Sorry for your lost .I feel the same.
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Topic: who can help my friend, whose coins are stolen by hacker,1 BTC bounty (Read 2263 times)
October 01, 2014, 07:30:12 AM
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August 10, 2014, 08:36:31 PM
Sorry for your loss, but its gone, and there is a very good chance you wont see them again.
Like 99.99%. Cryptoworld is a bitch when it comes to scams.
August 10, 2014, 07:48:31 PM
Sorry for your loss, but its gone, and there is a very good chance you wont see them again.
August 10, 2014, 05:18:46 PM
The best way is only open your bitcoin wallet on new formatted pc with no other programs installed and this is stickly only for bitcoin transactions.
August 10, 2014, 04:31:20 PM
Try asking your friend to scan the computer with anti-virus software like AVG...
Hahaha no malware bytes is your best option for malware scanning.
August 10, 2014, 06:11:02 AM
Try asking your friend to scan the computer with anti-virus software like AVG...
August 10, 2014, 12:58:13 AM
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The best way to protect passwords besides using linux is to not type the password.. you can have it on a notepad mixed with other words and you use copy paste to put it when you need it.. cntrl v..
The best way to protect passwords besides using linux is to not type the password.. you can have it on a notepad mixed with other words and you use copy paste to put it when you need it.. cntrl v..
As long as encrypt the file its a good idea. However if you encrypt the file there is no need for the password to be "mixed with other words". You should definitly change your practice regarding this.
Security by obscurity is not 80's its 1880's [1]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27_principle
August 09, 2014, 09:29:55 PM
He probably installed malware which stole his private keys and uploaded it to someone who withdrew coins from the keys. I seriously doubt he would be able to recover the coins.
I wonder what would happen if the person who stole the coins came forward and gave them back. Would your friend still give him 1 btc for recovering them? (it's not me btw but I was just wondering)
Do you mean the hacker installed malware to steal the private keys. but my friend has set password for private keys.I wonder what would happen if the person who stole the coins came forward and gave them back. Would your friend still give him 1 btc for recovering them? (it's not me btw but I was just wondering)
anyway, 1 btc for recovering coins still.
The attacker may have installed a key stroke logger. He would then just need to wait until the password was entered and he would have your wallet and password.
It has been happening a lot lately it seems.
M$ windows is terrible in terms of security - strongly suggest he uses Ubuntu or another flavour of Linux and does not download and install software he does not trust.
The best way to protect passwords besides using linux is to not type the password.. you can have it on a notepad mixed with other words and you use copy paste to put it when you need it.. cntrl v..
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August 09, 2014, 09:07:57 PM
His computer was most likely infected with malware. If he is still using his PC, tell him to wipe everything and install a fresh OS!
August 09, 2014, 09:06:08 PM
thanks. I and my friends will remember this lessons
August 09, 2014, 03:08:15 PM
Hackers can find passwords easily. In chrome, it is just "chrome://settings/passwords" (paste it in your browser tab)
From there, anyone can see all of your saved passwords.
If some passwords there are the same password as the wallet.dat then that may be how the hacker stole the coins.
From there, anyone can see all of your saved passwords.
If some passwords there are the same password as the wallet.dat then that may be how the hacker stole the coins.
August 09, 2014, 01:41:10 PM
really much better to use linux or any related system rather than windows
August 09, 2014, 01:39:16 PM
Also it would be wise to set a password on your browser all those passwords you save can just be seen and downloaded, and with malware they can download an xml sheet of your passwords saved.
August 09, 2014, 10:57:57 AM
He probably installed malware which stole his private keys and uploaded it to someone who withdrew coins from the keys. I seriously doubt he would be able to recover the coins.
I wonder what would happen if the person who stole the coins came forward and gave them back. Would your friend still give him 1 btc for recovering them? (it's not me btw but I was just wondering)
Do you mean the hacker installed malware to steal the private keys. but my friend has set password for private keys.I wonder what would happen if the person who stole the coins came forward and gave them back. Would your friend still give him 1 btc for recovering them? (it's not me btw but I was just wondering)
anyway, 1 btc for recovering coins still.
The attacker may have installed a key stroke logger. He would then just need to wait until the password was entered and he would have your wallet and password.
It has been happening a lot lately it seems.
M$ windows is terrible in terms of security - strongly suggest he uses Ubuntu or another flavour of Linux and does not download and install software he does not trust.
Yes , maybe it's a keylogger on your pc.... be careful !
August 09, 2014, 10:38:52 AM
you might track the hacker but to recover the coins?? impossible and also this is crypto world everything is possible here we have a bunch of pretty good hackers that only wait for a nice time to steal from you
take it as a hard lesson move on with your life and protect your btc next time make an offline wallet store in on the usb and buried it under your basement things like that which you think that much more safe than put it on the blockchain or any other online storage
1.23 btc is nothing compare to klee's hundred/thousand of btc (forgive my word but that is the reality)
thiefs always stole coins, they may finally stole from all of us.take it as a hard lesson move on with your life and protect your btc next time make an offline wallet store in on the usb and buried it under your basement things like that which you think that much more safe than put it on the blockchain or any other online storage
1.23 btc is nothing compare to klee's hundred/thousand of btc (forgive my word but that is the reality)
indeed that is why we need to be more careful and guard our btc as possible as we can
August 09, 2014, 10:04:28 AM
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my friend say that he didn't send out any coin almost half an year, but only withdraws litecoins from exchange a few days ago. it's strange ,only wallet address for withdrawing from exchange lost money, other wallet has not.
he has put the private key in computer, i think hacker has stolen the private, but the private key has set password, hacker should has not get the password.
could the key stroke logger get the password half an year ago?
my friend say that he didn't send out any coin almost half an year, but only withdraws litecoins from exchange a few days ago. it's strange ,only wallet address for withdrawing from exchange lost money, other wallet has not.
he has put the private key in computer, i think hacker has stolen the private, but the private key has set password, hacker should has not get the password.
could the key stroke logger get the password half an year ago?
