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Re: Did I just get pickpocketed?
by
Abdussamad
on 12/02/2014, 20:29:24 UTC

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The imported address I used to send the BTC was deterministically generated on brainwallet.org using a not-so-strong passphrase (after all, this is just a test).  Is it possible that someone else in the vast Bitcoin universe used the exact same not-so-strong passphrase and just got an unexpected donation of 0.01 BTC?
you found the answer to your question. yes, you have been robbed.
Confirmed.  A respected Bitcoin security researcher was running a POC brainwallet bot and nabbed my bitcents instantly.  He DM'ed me and returned the funds.  Seriously righteous thing to do.

- Dave

Well, good news then! You are lucky. Harvesting brainwallets is big business now.