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Re: Hackers Have Stolen Millions Of Dollars In Bitcoin -- Using Only Phone Numbers
by
CyberKuro
on 23/12/2016, 01:21:10 UTC
Article at link:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/12/20/hackers-have-stolen-millions-of-dollars-in-bitcoin-using-only-phone-numbers/#3e024ad522db

Lessons learned:
2FA using SMS is badly compromised.
You can't outsource your computer/cryptocurrency security to a 3rd party like your phone carrier. It's a recipe for disaster.
Hackers are targeting prominent bitcoiners - but it's only a matter of time for the rest of us.
Thieves are impersonating prominent bitcoiners, asking friends for "loans" of BTC (etc) - which just means more victims.
It's not just bitcoins - bank accounts and everything else are vulnerable. (And you can't fix those with a Trezor or paper wallet.)

What else?
Yeah, we get the lesson by Kenna experience.
Hackers actually can steal our information, but the most important thing is ourselves as the last defense of our wealth.
Bitcoin is better to save in offline wallet or keep it on an encrypted hard drive and just small amount of the rest on online wallet, I thought that is the best way to be safe.