Title: [BEWARE] Post by: hacked1 on August 30, 2013, 04:52:46 PM I was hacked last night due to that spam private message directing you to novascoin.com
the url redirects to NOVAScoin... with an S instead of novacoin. The person successfully changed the password to my original forum handle "cryptograd" Moderators please help lucikly Coinbase has proper tools in measure. at 9am this morning they attempted to login to my Coinbase account. Coinbase sent me a lovely text message via SMS. They also attempted to change the bitcoin wallet at my mining pool to thier own, Luckily Slush's pool require direct authorization to do that. they did successfully access my BTC-E account.........thank God I only had .18 USD cents there. reformatting HD now https://i.imgur.com/BpheZ5W.jpg Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: metal_jacke1 on August 30, 2013, 06:22:57 PM This should be posted across forum. They hit me too. Luckily everything I have is 2 factor...muahaha.
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: JonnySmithers on August 30, 2013, 08:16:41 PM Thanks for the heads up :)
Bumping this over the forum! Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: Jgguy on August 30, 2013, 08:23:46 PM I'm always wary of unsolicited private messages, epsically ones with links in the,. Thanks for the warning.
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: marcovaldo on August 30, 2013, 08:44:06 PM Thanks for the warning.
But you should not got by that easy phishing :/ Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: Domionbtc on August 30, 2013, 10:04:13 PM So you had same password for all of mentioned sites???? If true = dumb.
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: Kyle91 on August 31, 2013, 12:53:13 AM damn bastards..
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: TomHirsch on August 31, 2013, 02:28:42 AM Thank god you found it. Bitcoin will remain sketchy until we can find better defenses against these damn scammers. I can't be watching out all the time. I need to do my work.
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: C10H15N on August 31, 2013, 02:37:27 AM Bitcoin will remain sketchy... PEBKAC.Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: whiskers75 on August 31, 2013, 08:25:30 AM Never never never never NEVER click on unsolicited PMs.
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: posormo on August 31, 2013, 08:38:12 AM Never never never never NEVER click on unsolicited PMs. Why, why, why do people click on that shit. I just don't get it. Hopefully nobody lost to much. Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: sr_miner on August 31, 2013, 08:50:17 AM Thanks for the warning!
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: favdesu on August 31, 2013, 08:59:36 AM just don't click any stupid links?
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: freebits on August 31, 2013, 09:04:42 AM If nobody lost anything then the scum won't be distributing viruses.. of course he is earning a lot.
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: pppoe on August 31, 2013, 09:05:53 AM I was hacked last night due to that spam private message directing you to novascoin.com what ?????the url redirects to NOVAScoin... with an S instead of novacoin. The person successfully changed the password to my original forum handle "cryptograd" Moderators please help lucikly Coinbase has proper tools in measure. at 9am this morning they attempted to login to my Coinbase account. Coinbase sent me a lovely text message via SMS. They also attempted to change the bitcoin wallet at my mining pool to thier own, Luckily Slush's pool require direct authorization to do that. they did successfully access my BTC-E account.........thank God I only had .18 USD cents there. reformatting HD now https://i.imgur.com/BpheZ5W.jpg hwo to chat in forums Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: Anillos on August 31, 2013, 10:22:03 AM I was hacked last night due to that spam private message directing you to novascoin.com Thanks.the url redirects to NOVAScoin... with an S instead of novacoin. The person successfully changed the password to my original forum handle "cryptograd" Moderators please help lucikly Coinbase has proper tools in measure. at 9am this morning they attempted to login to my Coinbase account. Coinbase sent me a lovely text message via SMS. They also attempted to change the bitcoin wallet at my mining pool to thier own, Luckily Slush's pool require direct authorization to do that. they did successfully access my BTC-E account.........thank God I only had .18 USD cents there. reformatting HD now https://i.imgur.com/BpheZ5W.jpg Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: b!z on August 31, 2013, 01:38:16 PM Always exercise caution when running suspicious programs. Formatting your HDD was a good choice. You never know what nasty stuff you have on your PC. Looks like a dark comet rat infection from the screenshot? Other users can try Dark Comet RAT remover tool instead of formatting (although it may not work 100%)
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: FlyHigh on August 31, 2013, 01:47:47 PM Thanks for the heads-up.
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: elor70 on August 31, 2013, 01:48:17 PM Thanks for the heads up.
Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: marcovaldo on August 31, 2013, 01:49:25 PM I'm always wary of unsolicited private messages, epsically ones with links in the,. Thanks for the warning. I don't know how they target people because I don't receive any of these. And what do they say? "You just won 1000 btc, click here to receive them"? :D Title: Re: [BEWARE] Post by: b!z on August 31, 2013, 01:50:57 PM I'm always wary of unsolicited private messages, epsically ones with links in the,. Thanks for the warning. I don't know how they target people because I don't receive any of these. And what do they say? "You just won 1000 btc, click here to receive them"? :D I think it's usually something like "you just won x btc, download the private key: wallet.dat.exe" |