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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: How often are people really hacked out of their BTC?
by
xiboothrezi
on 19/01/2021, 21:45:29 UTC
Has anyone here been hacked and if so, how? We should make sure that we share our stories of being hacked, even if they are painful,  to ensure that people do not repeat other people's mistakes.
My blockchain wallet was hacked once, and all my BTC (which I collected from the event) was sent to another wallet belonging to that da*n hacker. I think the hacker started by hacking my email, somehow he could access my email, even though I already added 2fa. I know maybe I am careless, at first I was suspicious why I often get lots of notifications about airdrops, so I ignored it and all the incoming message notifications, maybe that's what hackers used to disguise email notification access from other devices.

It was truly a very rewarding, though painful experience. Since then I have been very cautious in this ecosystem, choosing a more secure wallet and managing primary and secondary e-mails. hopefully, this can be a lesson for others too, by separating the main email and the second email for other needs.