Topic: somone steal btc from my wallet - page 2. (Read 4165 times)

 I dont think you will get your bitcoins back because transactions are irreversible. Do you access the computer from internet cafes?
And from next time onwards be carefull. Some hackers might have did that or someone who knows your password might have did that.
It will be very easy for others to get your password if you use same password for all the sites .

I mean i don't know about other online wallets like you even I'm using coinbase for more than a year now and i have been storing a lot more coins than yours and didn't face any issue for now. If you think anything can happen enable 2FA authenticator.  If you want you can install a desktop wallet but the only problem with it is it takes lots of time to sync.

well OP still lucky because he's btc is not that much unlike those who had been hacked that have bigger btc inside its always better to make sure that you are done with securing your wallet treat it as your bank account and for sure no one here wants to share their banks information or credit card information, thanks for sharing this OP to help those newbie inside bitcoin investment so after they read this they will be alarm.

That's correct, once the transaction has been made in the blockchain there is no chance to recover it anymore, all you can see is the last thing you do in the blockchain. So the lesson here always double check or secure the things before doing the transaction or whatever it is. Why don't you try Electrum wallet, or multibit hd.

if you receive a sms means you have activated the security double 2FA? but bitcoin will not be sent if it does not enter the verify code via sms if you using 2FA. in fact there's nothing you can do and you can't get back your bitcoin, create a new email and wallet next time be careful if you receive a suspicious email

And this is very confusing, really.  



And now you have said that when you have checked your bitcoin address, that 0.01 has been transferred to that bitcoin address?, I don't know what advice am I going to give to you because I don't know which is real between the two statements that you have said, but if the case is that someone just hacked your bitcoin wallet address and then transferred it to his account, then you can't do anything about it, because you can't turn back the processed in order to get back your 0.01.

All you can do is to accept the fact that its gone and change your bitcoin wallet account password, though making another new one is more better.

I think they know your email and your password also and the worst think is they know about your details so i think much better do an new email and new bitcoin wallet also. For your safety and your bitcoin because many hacker now they send you a link to get all your details then they steal all your information until they get your bitcoin.

There many possibilities why was your account hacked. Maybe the attacker is on the same network as you or connecting through to your wifi and hijacked your account. There are also other possibilities that there is a malware in your computer that's stealing your user data so better clean it or format it.
I suggest on using Two step factor authentication and contact support of that online wallet you are using right now to block that ip that made the transaction
Once a block transaction has been made it cannot be reversed all you can do now is be very cautious.

You are right, anyone can claim that their BTC are stolen. I think this is gonna be a problem when BTC will be accepted by the government as a form of exchange.
First is there are many scams, thief, fraud and any other crime that the paper moneyis involve, so this crimes will be chronic when BTC will be accepted as a form of money because of its freedom itself. And what I fear is that when that "freedom" will be use in immorality.
Yup there is a big possibility that these claims are just a technique to damage the BTC itself.
When the world gives humans something that make us comfortable humans tend to be carefree and that carefree attidute awakens greed in others.
We must be extra careful on our btc.

may be your computer or your phone attacked viruses , so sad for this ..
next time be carefull

Sadly, we can’t do anything once we lose our bitcoins, but we can always take precautions to avoid such circumstances. I haven’t lost any bitcoins so far due to hacking or mistakes, but I have lost in gambling and other experiments like trading.

There is a lack of enough security awareness among bitcoin users, and that’s why such incidents take place. It is own responsibility to take care of safety measures while holding funds. There are too much information and educational article on Bitcointalk itself to have in-depth knowledge about security.

My suggestion also same use desktop wallet it is safe. Don't use any online and mobile wallets. And once you log in your wallet after finishing your work just clean your cookies. This is very importent. My friend also lost some coins like this someone hacked his account, he does not transfer that coins to another account he just played some games and lost all coins. We can not trace that person. So be care full when you are using online wallet.

Using an online wallet was the problem in the first place why use another one? Use a desktop wallet and if you must have an online wallet in the case you need to buy something while you are out of your home then keep only what you are going to spend that day and if you don't then send it to your main wallet.

Many phising sites are now spreading online targeting many bitcoin wallets of the unsuspecting users. With the recent price surge of bitcoin reaching $900, every wallet holding a large amount is the primary targets so be always wary of some sites that are looking dubious.

I also had a similar experience but since every transaction is final and irreversible, the least I did was changing my password and also made sure i don't use thesame receiving address for multiple transactions. I equally avoid using a public computer in accessing my wallet.

