Strange, a month ago he tweets about his server being compromised:
https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1593227756841578496
Go figure
“My PGP key is compromised, and at least many of my bitcoins stolen”
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#33Apparently his servers keep getting hacked, which doesn’t reflect well on his security practices: https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1606885577843957762
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#34Would 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?
He said it was not most of his bitcoins.
https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1609618498027753472
EDIT: Right, maybe it's all
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#35I still think the reason Satoshi vanished is that he lost his private key and couldn't handle the embarrassment.
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#36> 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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#38Would 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.
It comes from the threat model, having a password book on your desk in a cubicle is absolutely not secure.
On a desk at home? It is marginal, certainly a burglary is a low frequency event, but we also have events like fire that make it insecure in other ways.
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#39> 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.
Clearly he meant https://www.ic3.gov/ but tagged a wrong account.
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#40If 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.
Incredibly difficult to defend against nation state attackers and such. North Korea is very persistent in crypto hacks, for example:
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1144996480/crypto-hacking-nor...