Re: How I lost 95 Bitcoin

Quote from: 56KbKid2 on October 09, 2017, 11:11:38 PM

I bought my first few Bitcoins in 2012; eventually I got around 100 and managed to hold most of them until this point. Yesterday they were stolen from me. Shortly after I made a transaction, I left my PC with Electrum open, I believe there was a key logger waiting for me to type my password as when I returned an hour later, I saw my account had been emptied.

This happened shortly after receiving my hardware wallet (ledger), which I never got round to filling up. Obviously storing £350k(that hurts to type) on my daily computer was a moronic thing to do.

See the transaction here: https://blockchain.info/tx/220caec53bac39cc1a2d2692eecd385bca796fc1a839254ddd622b911344ae97

The Bitcoins were then split and are currently residing at these two addresses:
~~https://blockchain.info/address/18JCmLzKQoZydXspc6CPwovWVwYtUT7DCx~~
https://blockchain.info/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx
https://blockchain.info/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR

I know I wont get these Bitcoins back but if anyone knows of a blockchain or malware analysis service or just want to give me advice, I would appreciate it.

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This is 56kbkid and I lost all my bitcoins on the 8th of October 2017
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bitcoinrecovery2017@gmail.com
For information leading to the recovery, I can pay 3 BTC + 50% of the recovered bitcoins

This sucks man. It is not your fault at the end of the day. There are always going to be scammers who try to steal - and do figure out ways to steal from people. It does not mean that it is your fault.

HOWEVER, it is your responsibility to keep them safe. There is a big difference. Knowing the environment of Bitcoin currently, you should be more careful with how you store them. Paper wallets are the best because there is no way for a 3rd party to infiltrate you, or no easy way anyways.