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Re: Blockchain.info Unauthorized Withdraw
by
Terk
on 26/04/2013, 03:40:26 UTC
Its the no log that really irks me.  How can a withdraw be made without an entry made.?
Agreed, this is the main worry in all this I think...

Blockchain.info is only a client. It doesn't store bitcoins itself, it only stores credentials needed to send bitcoins from your addresses (that is private keys for your bitcoin addresses). If his computer/phone has been compromised, these credentials might be logged/copied during one of his legitimate logins to blockchain.info and sent to the attacker. The attacker could then use these stolen credentials with any other bitcoin client (like Bitcoin-Qt, Armory, Multibit, etc) to send bitcoins - and that's why blockchain.info didn't have any suspicious logins.