Not a fan of being the bearer of bad news, but your coins are gone.
This thread is, if anything, is nothing more than a means of seeking the attention of others.
No one can help you retrieve your coins my friend, I'm very sorry.
Topic: Stolen BTC Bounty (Read 491 times)
Well, First of all sorry for your loss.
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
I did not loose 53, but I'm not comfortable enough to be sharing the total ammount. If at any point I have a real need to proof it, don't doubt I will. But on the meantime....
And I left the forums out of anger. I had just lost a shitload of money, meaning I couldn't be able to do some stuff I wanted, and I wasn't really on the mood of getting back working to achieve that money again
Well, I agree with your thinking that is ok that you are not sharing the amount.
Leaving the forum is not an option, the forum had nothing to do with your loss instead if you have shared this with the people here earlier you may have something better, now you have realized that the Forum can only help you right?
I really hope that you get it recovered soon, I know the feeling of losing.
A couple of months ago, almost all my BTC were stolen from my laptop. As I was really upset about it, I decided to distance myself from the forums and everything else, but now that I've decided to come back; I want answers.
The funds have ended up here; https://www.blockchain.com/es/btc/address/1JSmxSp4ULs7bYaQEkoHjQszFcfpFQs6gP, before being separated into 2 different addresses.
Which wallet were you using to store your bitcoins?The funds have ended up here; https://www.blockchain.com/es/btc/address/1JSmxSp4ULs7bYaQEkoHjQszFcfpFQs6gP, before being separated into 2 different addresses.
I think there is a possibility that your coins were swept and moved to a different address within your wallet and not neccessarily that you got hacked....if it were that coins we stolen the money would not have been dormant by now and coins would not have had a money trail as mixers are well know by crypto users.....
Try your luck and check your archieved wallets your coins might be hiding there.
Electrum wallet; you can check the thread to see the version. And no, I checked every address I have ever used and the bitcoins didn't magically transfer themselves. Apart from that, I wish I had 50 BTC hidden in some address of mine
A couple of months ago, almost all my BTC were stolen from my laptop. As I was really upset about it, I decided to distance myself from the forums and everything else, but now that I've decided to come back; I want answers.
The funds have ended up here; https://www.blockchain.com/es/btc/address/1JSmxSp4ULs7bYaQEkoHjQszFcfpFQs6gP, before being separated into 2 different addresses.
Which wallet were you using to store your bitcoins?The funds have ended up here; https://www.blockchain.com/es/btc/address/1JSmxSp4ULs7bYaQEkoHjQszFcfpFQs6gP, before being separated into 2 different addresses.
I think there is a possibility that your coins were swept and moved to a different address within your wallet and not neccessarily that you got hacked....if it were that coins we stolen the money would not have been dormant by now and coins would not have had a money trail as mixers are well know by crypto users.....
Try your luck and check your archieved wallets your coins might be hiding there.
I thought about doing so, but the transaction had already 1 confirmation. I guess that the hacker thought about so 
Was the laptop hacked, or was it stolen or physically used to send the coin to another address?
I assume it was hacked, since no one on the room had knowledge of bitcoin at the time things happened, and besides, the for obvious reasons, didn't know my password.
I may add a few more details, since I think I've been a bit vague on the OP.
I was using Electrum as my wallet, not Multi-sig since I had had a bit of an emergency and didn't have enough time to use the 2FA. I was at a friends' house, and the moment I opened my wallet to add the 2FA, I saw an outgoing transaction that had been created less than 1 minute before I opened the wallet itself.
Nevertheless, it does matter if no one around have knowledge of bitcoin because alot of people have join cryptocurrency during the last high traffic, so in this kind of situation the only person who's clean is you cause you're the owner of the wallet. Therefore, I will ask if you're using updated antivirus, windows and wallet.
Was the laptop hacked, or was it stolen or physically used to send the coin to another address?
I assume it was hacked, since no one on the room had knowledge of bitcoin at the time things happened, and besides, the for obvious reasons, didn't know my password.
I may add a few more details, since I think I've been a bit vague on the OP.
I was using Electrum as my wallet, not Multi-sig since I had had a bit of an emergency and didn't have enough time to use the 2FA. I was at a friends' house, and the moment I opened my wallet to add the 2FA, I saw an outgoing transaction that had been created less than 1 minute before I opened the wallet itself.
Nevertheless, it does matter if no one around have knowledge of bitcoin because alot of people have join cryptocurrency during the last high traffic, so in this kind of situation the only person who's clean is you cause you're the owner of the wallet. Therefore, I will ask if you're using updated antivirus, windows and wallet.
