Quote from: lalabotax on February 23, 2024, 09:59:15 PM

Quote from: Troytech on February 16, 2024, 03:52:24 PM

I came across the post on Reddit about a guy that took this hard drive that he stored his bitcoin to a data recovery specialist to fix it, who told him that his 276 bitcoin has been stolen, wait a minute how, his hard drive was bad and gave it to you to fix it and then you told him it was stolen.
It's a shame how people would still act so unwise with their holdings, I know its not his fault that his hard drive got bad but at least he should have taken some measures to secure his holdings, and now there is no proff that the so called data recovery specialist was the one who stole it or not.

So, this idea was probably one of his carelessness. And it probably wouldn't be very successful to make a case for it unless he had strong evidence. There will definitely be a delivery history, right? And it would be a shame if we entrust such precious hard ware to be worked on by someone else and you don't see how it is done. Yes, maybe sometimes they don't allow you to see it. However, regardless of the condition and assets you have, I will look for a specialist who will allow me to see the work process. And when this accusation is no longer proven, what else can we do to prevent it? Oh yes, if the drive is indeed lost, there will be a transfer transaction, right? Just see when the time is, if the time is when the drive is still in the hands of the specialist, there is a possibility that he will do it. But if not, maybe this is just a fake story.

Its hard to believe that this guy went down entrusting his hard drive to some data recovery specialist without some caution. He must be trusting that person so much that he end up being deceived in the end. Although this might a made up story, but if ever it really happens, the person at fault is the one entrusting his hard drive to some stranger. Security should always be the first priority, rather than letting someone fix your hard drive when you know exactly that the assets inside are so much valuable that you can’t even afford to lose.