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“My PGP key is compromised, and at least many of my bitcoins stolen”

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Post by blibble »

phphphphp wrote: post #33

Apparently his servers keep getting hacked, which doesn’t reflect well on his security practices: https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1606885577843957762

it's even more amazing, he's posted:

    > So... Any trustworthy companies offering affordable  dedicated servers?
    >
    > Currently paying $55/mo for:
so if you offer him some crappy free dedi appearing to be in an IP block of a reputable company all you have to do is wait a bit and presumably he'll upload his wallet.dat for you!

Re: “My PGP key is compromised, and at least many of my bitcoins stolen”

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Post by dibt »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #70
yuvadam wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Peter Todd claims he has confirmation [1] [1] - https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1609655629903265795

If a Bitcoin Developer with >$3M in Bitcoin didn’t use a hardware wallet… God help the typical Bitcoin user. It’s a tragedy, and inexcusable.

A Bitcoin dev has a higher threat profile than the average person. if only because it would be assumed he had many bitcoin in self-custody. Many things we do as a 'nobody' would get us compromised if our threat profile were a littler higher.

He made it worse by being so public, and hosting his own (publicly known) servers.

Re: “My PGP key is compromised, and at least many of my bitcoins stolen”

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Post by blibble »

paulpauper wrote: post #191
green-eclipse wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

if something is cryptographically secure, it should not matter how big the threat actor is

any goon-for-hire can break into your house and hit you until you tell him how to get the bitcoins out

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png

Re: “My PGP key is compromised, and at least many of my bitcoins stolen”

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

spicymaki wrote: post #76
samwillis wrote: post #42

Context now that the editorialised title has changed, this is a core Bitcoin developer. These things happen every day, but happening to a core developer (if confirmed!) who has a deep understanding of the systems and security indicates just how fragile crypto can be (in my opinion)

Exactly! if the experts can’t secure their accounts, what hope does anyone else have? Soon you will see people saying you should have done this or that complicated thing, or how somebody so smart could should have known better. No matter what they say it is never enough. This is why lack of consumer protections suck.

> if the experts can’t secure their accounts, what hope does anyone else have?

This is my opinion of the entire software industry.

Chrome exploits, iPhone hacks, etc. These are nearly trillion dollar companies. If they can't do it then nobody can. Something is fundamentally broken.

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Post by blibble »

mateuszf wrote: post #34
sosodev wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

irreversible transactions are a feature!

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Post by nope96 »

samwillis wrote: post #42

Context now that the editorialised title has changed, this is a core Bitcoin developer. These things happen every day, but happening to a core developer (if confirmed!) who has a deep understanding of the systems and security indicates just how fragile crypto can be (in my opinion)

He also lost a lot of Bitcoins on the Mt Gox hack b/c he thought it would be safe. He's just one person and I wouldn't draw any big conclusions about it. (One person who has been a massive target for something like this for many years, I would add)

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Post by dibt »

Symbiote wrote: post #83
green-eclipse wrote: post #26

Dude has 8 kids and someone is claiming it was around 200 BTC. That's ~$3.3M down the tubes. Ouch.

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In an attempt to make this a more productive comment, can you elaborate on what is an "honest way" to make a living in a way that is not "environmentally destructive?" I assume the "other people with 8 kids" are not Amish people selling produce at a farmer's market. Someone providing for 8 kids would likely have a car (maybe two), and go to a job in a building that uses electricity, right?

What about your leisure time? Xbox/Playstation? TV? PC/smartphone? Or are you somehow posting your comment via smoke signal or semaphore?

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Post by cuteboy19 »

doodlesdev wrote: post #142

Could this be a "boating accident" since it's tax season? Or maybe only his Twitter was hacked? No info from him at his mastodon https://mastodon.social/@lukedashjr@bitcoinhackers.org If true this is absolutely devastating. Somewhat funny too, but devastating. edit: Well, it's confirmed. Insane. https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1609655629903265795 https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1609666001251229696

It all seems so implausible that boating accident seems true enough

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Post by hnarn »

phphphphp wrote: post #33

Apparently his servers keep getting hacked, which doesn’t reflect well on his security practices: https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1606885577843957762

I wonder if this is the same server that “wasn’t fully rebooted in years”.

https://bitcoinhackers.org/@lukedashjr/107769287522154866

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Post by mk89 »

andrewstuart wrote: post #68
mjr00 wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay, so assuming you get past this theoretical billionaire's physical security (at a minimum gated fences and an alarm system; if they're actually a billionaire, probably 24/7 armed private security as well) and into their mansion, how long do you think it would take you to search their 7 bedroom 10000 square foot mansion for these written down passwords which you have no information as to whether they even exist?

You get Tom Cruise to do the job of course.

Ahahaha
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