEASE HELP! 40 Litecoins stolen out of LOCAL wallet!!! (Read 4187 times)
sorry for your loss.
Thank you for posting and letting others know and learn.
Gotta always protect the mcNuggets!!!
Thank you for posting and letting others know and learn.
Gotta always protect the mcNuggets!!!
if you use this wallet as a base for many miners, you have RPC open
rpcuser=xxxx
rpcpassword=xxxxxx
rpcport=8332
you have to:
not redirect rpc port on router, or blok it for non-locals in firewall
set good long pasword
add rpcallowip=10.0.0.* or rpcallowip=192.168.0.* depending on your LAN config.
but most important thing is encrypting wallet!!!!!!!!!!
rpcuser=xxxx
rpcpassword=xxxxxx
rpcport=8332
you have to:
not redirect rpc port on router, or blok it for non-locals in firewall
set good long pasword
add rpcallowip=10.0.0.* or rpcallowip=192.168.0.* depending on your LAN config.
but most important thing is encrypting wallet!!!!!!!!!!
Did you run any suspicious Java applets? A bunch of pages have been floating around that claim to be Java chat rooms or "Mt. Gox accepting Litecoin"-type announcements that also request you to run a Java applet.
Would a decent up to date antivirus help prevent this type of theft?
Humans are always the weakest link in a security model. Upgrade yourself and learn basic security practices. Profit!
Would a decent up to date antivirus help prevent this type of theft?
Windose LUser ha ha ha, Well.... you live and learn.... dump that inferior OS!
Thanks have encrypted a new wallet, but still what the heck happened?!
Possibly, a trojan.
It doesn't need to come with your litecoin/p2pool software.
Other advice: forget about windows OS and use a decent one.
Yes, one of the first things that should have been done, was a wallet encryption. Best thing the developers ever implemented.
Thanks have encrypted a new wallet, but still what the heck happened?!
You need to have your wallet encrypted. If your wallet has been compromised, you need to create a new one and encrypt that. Ideally on a machine that isn't compromised. Encrypting your current wallet does no more good than the proverbial shutting of the stable door after the horses have bolted.
I posted to Reddit lots of info there.
http://www.reddit.com/r/litecoin/comments/1cepps/local_wallet_somehow_hacked_and_all_coins_stolen/
Transaction info:
Status: 133 confirmations, broadcast through 2 nodes Date: 16/04/2013 02:13 To: LeXB64N2KPESTbj8QWhmXD3Bkr2fHkuFbh Debit: -38.00 LTC Transaction fee: -2.10 LTC Net amount: -40.10 LTC Transaction ID: 15331efd9959b818309060e35417c7f2f007ea6fead27e15ede8c723adb4bc3c
http://www.reddit.com/r/litecoin/comments/1cepps/local_wallet_somehow_hacked_and_all_coins_stolen/
Transaction info:
Status: 133 confirmations, broadcast through 2 nodes Date: 16/04/2013 02:13 To: LeXB64N2KPESTbj8QWhmXD3Bkr2fHkuFbh Debit: -38.00 LTC Transaction fee: -2.10 LTC Net amount: -40.10 LTC Transaction ID: 15331efd9959b818309060e35417c7f2f007ea6fead27e15ede8c723adb4bc3c
Okay, so I have a local litecoin wallet, and I have P2Pool running on my system. Also ScryptMiner (for CPU mining)
I have several machines mining to this "server" which runs P2Pool and the litecoin wallet.
I transferred most of my coins over to this wallet from exchanges/other pools to store them "safely", I woke up this morning to find a rouge transaction taking 40.10 coins (my total balance at time of transaction) to a random Litecoin address. I DID NOT make this transaction as I was asleep!
How can someone possibly make this transaction? is litecoin bogus? is p2pool a scam? Wouldn't they have to physically enter my "server" to make a transaction in this wallet?
PLEASE help, any advice would be SO GREAT!
https://i.imgur.com/PuJSlav.png
I have several machines mining to this "server" which runs P2Pool and the litecoin wallet.
I transferred most of my coins over to this wallet from exchanges/other pools to store them "safely", I woke up this morning to find a rouge transaction taking 40.10 coins (my total balance at time of transaction) to a random Litecoin address. I DID NOT make this transaction as I was asleep!
How can someone possibly make this transaction? is litecoin bogus? is p2pool a scam? Wouldn't they have to physically enter my "server" to make a transaction in this wallet?
PLEASE help, any advice would be SO GREAT!
https://i.imgur.com/PuJSlav.png
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