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“My PGP key is compromised, and at least many of my bitcoins stolen”
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#13Would be interesting to know how his BTC were stolen. Because he is a BTC core developer, I believe he followed the best practices, like not writing down his password. So infection or keylogger?
Storing most of his bitcoin in a single hot wallet seems to go against the best practices, no?
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#14Would be interesting to know how his BTC were stolen. Because he is a BTC core developer, I believe he followed the best practices, like not writing down his password. So infection or keylogger?
I am not a security person, but I can't help but wonder where the advice of not writing things down comes from? I think my wife's password book on her desk is a lot more safe than most computer experts.
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#15> What the heck @FBI @ic3 why can't I reach anyone??? Uh, because it’s New Year’s Day? Don’t get injured or become a crime victim on a holiday, if possible.
Slightly off-topic, but who is this @ic3 and why does he tag them in the same way as the FBI?
Here's the account, for reference: https://twitter.com/ic3 . Doesn't look like an official to me.
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#16Would be interesting to know how his BTC were stolen. Because he is a BTC core developer, I believe he followed the best practices, like not writing down his password. So infection or keylogger?
he should been using a hardware wallet
and the bulk of it should be on a paper wallet, in the vault of a bank or another real world institution. the hardware used to generate this key should be wiped out. so if he followed best practices, he didn't lose this money
edit: just found out that the btc was stolen from a dedicated server on ColoCrossing. this makes no freaking sense. no server connected to internet should have access to the keys to your btc (or access to any keys that could be used to later on grab cryptocurrency keys). hot wallets should be hardware wallets, cold wallets should be acid free paper
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#17As soon as trouble comes to paradise, they wonder why traditional institutions they dissed all along is not dropping everything and take up their case (FBI in this case).
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#18If you hold a large amount of bitcoin your threat model should be way above the average person. It sounds like his infrastructure was specifically targeted. It can be very difficult to protect against targeted attacks from adversaries.
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#19As soon as trouble comes to paradise, they wonder why traditional institutions they dissed all along is not dropping everything and take up their case (FBI in this case).
Ok, but please don't post repetitive flamewar comments to HN—this kind of thing has been posted a thousand times by now; the only value left in it is indignation, which is the opposite of the curiosity we want here.
Perhaps you don't owe paradise better, but you do owe this community better if you're participating in it.
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#20Would be interesting to know how his BTC were stolen. Because he is a BTC core developer, I believe he followed the best practices, like not writing down his password. So infection or keylogger?
I am not a security person, but I can't help but wonder where the advice of not writing things down comes from? I think my wife's password book on her desk is a lot more safe than most computer experts.
Someone kept theirs in their wallet, and their passphrase showed up on a publicly released police body cam the other day when their insurance was checked or something.