#1 It makes no sense to proxy this via you as your understanding is limited e.g. wallet is not the same as address. Your friend might also not share everything with you. In my experience even if you ask people direclty (knowing their browser history): have you ever watched porn online, they will try to come up with a lie or clever response.
#2 From experience here: it was malware or someone with hardware access - you can doubt that all you want, those that cared to shared long enough in the past allways found malware.
#3 in the rare cases that it was not #2 it was a bad password (123456 is not a good password) or an unencrypted backup
#4 if the bounty is set high enough, people will come and try to help. Some here are even able to do so. AFAIK they usually contact the person in question in private.
for #4, if someone can take back the coins, he can open a price to me.
Bitcoin transactions are irreversible, so no, you won't get your coins back at all, unless the hacker decides to return them.
August 09, 2014, 10:00:23 AM
you might track the hacker but to recover the coins?? impossible and also this is crypto world everything is possible here we have a bunch of pretty good hackers that only wait for a nice time to steal from you
take it as a hard lesson move on with your life and protect your btc next time make an offline wallet store in on the usb and buried it under your basement things like that which you think that much more safe than put it on the blockchain or any other online storage
1.23 btc is nothing compare to klee's hundred/thousand of btc (forgive my word but that is the reality)
thiefs always stole coins, they may finally stole from all of us. take it as a hard lesson move on with your life and protect your btc next time make an offline wallet store in on the usb and buried it under your basement things like that which you think that much more safe than put it on the blockchain or any other online storage
1.23 btc is nothing compare to klee's hundred/thousand of btc (forgive my word but that is the reality)
August 09, 2014, 09:27:16 AM
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my friend say that he didn't send out any coin almost half an year, but only withdraws litecoins from exchange a few days ago. it's strange ,only wallet address for withdrawing from exchange lost money, other wallet has not.
he has put the private key in computer, i think hacker has stolen the private, but the private key has set password, hacker should has not get the password.
could the key stroke logger get the password half an year ago?
my friend say that he didn't send out any coin almost half an year, but only withdraws litecoins from exchange a few days ago. it's strange ,only wallet address for withdrawing from exchange lost money, other wallet has not.
he has put the private key in computer, i think hacker has stolen the private, but the private key has set password, hacker should has not get the password.
could the key stroke logger get the password half an year ago?
#1 It makes no sense to proxy this via you as your understanding is limited e.g. wallet is not the same as address. Your friend might also not share everything with you. In my experience even if you ask people direclty (knowing their browser history): have you ever watched porn online, they will try to come up with a lie or clever response.
#2 From experience here: it was malware or someone with hardware access - you can doubt that all you want, those that cared to shared long enough in the past allways found malware.
#3 in the rare cases that it was not #2 it was a bad password (123456 is not a good password) or an unencrypted backup
#4 if the bounty is set high enough, people will come and try to help. Some here are even able to do so. AFAIK they usually contact the person in question in private.
for #4, if someone can take back the coins, he can open a price to me.
August 09, 2014, 07:56:19 AM
you might track the hacker but to recover the coins?? impossible and also this is crypto world everything is possible here we have a bunch of pretty good hackers that only wait for a nice time to steal from you
take it as a hard lesson move on with your life and protect your btc next time make an offline wallet store in on the usb and buried it under your basement things like that which you think that much more safe than put it on the blockchain or any other online storage
1.23 btc is nothing compare to klee's hundred/thousand of btc (forgive my word but that is the reality)
take it as a hard lesson move on with your life and protect your btc next time make an offline wallet store in on the usb and buried it under your basement things like that which you think that much more safe than put it on the blockchain or any other online storage
1.23 btc is nothing compare to klee's hundred/thousand of btc (forgive my word but that is the reality)
August 09, 2014, 07:31:02 AM
-snip-
my friend say that he didn't send out any coin almost half an year, but only withdraws litecoins from exchange a few days ago. it's strange ,only wallet address for withdrawing from exchange lost money, other wallet has not.
he has put the private key in computer, i think hacker has stolen the private, but the private key has set password, hacker should has not get the password.
could the key stroke logger get the password half an year ago?
my friend say that he didn't send out any coin almost half an year, but only withdraws litecoins from exchange a few days ago. it's strange ,only wallet address for withdrawing from exchange lost money, other wallet has not.
he has put the private key in computer, i think hacker has stolen the private, but the private key has set password, hacker should has not get the password.
could the key stroke logger get the password half an year ago?
#1 It makes no sense to proxy this via you as your understanding is limited e.g. wallet is not the same as address. Your friend might also not share everything with you. In my experience even if you ask people direclty (knowing their browser history): have you ever watched porn online, they will try to come up with a lie or clever response.
#2 From experience here: it was malware or someone with hardware access - you can doubt that all you want, those that cared to shared long enough in the past allways found malware.
#3 in the rare cases that it was not #2 it was a bad password (123456 is not a good password) or an unencrypted backup
#4 if the bounty is set high enough, people will come and try to help. Some here are even able to do so. AFAIK they usually contact the person in question in private.
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