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Board Legal
Re: Is it illegal for someone to hack my BTC wallet?
by
justbfa
on 13/12/2017, 00:59:43 UTC
I'm not clear on this one point.  If somebody got a hold of my private key and moved funds from an address that I claimed on the ledger, is that against the law?  At what point could that be considered a crime?  For example, if they hacked into my machine and stolen the private key; if they sniped the pk while snooping on a public access connection; brute forced the pk into existence; or just plane snapped a shot of my qr code over my shoulder....ect  In which of those examples could I pursue prosecution for the theft of my coin?  

It's little bit technical but in summary i think it's regarded as digital theft. In advanced countries that recognised digital theft, you can make a case out of it. Though it's difficult to proof brute forced as an illegal or digital theft.