Topic: Private key is not safe - page 5. (Read 789 times)
Its up to the users on how they keep thier private keys. Hackers will do evrything to steal it ,so they must be aware on every attack that will be made by hackers, or sometimes users are being hacked because its also thier mistake
I can assure that myetherwallet or other wallets are safe and the only possible way for your coins to get is to have an access to your personal crypto wallet, possible reasons for that is you log on to a phishing site were as the hacker get an access to your private keys or someone knows where you store your private keys like accessing your computer. Just be careful next time, take these advice coming from me as well as from other users seriously in order to avoid your funds getting stolen.
I remember the last I visited is AIRDROP.I joined 3 AIRDROP I used myetherwallet..then i send ethereum from spectrocoin wallet then I sleep..when I checked after other day I saw my ethereum Bal was 0.then I checked eetherscan transaction I saw all my coins are out..😭
This is also the risk of joining some airdrop because the chances of hacking os high as we sometimes accidentally enclosed some informations in their form. Losing your coins without your knowledge is the biggest nightmare that every trader doesn't want to happen.
I think your pc was infected by phising website, that is imposible if hack by send eth to the other wallet, be ware your pc from unkown sites
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
Most likely you used a fake MEW website which have recorded your private key.
I suggest you check the website address properly before entering your private key.
Also, I suggest you use key store file instead of private key to decrypt your MEW wallet. Key store file uses your password to encrypt your private key. It provides another level of protection.
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
Myetherwallet.com is a protected wallet itself, it uses an open source alogrithm to keep generated keys out of their database, thus you have no reason to blame them. However these cases take place when you mistakenly share your private key in public. For your security, i suggest to create a new wallet and keep the keys out of public access
i agree fully with that advice! one small addition is that "github" does provide a nice substitute to public usage... and the instructions for using myetherwallet on a local machine is given fully on their website" so to keep things even more private you can also use your own private and local copy on your own computer so it never leaves your possession.
if anyone cannot figure out how to do it, you must have tried "diligently" then send me a PM and i will try to help get it running.
I remember the last I visited is AIRDROP.I joined 3 AIRDROP I used myetherwallet..then i send ethereum from spectrocoin wallet then I sleep..when I checked after other day I saw my ethereum Bal was 0.then I checked eetherscan transaction I saw all my coins are out..😭
You sent your ethereum from your spectrocoin wallet so how much ETH you are about to receive?Are you sure that the transaction from spectrocoin is of a success? Your wallet has been sucked out by those hackers and what are those airdrops required you to do so?
What are those 3 airdrops?
I remember the last I visited is AIRDROP.I joined 3 AIRDROP I used myetherwallet..then i send ethereum from spectrocoin wallet then I sleep..when I checked after other day I saw my ethereum Bal was 0.then I checked eetherscan transaction I saw all my coins are out..😭
Myetherwallet is a good website. That website always beg people to protect themselves from hackers by bookmarking the site, not to open your wallet with your private key. You might revealed your private to hackers at the process of checking your balance with your private key. You should have used your address instead, or probably you were phished. Technically, you have not been careful.
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
Myetherwallet.com is a protected wallet itself, it uses an open source alogrithm to keep generated keys out of their database, thus you have no reason to blame them. However these cases take place when you mistakenly share your private key in public. For your security, i suggest to create a new wallet and keep the keys out of public access
I think many people are still confused about what MyEtherWallet is. MyEtherWallet is NOT a web wallet. They do not store your funds. They do not collect or transmit your sensitive information (like your password or private key). You do not have an account with them. MEW simply gives you a way to interact with the ethereum blockchain via their UI. The ONLY thing they send is your ETH address in order to get the balance and when you generate a TX, they broadcast the signed transaction to the blockchain. That's all.
MyEtherWallet has never been hacked, as far as I know. 'Hacks' usually happens due to the user accessing a fake MyEtherWallet site. Aka phishing.
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
There are lots of factors why you have been hacked by someone. Exposing private key would really be easy when you got phished. Logging in into a fake site and do input your keys and the hacker do already have that information and directly access wallet and transfer all of tokens inside it.Another scenario which you do have an infected computer which hacker did able to put key logger or malware that do able to get private keys.There are lots of scenarios actually but things I do mention is the most common ones.
Sorry to hear that.
Use Cryptonite add on
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cryptonite-by-metacert/keghdcpemohlojlglbiegihkljkgnige
Use Myetherwallet offline.
https://myetherwallet.github.io/knowledge-base/offline/running-myetherwallet-locally.html
Use Cryptonite add on
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cryptonite-by-metacert/keghdcpemohlojlglbiegihkljkgnige
Use Myetherwallet offline.
https://myetherwallet.github.io/knowledge-base/offline/running-myetherwallet-locally.html
Keep your wallet's private key on your personal USB stick or on your computer. I knew personally some of the people who lost the tokens from the myether wallet. It is all because of the phishing the sites which is comes in adword ad.
They need to access their wallet with the correct text combination of the wallet site. I see some people already quoted this still people are querying is on multiple threads.
They need to access their wallet with the correct text combination of the wallet site. I see some people already quoted this still people are querying is on multiple threads.
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
There are several reasons, you were either victim of phishing site, you have keylogger or you typed your private key on public place(which is less likely).Try to remember what link have you clicked and which site have you visited.
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
Myetherwallet.com is a protected wallet itself, it uses an open source alogrithm to keep generated keys out of their database, thus you have no reason to blame them. However these cases take place when you mistakenly share your private key in public. For your security, i suggest to create a new wallet and keep the keys out of public access
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
Myetherwallet.com is a protected wallet itself, it uses an open source alogrithm to keep generated keys out of their database, thus you have no reason to blame them. However these cases take place when you mistakenly share your private key in public. For your security, i suggest to create a new wallet and keep the keys out of public access
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
You made a mistake, do you remember something if you accidentally click an unknown link? Or does somebody send you a link of myetherwallet site. Maybe be your a victim of phising. 
I'm hacked victim,I used my etherwallet to received my assets..but why hacker know my pivate key? Hacker is sent ethereum into my wallet and used as a gas to get all my coins..how it all happened guys.?
When you login to any online wallet or private key one you should not surf that wallet on Google and login to it. This issue becomes normal one every newbies. If you access your private key with different wallet which has the same kind home page and every other pages. In that way you are sharing the private key hacker.
There is no possible way to know your private key except this.
Future security measures.
Always access your wallet with the correct URL.
Check whether the URL secured with the https protected by MYETHERWALLET LLC CALIFORNIA US.
Then go to access your wallet with the private key.
Yeah, it is not possible to expose your private key like that. That simply is not how things work. MyEtherWallet is secure, blockchain is secure. All reported cases of people losing their private keys have always been due to phishing attacks or simply the personal user getting malware, hacked, et cetera.
Find out how it happened to you. Sweep your computer for malware. Make sure you only bookmark secure MEW site. Never click on links ever.
Find out how it happened to you. Sweep your computer for malware. Make sure you only bookmark secure MEW site. Never click on links ever.
Hmm, doesn't make sense. If someone sent you Ethereum, then in no way they can know about your private key. Could you post the site link using your browser history. Maybe you entered a scam site. And what about the gas thing. Didn't understood it at all.
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