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I bought my first few Bitcoins in 2012; eventually I got around 100 and managed to hold most of them until this point. Yesterday they were stolen from me. Shortly after I made a transaction, I left my PC with Electrum open, I believe there was a key logger waiting for me to type my password as when I returned an hour later, I saw my account had been emptied.

This happened shortly after receiving my hardware wallet (ledger), which I never got round to filling up. Obviously storing £350k(that hurts to type) on my daily computer was a moronic thing to do.

See the transaction here: https://blockchain.info/tx/220caec53bac39cc1a2d2692eecd385bca796fc1a839254ddd622b911344ae97 (https://blockchain.info/tx/220caec53bac39cc1a2d2692eecd385bca796fc1a839254ddd622b911344ae97)

The Bitcoins were then split and are currently residing at these two addresses:
https://blockchain.info/address/18JCmLzKQoZydXspc6CPwovWVwYtUT7DCx
 (https://blockchain.info/address/18JCmLzKQoZydXspc6CPwovWVwYtUT7DCx)https://blockchain.info/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx (https://blockchain.info/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx)
https://blockchain.info/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR
 (https://blockchain.info/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR)
I know I wont get these Bitcoins back but if anyone knows of a blockchain or malware analysis service or just want to give me advice, I would appreciate it.

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This is 56kbkid and I lost all my bitcoins on the 8th of October 2017
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1NndjYLXPgHmSFYEk5exCabGbcynzqpii4
G5UFrkVd1qGcbVlIyUw0yh0Zls/82K7Liuer6UNUK7yiE/I//7f4clNI70sD/w21vh0HJBkPUj3vvfioxIfj5U0=
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bitcoinrecovery2017@gmail.com
For information leading to the recovery, I can pay 3 BTC + 50% of the recovered bitcoins

Sorry for your losses, that sucks to hear.
Do you have any idea where the keylogger came from? Have you confirmed it was indeed a keylogger?

IM sorry for your loss, thats a big amount. Like 2fresh asked do you know where the logger came from?

Oh fuck! That hurts. I can't imagine how you are feeling now, adrer loosing so many bitcoins.
Your sad story shows us again, that desktop wallets isn't safe if you catch malware.
I don't have idea, what I would if I loose so many bitcoins and sadly I can't give any advice to you. I just feel sorry about this disaster and wish you keep strong despite that...

I believe it's belong to Bitcoin discussion https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0 or https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=6.0
If you want to hire some experienced people to trace your bitcoins, post a thread to share at least BTC5-BTC10 as the reward for everyone who can do it for you https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=52.0
It's strange as Ledger wallet should be safe, where did you bought it?
Second; I left my PC with Electrum open, are you sure no one using your PC right after you left it? I often do the same thing, but my bitcoin remain safe in electrum wallet.

 :( Sorry for your loss mate. If I were you... I would try a full forensics on the computer to learn where the malware came from ..

there are several tools that maybe can help on that..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_forensics_tools

Also try to keep tracking your bitcoins .. I find this article that useful

How Hackers thief Cash Out Thousands of Bitcoins Received in Ransomware Attacks
https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/cashout-bitcoin-ransomware.html 

It is terrible thing to see this disaster happened, sorry for your huge lose.

Yes, that is a very sad situation, but could you tell if you had enough security on your computer to prevent hackers? Did you download anything suspect or accessed any strange site that could contain a malicious file, threat? This kind of event makes many people to fear Bitcoin investment, specially in big amounts.  :(

I am sorry for your loss, If I had this amount of bitcoin I will never connect my pc to internet, You can sign a transaction offline, then find some other way to broadcast that. I know it's not convenient method but better than losing ur bitcoin.

I am sorry to hear you story, it is quite a huge amount and I agree that you should hire people to trace and know who own these addresses.  Many people will gladly do the job for you at around 10% of the lost BTC.  I wonder how could that ledger be infected and I have been using electrum for a year now and no such instance happened to me.  I know it is quite hard to recover the BTC but thank you for sharing this story to us since we will be more vigilant in downloading any apps online.