Desktop wallets are good for say £1 - £50, anything higher, hardware wallet. It is simply a no brainer

From your transactions history it seems you sent some coins to the thief's address on Oct 24, do you know to whom it was?

Switching to a desktop wallet is definitelly a right move for increasing protection of your coins.

I am glad it only took a loss of 0.01 to learn the lesson and not thousands. DO NOT USE ONLINE WALLETS!!!!! I mean it from the bottom of my heart and soul. Unless YOU are the only one with the private keys you are using to sign, they are not their coins.

Maybe its due to all the scorpio in my zodiac chart, but I do not handle the risk well of anyone else holding my private keys for any reason. If I transfer funds to my bitcoin debit  card, I do it in small lots at a time. For long term storage:

Use either

1. If you must use online, a coinbase multisig vault, remember your passphrase and keep the paper backup of the vault safe. You still have control of the keys due to the multisig set up. Plus with the paper backup user key + shared key coinbase can use the user key to restore your vault without your passphrase by  combining with their key (it is a 2 of 3 multisig). If they go bust, then use the user key and shared encrypted key outside of coinbase to move your coins. If they are hacked, they wont have your shared key due to the passphrase encrypting it which coinbase servers never see.

2. A ledger HW1 wallet (£20) keep the seed safe as its your backup, set it up on a trusted computer only! and no malware can get at the keys they are stored inside the device. The seed has saved my bacon once, treat it like a 'paper' wallet and have multiple copies stored securely.

3. A TREZOR Wallet (£80) same thing, with a screen authenticator

4. Electrum Multisig using a HW wallet to sign, or the 2FA electrum wallet.

5. A paper wallet (more inconvenient)

DO NOT FOR ANY LARGE AMOUNTS OF BTC USE AN ONLINE OR BASIC DESKTOP WALLET! I use a ledger wallet, I add the addresses as a watch address in electrum so I can just  send money to it easy without having to plug it in and I only plug it in when I want to send funds from it, and use an electrum wallet for a 'hot' wallet.

Hardware wallets are the way, seriously. Even better than paper wallets in my opinion as you can store multiples with the same seed, and the seed acts as a 'paper' wallet in and of itself.

I beg of anyone reading this, hardware wallet. (Ledger, Trezor), I implore you! The more people do this, the harder it is for a hacker to steal hard earned funds... Do not use a black arrow hardware wallet, probably has a backdoor in it after what they did to their customers...


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1455319.40

Use of 2FA for exchange accounts, multisig vault in the case of coinbase and HW wallets (as I signed transactions while infected before I realized), saved my bacon, I am not kidding, for me it was so much money, money I later cashed out and used move in with my partner I am now engaged to.

I am considering asking the bitcoin core developers to add recommendations like this in the documentation, its time this bull ended now and it  could be greatly reduced if such measures are taken, yes we shouldn't have to do it but it is better to do it...

I use a non HW wallet (electrum) to handle small amounts of daily change from the pool and every week or so I move it to my HW wallets. I use my same hot wallet electrum seed on both the mobile app and the desktop app so I have fluid access to my funds on my devices when I need it the most but I do not keep more than like £40 on one of these, encrypted with a passphrase! If I needed more and I was stranded somewhere, the ledger wallet can be used on any machine with google chrome without admin access if you can install the extension or with the USB adapter.

I'm new to bitcoin and don't have much yet (just 0.25 in my name) but this is disturbing. The wallets I have are all online. I made a Coinbase account but never got anything into it. I also have another wallet which can buy/sell bitcoin into my currency (can't do that with Coinbase). Should I eventually install a desktop wallet? What would you suggest? Would it require a "dumb" PC? I only have a laptop and I regularly go online using this.

something doesnt make sense..

you do know that when you send funds now with blockchain it sweeps your wallet and sends the "change" to a fresh new wallet address..

it may make it appear you got hacked, cause you send a tiny bit like .005 but your whole wallet will get drained down to zero and sent to an address you have never seen before..

to see these address you go into address and show the used ones.. you should have a few of them in there.. perhaps you didnt notice.


also, if you clearly have 2fa enabled, and a strong password on both blockchain and email.. its almost impossible to hack someone..

unless perhaps you used their mobile wallet on an old phone and didn't restore it?? then they would just need your pin number and 2nd password if you choose to enable that.. which i recommend.