Quote from: Slunt on February 15, 2016, 03:35:38 PM

Did any of you have your alias as your username here or some sort of simple dictionary word? Wouldn't surprise me if hackers were using bots to try get hits on usernames and then focusing on the ones they find.

Quote from: BitcoinSupremo on February 13, 2016, 08:52:00 PM

Doesn't it feel strange that all these strange things happens to one and only one online wallet, 99% of the cases is blockchain.info . Well after reading other stories here, I raise a reasonable doubt, why people should continue using it Huh

If you can't keep your funds safe then using a desktop wallet wont be any good either. At least blockchain.info has several security features that prevent a hacker getting in. Even if they had your password and identifyer they wouldnt be able to get in without confirming via email and 2-factor if you have that set up which you should have and even then they wouldn't be able to spend the funds if you had a second password on.

If hackers brute forces it, he probably have the private keys, the best practice to follow is to create a new wallet, after you format your PC if you don't have any important documents there. If so create a new wallet straight after you have installed windows. Keep a copy of the private keys in a safe place, enable 2fa and email confirmation. And don't share your identifier in any other pc rather than this. Keep this as secure as you can with antivirus and antispyware.

Above all this, a wallet like Electrum is easy to maintain. Suppose you have just installed windows. Save electrum seed in a document in some safe place like USB or external HDD. Put a strong password to it, then start using it, chances of you getting hacked are very very small this way.
Never open that USB or external HDD in a infected PC. You can do more than this, but this is pretty basic things you need to know to have above normal security.