Oh, Everybody knows the feeling of lossing that kind of Amount of Bitcoin.
This is Really a Great deal, Whoever get your bitcoin is now Enjoying of The Money,
Is There anybody in this Forum can Help you to Recover The Account?

This, is also a Lesson to others. Be careful Next Time Sir.

I'm so sorry for you but this will teach you something. Security is the most important thing when managing coins (FIAT or crypto doesn't mind).

You should now prevent that those thing will happen again.

Blockchain analysis can easily be done yourself, but the problem is that even if you find the address in which your bitcoin are stored, you won't be able to get them. I doubt, even if a mixer comes forward to prove ownership of the addresses, it's unlikely they would give such a large sum of money to you.

I know what I say won't be able to fix your situation in the slightest, but security is always #1 when it comes to user-held assets like bitcoin. Your ledger should have been loaded as soon as it arrived. You probably should have bought a Trezor when it first came out, too.

Wow. That's huge amount mate. You should have use hardware wallet because the amount is so huge. This is a serious money mate. You should not keep them that way. You should have use anti-keyloggers and effective anti-virus. So your computer cannot easily infected with virus. Even an expert don't recommend computers to store huge amounts device which can easily access by hackers. Electrum is a good wallet though. It's just your computer is the problem. Better format your computer to avoid another loss. Sorry about your loss. But i don't think you will recover them. Hackers already received them.

Sorry for the lost next time more be careful..but sorry what is the real problem and mistake

It hurts just reading about it, I feel for you. Do you have any idea on how did you get the malware? I see that a lot of people also have this question. That's like a nightmare that could happen to anyone. Also, I'm guessing you didn't had 2FA authentication enabled on your wallet? I'm just trying to further understand how these situations could be avoided.

Again, I'm really sorry for your loss. It sucks.

I'm sorry for your loss.

As I've said before, hopefully this will serve as a lesson for readers to be mindful of computer security and take preventive measures. This post will definitely help steer people to be more cautious. There is a tendency to underestimate the capabilities of hackers.

Is there any reason that you may have been targeted specifically? Did you tell anyone about the balance you were holding?

Be more cautious. Lesson learned. Stay strong.
I'll be having many sleepless nights if that happened to me or it could be worse.

Man that sucks to hear  :(

The only thing we can learn from this is to not depend on desktop wallets.

REQUEST

Could the OP, or someone knowledgeable on this type of situation, speculate on the ACTUAL mechanism of this attack? What did the OP actually do, that gave away his private key? Was it stolen from the computer's clip board (copy/paste?)

Knowing HOW this kind of stuff happens will make it easier for other people to be more secure.
Thanks

That's sad man. Even though I don't have that much amount as yours, I would still be furious if my account is hacked. This reminds me to always be cautious and prioritize security always. I don't know if there is a way for you to get back your coins but don't give up. It is quite a significant amount and I hope someone can help you getting it back if possible.

Oh man, that's awful. I'm sorry to hear that.

Really sorry to learn of your loss.  I hope you are able to determine the attack vector.  If it has the characteristics of a vulnerability that could be wider-spread, please consider sharing details with the community so that all can take precautions.

Just goes to show that you always need to keep your guard up, especially with that amount of Bitcoin.  Horrible way to be reminded of this.

I hope you are somehow able to recover them.  Very difficult, but there are some outstanding experts among us on this forum -- some of the very best in the world, they may be able to assist.

The stolen 95 bitcoins represent a huge amount. Of course, it is unreasonable to leave the computer unattended in a working state and with open access for outsiders. Maybe. someone took advantage of this. Sad story.

what? 95 bitcoins is a big big value of money now.. im sorry for your lost. Where is the place of your last login before the keylogging happen? Im hoping that someone help you with this, even though it will be hard to get it back at least you will have to know who made this keylogger or who put this keylogger. We have to be cautious at all times.

