Topic: [⚠️WWIII OPSEC ALERT⚠️] DON'T LET YOUR BTC BECOME RUSSIAN WAR-MACHINE FUNDS! (Read 226 times)

It's nice to have some political common sense before making decisions.


Ironically only Putin, Sergei Lavrov and their defense ministers are calling that and they are already losing the war!

They were always in hot water, from Mt. Gox to the 2017 ICO craze to Bitconnect and everything in between.


China remains neutral and will not join the war because they prefer the world economy to remain stable for their own best interests which requires peace without major wars.

Actually nobody else is going to join this war either, why did you think NATO refused to make a no-fly zone over Ukraine a few days ago?


I believe GPG-encrypted files with an extremely long password should be safe as well (just don't store the password anywhere obviously).


If you do this then make sure you have a backup phone number or some other way to access your passwords because the last thing you want to happen is lose access to your password manager and with it, all your passwords.

I'm not worried about my Bitcoins becoming "Russian War Machine" funds... I'm FAR more worried about the United States of Retards at the moment.

It's a good time for opsec regardless... on both sides and for sides not involved.

I like the one saying Don’t brag about your crypto holdings. Definitely true and past incidences are there to tell the stories about it. I’m not sure if you guys remember but that Australian guy was shot dead after that theft came to know about the possession  of bitcoin with the victim. This is not the only case but there are many of them around the globe. So yes, whatever you have you just control it and limit the information to yourself. I mean it would take just one gun point and your private keys to steal it all.

Moreover, with the war plunging everywhere things could turn out even worst than this. People gonna go crazy if they see financial disturbance in their life. Inflation is gonna out everyone at risk of this finance stress.

So whatever you have it needs to be anonymous for sure.

It's worth adding that using the google authenticator app alone isn't that safe if everything is on the same device ^{[I've seen even some of the veteran members make that mistake and it gives nothing but a false sense of security]}.

Wow, I'm impressed. While it's oxymoron it nowadays makes sense. 

And the Beginners & Help the best place to make your questions. If you either want to "invest" in ICOs or unknown tokens, you're most likely a newbie who has no idea what, how, why.

What's "crypto accounts"? You've already said to not use exchanges, so I assume that's something else, but I don't understand what'd be sensitive and crypto-related if it isn't your money.

The hack victim did his own research and said the funds were funneled through fixedfloat, a noKYC exchange own by russians. The fact that the hacker had to go out of his way for such an elaborate route to funnel funds is beyond suspicious. And even if the hacker is not russian, hes still a hacker who can and should be avoided.

Perhaps you should read my post more carefully next time. I said taking photos of the seed IS a bad idea. Thats what the red "don't" means. It means don't do that.


14 is enough for now, but the technology of computers, especially quantum computers is rising exponentially. What may take 100 years to crack today may take only 1 day to crack tomorrow. Better safe than sorry. Why are you so hung up on trying to prove me wrong over 6 extra characters?

Is your avatar profile picture only for decoration and gathering internet brownie points? Not sure why you are so desperate to give russian or otherwise other hackers easy targets.

You have no evidence that this was done by a Russian hacker group or individual, let alone that the money was used to finance the Russian war machine. Besides, all this is dust compared to the costs of the war that Russia has, and it is measured in tens of millions of dollars a day.



To take a photo of the seed is a very bad idea, especially with a smartphone that has backup to cloud automatically enabled (say Google Photos), or in case we lose such a phone or throw it in the trash, and someone manages to extract data from it.


Why 20 characters long? A password of 10 random characters is quite sufficient, although the page where I did the check says that it should be at least 14 characters. Although for some very sensitive things passwords need to be as complex as possible, they may be able to withstand some brute force attacks in the future.


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I believe hiding the fact that you own Bitcoin should be placed of higher importance in the list of DOs and DON’Ts. By letting everyone know you’re a HODLer, you are merely making yourself a noncoiner-criminal’s target/victim.

Don’t these people be you, https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks/blob/master/README.md

Sometimes I wish my close friends and family didn’t know I HODL.

I think that's what Jesse Powell of Kraken had been saying too, even the centralized exchanges will support the decentralization.
I wouldn't wait for the US, UK, and EU to demand centralized exchanges to shut down their operation because of the war that is about to happen. Get out to be safe.

If only there is a huge volume on DEX many will be trading on them to safeguard thier funds. Unfortunately, the volume is not enough. The way is probably just trading less amount.

In light of recent major events or as some may call it, the beginning of WW3:
 
I would like to remind everyone that from a historical point of view, your coins are in the most danger they may have ever been in.

Just look at some examples of what is happening:
Example 1: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-seizes-30-crypto-wallets-allegedly-used-to-fund-hamas/ >Exchange wallets got (probably rightfully) BTFO'd by the government.
Example 2: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-get-hacked-24-bitcoin-stolen-from-coinomi-wallet-5387930 > Bitcoiner who recently got hacked by Russian hackers and lost 2.4 BTC (Coinomi Wallet)
Example 3:https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/missing-coins-5386543 > Another Bitcoiner who recently was a victim of a "Clipboard-Hijacking" malware/virus and lost his coins

Some of you may have noticed the onslaught of Russian hacker groups like "lapsus$", who specialize in ransomware and digital theft. A lot of these hackers are targeting not only exchanges, but your phones, computers and of course, crypto wallets.

DON'T LET YOUR COINS BECOME RUSSIAN WAR-MACHINE FUNDS!

I have gathered some very simple OPSEC tips of my own on how to keep your coins safe during these trying times:

Don't Keep coins on exchange wallets This goes double for chinese/formerly-chinese owned exchanges like Binance or Huobi. If China ever decides to join the war on the wrong side, your coins will belong to them in a heartbeat before you have time to withdraw them. Or your own government might decide you are a "persona non grata" and freeze your bank/exchange accounts, especially if you are a russian citizen or former russian citizen (remember japanese-american internment camps 1942).

Don't Keep your keys/passwords/seed phrases on any device which has/has had internet access. Store seed phrases on paper. That means never type it up, store it online, or take a photo of the card. If you disregarded this, and now you think that your wallet might possibly be compromised, then transfer your coins to a new wallet.

Don't Connect your wallet to unknown DEFI platforms or give permissions to any altcoin smart contracts. Depending on the smart contract, this could be used to access your wallet and steal your coins. In fact, best to not hodl altcoins, especially those based on centralized/semi-centralized blockchains like Binance Smart Chain. Just like with crypto-exchanges, any centralization can be used against you.

Don't Use SMS for two-factor authentication. Use Google Authenticator.

Don't Brag about owning any crypto amounts to strangers, or better yet, anyone.

Do Use a hardware wallet or multisig wallet.

Do Triple check the withdrawal/deposit addresses. Clipboard-Hijacking can change your copy/paste address into the hacker's address

Do Check routinely for Viruses/Malware/Phishing and scam-websites. If you like to invest in ICO Projects or unknown coins/tokens then do your research
first. The scam accusation subforum on Bitcointalk is a good place to start.

Do Generate unique, random passwords for any and all accounts and change them often. Never use repeat passwords, especially for accounts with personally identifiable and sensitive information (e.g. Facebook, Gmail, AppleID, Twitter, banks/payments, crypto accounts). Use passwords that are randomly generated and 20+ characters long.

If there is anything you think that I should add to the list, let me know. Stay safe!