There is an ongoing attack on wallet.dat files which were created by the old Apple BitPak client program.
The developer stated that the wallet.dat file was backed up in encrypted form on DropBox. This client program was removed from the Apple Store in mid-2012, but people may still have backups on their Dropbox account.
It turns out these wallet.dat files were not encrypted, and consequently there is an ongoing attack right now which is hacking into people's DropBox accounts, where passwords may have been obtained due to re-use, stealing the wallet.dat file, and then stealing the bitcoin.
The wallet.dat file backup for this old client is unencrypted and can simply be downloaded from DropBox, then dropped in as the wallet for Bitcoin-QT and the coins removed.
Whoever it is has been removing the bitcoin to address 1BjxoP5BDwxPG4myiXhJK8zWownJUbd4K4 and has netted at least 29 BTC so far.
Can anyone help trace who this might be?
Topic: WARNING: Ongoing attack on old BitPak client wallet files. (Read 1201 times)
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