That must have been very hard. Since you say it was stored in electrum and you suspect a keylogger to have stolen the electrum password, still whoever stole your btc must have had physical contact your computer. If its your personal computer then it shouldn't be too hard to find out who all had access to your PC(assuming there was no break-in or any 3rd-party accessing it).

That's sad to read, anyway as per reading your story, do you think it is someone from your house that stole your bitcoin? because it is really creepy that you lost your bitcoin and someone stole it without knowing your seed key and your private key?. Can you explain it more?

Big lost to you.. It is hurt to heard it. 95 Bitcoin is a big money. Here in my  country that kind of amount your a millionaire.

Wow, it's absolutely a HUGE loss indeed and it very sucks, when you can't do anything to get those bitcoins back  :'(

PS: Hmm, isn't the Ledget wallet should keep you safe from keylogger?  ???

It is impossible to know since the OP does not give too much information, the most likely thing that happened is that he had installed the electrum wallet in an insecure OS like windows and then he download some pirated software or something that infected his computer with a key logger and then when something interested was typed the key logger called back home to alert the hacker and he stole all the money.

Oh shit. I am sorry for your loss.Please call security expert or a hacker that how your bitcoin is hacked.It's a big loss for you

Keeping that much bitcoin in an electrum wallet was a big mistake in the first place.  May I ask why you didn't invest in a hardware wallet? It would be the best investment you could make with that amount.  

95 bitcoin equivalent $45,000.  this is huge with me, hope you will soon get back your money

When i got $10k in my wallet i just split it apart. Because i dont want thing like this would happen. i never trust anyone because in bitcoin there was no insurance for the lost. May this will make a lesson for everybody that read this story out. It suck to lose all hardwork money just for nothing. Make sure to always on your antivirus to the max. Be careful with malware,trojan or worm. They can steal your private key also. Just alway careful. Im hope you will recover from this matter mate.

That surely is a very big amount of BTC you lost. You must be really sorry for your loss. That's the reason why I don't keep my coins on a desktop.
Desktops are vulnerable and a bit easier to hack than smartphones. I keep my wallet secure on android as it is tough to inject keyloggers on linux based OS. The only thing you can do now is learn from your mistakes. I wish you good luck and a bright future ahead.

It hurts man, in just few moment all your bitcoin was gone and that was a huge money, i cant imagine your feeling mate but even me i feel hurt to see your statement. This would be a lesson to all of us that every time we log our account in other computer make sure that before we left it was already log off for our safety.
Hoping that you will recover it or you will get much more than of that amount, i think GOD will challenge you how you handle that situation.

The OP never got his Bitcoin into the Ledger. He had just bought a Ledger but hadn't funded it yet.


Try that math again. 95 Bitcoin is equivalent to $450,000.

The OP has to have an idea where his behavior went reckless, as far as the security and safety of his bitcoin is concerned.

What questionable link did you click on? What "BITCOIN LIVES HERE" sign were you waving from your PC?

How did you become the target?

That 95 Bitcoin that was very big the hacker that stole your Bitcoin are now Enjoying their life with your money. I don't know how'd you get the keylogger but always make sure that if you have lots of Bitcoin 1 Bitcoin or above make sure that your PC/Mobile Phone or any devices you are using for your coins are CLEAN, FRESHLY FORMAT and NO SOFTWARE DOWNLOADED besides the Bitcoin wallet that you have. That's what i've been doing i have an DELL Laptop i don't have downloaded programs on that only the Bitcoin Wallet.

If the story is true, you should contact law enforcement. They could do forensics and issue supoenas to ISP's etc. A lawyer would be a good idea too.

This is so unbelievable but there is a proof of transaction, but i think that what happen to you is a crime so you can make a case about this with professionals, i hope there is a justice with you huge amount of bitcoin that lost.

