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Hi all, after having 120 Stellar stolen from my account (I wasn't too pissed) But now after finding my blockchain wallet had just been stolen of 0.8BTC, I know its not allot, but its allot for me mining after 4 days.

I don't know what to do, but I have a feeling in me that want's me to get that douch back.
His address is:
191kaUxubgGEtvakBUo39FZU7ZguQp1ipw

Everybody new in crypto experiences this one way or another, if the scammer is smart, you won't find him. Cut your losses and store your bitcoin cold, if not cold with a lojng and random password :)

By storing it cold, is that in the Bitcoin Client Wallet? And is there any way I could try to track them?

There really is nothing you can do to find the thief wihout a lot of hard work, if even possible.
Do you have any idea on how they got in?
Did you have 2fa, if so what type?
If you really dont know start fresh, could be keyloggers and it will just happn again.

Someone said cold storage, good idea but you shold be able to keep 0.8 btc on a hot wallet and sleep ok with just the security provided by those wallets, 2fa, sms, ect.

If it makes you feel any better OP, check this one out:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=875805.0;topicseen

Well I used the Blockchain Wallet app that generates a key every 30 seconds, as well as my 40 character password.

I haven't used the blockchain app so dont know what app it uses to generate they key but it sounds like a type of 2fa, did you only have it set for log in or also when any amount is to be sent from wallet?
Another member who has used blockchain app might be able to help you more.

I think I used it only for the default settings which was logging in.

its almost impossible to catch someone, as its not possible to know whose address it is.
 All you can do is be extra careful in the future.

Found out their IP, and their website: http://www.hetzner.de/
They will not get away with this, they have 1000+ Bitcoin in their account. So I'll have some fun ;)

Most of the time when btc get stolen, it's an online wallet, those sites are prime targets, keep them on a offline computer next time :)

And eventhough you found an IP, how are you gonna use that for fun?

Just curious, how exactly was your .8 Bitcoin stolen?

1000 BTC were?

Hetzner is not the website of the hacker, they are a dedicated server provider based out of Germany.  That's like saying it's the car dealership that totaled your car not the kid who took it for a joy ride.

You MUSt, 100%.. this is a 100% must create an offline wallet on a computer THAT IS OFFLINE, it will never ever touch the web ever not once..

IMO destroy the harddrive after you have back ups of your wallets.

What's up with blockchain wallet? I hear people getting their wallets hacked there.

Is it Blockchain.info?

EDIT: just found out. blockchain.info.

Did you ever use Blockchain over Tor? There were some exit nodes that were stealing wallet logins awhile ago.

Two days ago I had problems with MultiBit..

The service provider will most probably be able to help you, to identify the thief.

It depends if they using DHCP or static IP address allocation, but in both cases, you should still be able to link it.

Question is, will the ISP give you the information? It's a paying customer after all.  >:(

If you used TOR to access your blockchain wallet, then that's how it most likely happened. Blockchain has responded by creating their own onion domain: https://blockchainbdgpzk.onion

Source: https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/tor-users-can-now-connect-blockchain-infos-onion-address-securely-ssl/

Unfortunately it's beginning to look like this might be a security design flaw on the blockchain.info side of things.  At least according to this recent CoinDesk article.

http://www.coindesk.com/hacker-returns-225-btc-taken-blockchain-wallets/

That was really kind of him to return the funds .It also saves the people from other hackers.
Here is the entire thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=581411

why people can't leave bitcoin on cold storage, it's so difficult? it make your btc not hackable or everything related to that shit

If you don't have a lot of bitcoins in your wallet, then moving it to cold storage would be useless, as to spend you will have to bring it back.
But with any amount >5BTC it is always adviced to move the funds to cold storage.

thats just a good habit as well.

i mean in general, its something that most should practice. I myself, started doing this, even if its .1 btc so i can put my mind at ease. Its just unfortunate for most who get introduced to bitcoin, that online wallets are convenient so they think its all good.

Sorry about what happened to you :(.  After hearing about these problems with blockchain.......would it be safer to move >5 bitcoins to the localbitcoins wallet.  I haven't heard many problems there. Could that actually be safer?

The best solution for storing btc would be a wallet on your PC,my suggestion is to use electrum or multibit wallet. :)

No moving it to localbitcoin online wallet would not be safer at all, it's worse.
Not only have these been hacked in the past your handing over the security of your coins to them.
Now im not familar with localbitcoins wallet but i know it would never be as safe as ofline storage with 0.05 btc in hot wallet for daily use.

is there  a tutorial on how easy it is to send your coins to a cold wallet? i been searching this forum and cant find a legit source.

It really depends on how well someone is able to secure their computer (and keep their private keys safe).

I think the future of bitcoin will likely involve many/most people storing their bitcoin on third party services as many people are not capable of protecting their private keys in ways that companies like LBC and coinbase can

have you find the scammer ?

im sure you can recover from .8 bitcoin.

not that i sympathize for you, but theres people who got scammed for much more. And just consider this as a expensive lesson to learn.

i think if anyone gets scammed, you cant really find the person unless you dox them really good.

but after the coins are gone, its just gone. not much we can or anyone do about it besides just preventing the even happening again in the future.

I got my coins stolen off Bittrex from some user Judaz49

Here is my proof.
       
       08/27/2014 01:05:05 PM   BTC   0.00150415   Completed
       08/27/2014 01:00:23 PM   BTC   0.01779840   Completed
       08/27/2014 12:56:25 PM   BTC   0.01779840   Cancelled
       08/27/2014 12:52:43 PM   BTC   0.01759840   Cancelled
       08/27/2014 12:43:58 PM   BTC   0.00952106   Completed
       08/27/2014 12:39:19 PM   BTC   0.00952106   Cancelled
       08/27/2014 12:32:41 PM   BTC   0.01779840   Cancelled
       08/27/2014 12:25:37 PM   BTC   0.02266000   Cancelled
       08/27/2014 12:18:25 PM   BTC   0.05150000   Completed
Address: 16S5kyMHqNdZBnJKDtvpBt5BqpGEB2MQ5K
TxId: 73b807cef438d48b745153b85c67d93355164455d7ba20014ee2132f7481909c


I found his ass on here

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=434464.1940

How can I go and put this dude in the slammer!?
I wish I knew how to hack these fools.

have you tried doxing him?

some people charge a small fee, and look up all personal info about this persona and more details to use that for possible law suit etc.

I have not. But, I shall look into it! Thank you kindly.