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Title: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: Snail21 on November 07, 2013, 04:15:47 PM
My old account Snail2 got hacked. I wrote to Theymos but as I see he's very busy. I know I have to prove that Snail2 is my account, but I don't know how. I couldn't find any how-to about the process. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.



Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: OnkelPaul on November 07, 2013, 04:24:11 PM
Is the address 1BF4jonmLRCtfcA2mxFBZgyRpdHviCTK5M mentioned in your account's signature actually yours (i.e. not changed by the hacker)?
Then you could prove your ownership by signing a message with that address.

(edit)
I think for this to be waterproof theymos needs to verify that the address was in that signature long before the hack, to ensure that you (Snail21) are not in fact the thief who stole the Snail2 account...

Onkel Paul


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: Snail21 on November 07, 2013, 04:56:42 PM
That's fine! Yes it is my address, and easy to check it as this address is on Seals payment list since August. Thanks for your help,

Hi all,

Here are this week's payouts:

http://s22.postimg.org/ejunz4235/payouts_20130819.png

Thank you for participating. Its a bumper 0.94 BTC payout this week. At todays exchange rate thats a good $110 usd paid out on a weekly basis to the signature promoters on this post.

And with that I have an important announcement. The scheme has grown to a size which I think is perfect.

*IMPORTANT* The paid signature scheme is now CLOSED to NEW participants (or at least until further notice). If you are already participating (or have posted somewhere in this thread) then you are lucky as you will remain eligible for future payouts.

I'm going to find out how can I send him a signed message :). Thanks again!


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: Snail21 on November 07, 2013, 09:31:18 PM
OK, now I've learned how to send signed messages. Can anyone tell me where to send a signed message to prove that my account is really mine :)?


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: MiningBuddy on November 07, 2013, 09:35:12 PM
OK, now I've learned how to send signed messages. Can anyone tell me where to send a signed message to prove that my account is really mine :)?
Send it to theymos maybe?


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: Snail21 on November 07, 2013, 09:42:54 PM
I've tried to contact him, with very little success. But I'll try again.


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: BadBear on November 07, 2013, 11:03:55 PM
He's busy, don't spam him, he'll get to you when he can.


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: Snail21 on November 08, 2013, 12:00:54 AM
Well, I guess a PM two weeks ago and an other today is not spamming.


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: whiskers75 on November 10, 2013, 07:47:20 AM
If you haven't already, try PMing him on reddit.
(disclosure: that's what I did to get my account back)


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: Omikifuse on November 10, 2013, 09:24:11 AM
My old account Snail2 got hacked. I wrote to Theymos but as I see he's very busy. I know I have to prove that Snail2 is my account, but I don't know how. I couldn't find any how-to about the process. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.



I guess you are better off using your snail21 account :).


Title: Re: How can I get back my hacked account?
Post by: Snail21 on November 12, 2013, 07:14:44 PM
If you haven't already, try PMing him on reddit.
(disclosure: that's what I did to get my account back)

Thanks for the tip :).