Quote from: d5000 on September 25, 2024, 09:31:20 PM

I second @apogio's questions.

But your expectations from the crypto forensic team are probably too high. Cryptocurrencies normally are very unlikely to be "returned" if a hacker had access to your private key and was able to transfer the cryptos to another address. Most what they can do is to help the police to investigate.

The most likely case is that one of the devices where you accessed the Metamask account from was infected by malware. While Metamask is not totally decentralized, its wallet is self-custodial afaik, so you are responsible yourself to take care of the keys and the passphrase.

Edit: this deserves a comment:

Quote from: greentech2 on September 25, 2024, 07:58:27 PM

What is the point of investing in crypto currency then the hacker came in and wiped out my account?

One of the "points" of cryptocurrency is just that it's a way to transfer values without middlemen. You stored your cryptocurrencies on a self-custodial wallet (Metamask), so you followed this principle. However, I guess you misunderstood Metamask to be some kind of "bank" which has control over your coins. This is not the case, they have no control over your keys and afaik they don't store a backup (like some other services do).

It is of course possible that Metamask distributed a version with a vulnerability which was exploited by the hacker. Then they could have some responsibility. Malware would still be necessary to exploit that, so very likely even in this case one of your devices has been compromised.

most common way to drain wallets is by clicking some link in some website and sign a message that drain the whole balance like for example clicking a fake airdrop claim link or something like that ... there is no need to hack a private key or anything its just the same owner that sign a fake signature that drain his wallet