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Board Announcements (Altcoins)
Re: NEM (XEM) Official Thread - 100% New Code - Easy To Use APIs
by
McDoxy1
on 29/06/2017, 08:39:02 UTC
STOLEN XEM FROM ANDROID WALLET
Guys I have been keeping a few thousands coins in Android wallet for about  two months. I loged in yesterday after couple of weeks of non activity and found ZERO balance.The coins has been stolen. My transaction history shows that first amount of 10 NEM was withdrawn and two minutes after whole balance!!!

It is mobile app for android.I never lost it and noone ever had access to wallet except me.  Private key I keep in secure off line place and use strong password to log in. How someone can get access and withdraw funds???
This info I found in security section in the wallet.
Version:
1.0.66 BETA-Mainnet
Warning - this is development version and it can send to developers some sensitive information like transactions and/or encryption keys.
No private keys or passwords are being sent.


Does anyone of you have any experience  with malicious  software.Is it unnoticeable. I was online when coins was stolen.My device is protected. Allowing installation  from unknown  sorces was disabled  . I did not  installed any other apps  for the last couple of weeks. How  malicious  software  can  get  access  to app  protected  with very strong password and the most disturbing  why  developers of this wallet  do not respond to this issue. I posted it on many places.

Never store a lot of coins on your phone. That goes for every crypto out there. Treat your phone like the wallet you take with you outside. You wouldn't take $1000 outside with you, would you?
Smartphones are pretty insecure and malware can steal your private keys.

I think the private key on the mobile wallet is not encrypted with your password. The password is only there to access the app. But not 100% sure on this.

Can you post your NEM address here? Then people can check it out on the blockexplorer.