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Re: BTC-e being hacked. Watch your account.
by
Denton
on 01/02/2014, 11:53:11 UTC
It sounds like your password got stolen, not neccesarily btce itself hacked.

This is one department I'll admit that hodlors have a clear advantage.

Isn't stolen and hacked the same thing?

Uh, no.......................................

Sad

Quote from: outofservice on Today at 20:10:55


Quote from: BitcoinAshley on Today at 20:08:53

You probably have a keylogger. Sucks to be you! Don't keep more on an exchange than you can afford to lose.


What is a keylogger?

Oh boy..............................................



Thanks, your replies have been so helpful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_logging

A program can record your keystrokes and send it to the person who designed it. If you have one of these,all your passwords may have been compromised. But,damn...

Just read all that on wiki and have a few questions...

I haven't opened any strange links or downloaded anything lately, is there any other way that program could have found it's way into my laptop?

I ran a complete spy-ware and mal-ware program, nothing showed up. Would that confirm a Keystroke program is Not on my system?  ....none of my other accounts have been hacked.
It can come embedded in a jpeg that shows in an e-mail. That's why e-mail providers usually automatically block images.