Well, First of all sorry for your loss.
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
I did not loose 53, but I'm not comfortable enough to be sharing the total ammount. If at any point I have a real need to proof it, don't doubt I will. But on the meantime....
And I left the forums out of anger. I had just lost a shitload of money, meaning I couldn't be able to do some stuff I wanted, and I wasn't really on the mood of getting back working to achieve that money again
Perhaps you blacked out and your alter ego played a mean joke on you? xD lol
Seriously though, did you ever confirm if you do or do not have the infected Electrum wallet that was going around a few months back?
Hmmmm, I always dowloaded the installer and updates from the oficial website and verified signature, but I never went any further
Well, First of all sorry for your loss.
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
I did not loose 53, but I'm not comfortable enough to be sharing the total ammount. If at any point I have a real need to proof it, don't doubt I will. But on the meantime....
And I left the forums out of anger. I had just lost a shitload of money, meaning I couldn't be able to do some stuff I wanted, and I wasn't really on the mood of getting back working to achieve that money again
Perhaps you blacked out and your alter ego played a mean joke on you? xD lol
Seriously though, did you ever confirm if you do or do not have the infected Electrum wallet that was going around a few months back?
Well, First of all sorry for your loss.
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
I did not loose 53, but I'm not comfortable enough to be sharing the total ammount. If at any point I have a real need to proof it, don't doubt I will. But on the meantime....
And I left the forums out of anger. I had just lost a shitload of money, meaning I couldn't be able to do some stuff I wanted, and I wasn't really on the mood of getting back working to achieve that money again
Well, First of all sorry for your loss.
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
Please, can you tell us more about how it gets hacked, Maybe someone asked the questions already like how they got hacked etc, but I cannot read all the comments? If you can just put all the questions and answers and required info to the OP would be great.
What was the amount you lost? 53 BTC?
If you lost your bitcoins why did you left the forum?
I hope you get it back, But I don't think it will be that easy I have not heard anyone getting the hacked bitcoins back.
Also, Can you tell us whether the bitcoins was stored online or offline?
Well, at least now I have something more to rack my brains with than when I started the day. Thanks to all of you
Edit: turns out this guy, https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/userghost-698349 has a quite similar name to the one posting the list on github. I've PM'd him to talk; let's see if this is a real lead.
On the meantime, bounty is still open
Edit: turns out this guy, https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/userghost-698349 has a quite similar name to the one posting the list on github. I've PM'd him to talk; let's see if this is a real lead.
On the meantime, bounty is still open
All backups were stored on a flash drive, so they were all offline. Neither did I store them online or on Drive/whatever. The funny fact, is taht the three walets had the same password (yeah, I know) but only one was emptied. I made sure they were different from online site ones
There could have been a chance that your computer had a spyware on it that couldve sent your wallet plus your passwords to another computer or server. If you do have anything left I would highly suggest sending those to a new wallet or maybe invest into a hardware wallet like trezor, keepkey, or an ledger.
Though it is kind of strange though. If you google the address where the 50+ BTC was sent too, that address appears in https://github.com/userghost123/BTC-Address-6-7-18/ . Not sure why this user has it there though but thats a start, though however there is a extremely low (even impossible) chance of getting any coins back without 100% proof of who did it and where they are located so you could take some type of action directly there. One of the purpose of btc (and most cryptocurrency) is to be irreversible. This can guard many against chargeback fraud that would usually happen normal p2p systems like paypal, square, etc, though the downside is that it would be near impossible to get your money back in the event of theft. Much like fiat currency in cash. Once its gone, its gone.
Your Laptop was very likely not "hacked"
You were likely hacked.
Do some thought here... Where are your backups for the Electrum wallet stored? Is the password for that wallet similar to, or perhaps the same as any of your email accounts?
Did you store the backup file online ANYWHERE? Whether you emailed it to yourself, stuck it on Google Drive. Something like that.
Most hackers don't hack directly into your computer these days.
Most hackers are exceptional social engineers who use that to gain unauthorized access into accounts.
In my opinion, you must have had a backup to that wallet online somewhere.
It's either that, or quite obviously your "friend" stole your bitcoin dude. There is no other way around it. Sorry to say.
You were likely hacked.
Do some thought here... Where are your backups for the Electrum wallet stored? Is the password for that wallet similar to, or perhaps the same as any of your email accounts?
Did you store the backup file online ANYWHERE? Whether you emailed it to yourself, stuck it on Google Drive. Something like that.
Most hackers don't hack directly into your computer these days.
Most hackers are exceptional social engineers who use that to gain unauthorized access into accounts.
In my opinion, you must have had a backup to that wallet online somewhere.
It's either that, or quite obviously your "friend" stole your bitcoin dude. There is no other way around it. Sorry to say.
All backups were stored on a flash drive, so they were all offline. Neither did I store them online or on Drive/whatever. The funny fact, is taht the three walets had the same password (yeah, I know) but only one was emptied. I made sure they were different from online site ones
No way my friends did that, she doesn't even know how to connect her Nintendo DS to the internet.
Does your friend have a shared internet connection? Is there anybody in her neighborhood that uses her wifi?
Can you sign a message from the electrum address that originated the transaction to prove it belongs to you?
Sure I doIf you provide a signature proving the wallet belongs to you I think people might be more willing to help.
I found a kind of github list that contain the address your coins where sent to.And for some reasons all the addresses present there contain around 53BTC seems really sketchy though.
Here it is:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/userghost123/BTC-Address-6-7-18/master/README.md
Edit:I know it doesn't lead us to anywhere,just trying.
Here it is:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/userghost123/BTC-Address-6-7-18/master/README.md
Edit:I know it doesn't lead us to anywhere,just trying.
I noticed that too, a google search for the last address in the string brings that up as one of the few results. The repository belongs to Github user userghost123.
Your Laptop was very likely not "hacked"
You were likely hacked.
Do some thought here... Where are your backups for the Electrum wallet stored? Is the password for that wallet similar to, or perhaps the same as any of your email accounts?
Did you store the backup file online ANYWHERE? Whether you emailed it to yourself, stuck it on Google Drive. Something like that.
Most hackers don't hack directly into your computer these days.
Most hackers are exceptional social engineers who use that to gain unauthorized access into accounts.
In my opinion, you must have had a backup to that wallet online somewhere.
It's either that, or quite obviously your "friend" stole your bitcoin dude. There is no other way around it. Sorry to say.
There was also a scam version of the Electrum wallet floating around... Perhaps you had that?
You were likely hacked.
Do some thought here... Where are your backups for the Electrum wallet stored? Is the password for that wallet similar to, or perhaps the same as any of your email accounts?
Did you store the backup file online ANYWHERE? Whether you emailed it to yourself, stuck it on Google Drive. Something like that.
Most hackers don't hack directly into your computer these days.
Most hackers are exceptional social engineers who use that to gain unauthorized access into accounts.
In my opinion, you must have had a backup to that wallet online somewhere.
It's either that, or quite obviously your "friend" stole your bitcoin dude. There is no other way around it. Sorry to say.
There was also a scam version of the Electrum wallet floating around... Perhaps you had that?
I found a kind of github list that contain the address your coins where sent to.And for some reasons all the addresses present there contain around 53BTC seems really sketchy though.
Here it is:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/userghost123/BTC-Address-6-7-18/master/README.md
Edit:I know it doesn't lead us to anywhere,just trying.
Here it is:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/userghost123/BTC-Address-6-7-18/master/README.md
Edit:I know it doesn't lead us to anywhere,just trying.
Can you recall the version of electrum you were using? Because I think that there was a vulnerability on old versions (patched on new ones edit:here) especially if you didn't encrypt your wallet with a password (Please tell us if it's the case).I think it's just a coincidence if it happened in your friend's house,have you dowloaded something just before opening the wallet?
I think for now it's almost impossible to recover the funds but if you give enough details of what happened someone may able to determine how the funds were stolen and maybe track the thieft.
I think for now it's almost impossible to recover the funds but if you give enough details of what happened someone may able to determine how the funds were stolen and maybe track the thieft.
Electrum 3.0.5. I didn't have my browser open, since there had been one vulnerability with javascript or something at the time. No new downloads at the time
Can you recall the version of electrum you were using? Because I think that there was a vulnerability on old versions (patched on new ones edit:here) especially if you didn't encrypt your wallet with a password (Please tell us if it's the case).I think it's just a coincidence if it happened in your friend's house,have you dowloaded something just before opening the wallet?
I think for now it's almost impossible to recover the funds but if you give enough details of what happened someone may able to determine how the funds were stolen and maybe track the thieft.
I think for now it's almost impossible to recover the funds but if you give enough details of what happened someone may able to determine how the funds were stolen and maybe track the thieft.
I'm glad that you came back .. by the way how many BTC were stolen ?
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