Omg it is really bad situation
I dont know how to find them back.
However do somebody know  how to protect our wallets from such keylogers?

Sorry for your losses buddy, hope it doesne weight down on you too much...keep your head up and dont let it beat you down too long!

I think the best place of evidence you could find is the actual network blockchain transaction for your 95 Bitcoins. If you could somehow track that then you may be able to trace the movement of your BTC.

It definitely sucks to have lost your Bitcoins, but that is part of the security within Bitcoin. It would be tough to secure Bitcoins if they were easy to store and access. That is part of the magic of Bitcoin and the blockchain, and also the vulnerability of it.

My only suggestion would be to store your Bitcoins in a more secure wallet such as either a cold wallet or a super secure cloud/cold wallet combination like one that Regal Assets (http://www.regalwallets.com) offers. Wish you the best of luck in your Bitcoin journey bro.

Damn, that's a lot.
So sorry for your losses. You left it just for a moment and it's all gone in an instant.
I really hope you could find a way out, man. And it won't happen again to any of us.
Don't let our guard down, even for a little bit, especially if we have a lot of money (btc).

Sorry for the loss, now its a lesson learn, not just for you op but for all of us, we should protect our precious bitcoin out of hackers/scammers hand. And dont worry op you will gain your bitcoins back just keep being a hard worker and keep being motivated all of the time

Well, simply having 95 bitcoins makes you a target. Many hackers identify specific targets and monitor them for weeks. < trying to find a weakness or a way they could exploit the owner of those coins> The opportunity presented it self, when OP left his wallet open. The hacker did not even have to have his login credentials, because he was signed in and he left his computer unattended.

The hacker used some remote software to transfer the bitcoins to his address and it was gone.

I never keep such large amounts of coins in a wallet for this same reason. I have loads of paper wallets with small amounts. When I need coins, I just sweep a paper wallet. Advice to OP --->< remember to keep it, because you might have some Bitcoin Cash >

I forgot to mention: Don't mess around with your computer anymore. Shut it down.

Woah, that's scary! Sorry for your big loss and thanks for posting this, it remind us that we always need to be more careful.
It's really hard to move on for me if i am on your situation but life will not end with that so just keep going, charge to experienced.

That's a fortune here from my country its really a big amount of money, I'm not sure how come that you left your wallet unattended knowing that the value of your btc is really huge, sorry for that loss and its really alarming for those who have a lots of btc like you to be more aware and do some more precautions.

What the hell? Is there any particular reason you think you got keylogged? How would a keylogger infiltrate your system in the first place? Where exactly did you leave your computer running? I feel for you man. I don't know your financial status, but losing that much money would hurt no matter what. For what it's worth, I don't think keeping that much Bitcoins in your daily computer is moronic -- it's just harder to secure. I hope you receive closure of some sort.

Hi I am sorry  for your loss, I can understand your fellings now but first don't panic...
You have left your laptop open ... in a public place? anyone physical could access to your electrum wallet?
Did you run any antivirus scan in your system to check in you have actually a keylogger installed in your pc? Have you tried to setup a 2FA with your phone? the only critic or flawless point is not use a cold wallet.
When I have stored a private key with a secure system I have also add a password just to secure anymore the priv. key.

sorry to hear about your lost. Be strong and treat winning and losing as the norm

man thats gotta hurt.. I used to trade RS gold in BTC back in the day.. 08 09 .. think of the billions i've swapped now ;(

That sucks so bad! Even though you acquired it for a cheap price
I cant think of my self holding that much coin worth of money and lose it  >:(

I agree with you. Sometimes people tend to neglect to take preventive measures which make them an easy target by the hackers. I hope that other people will not experience this circumstance before taking time to secure their coins. It's painful that we have to be a victim first before taking precautions that will totally cause devastation to us. No matter how little or huge the amount of our coins the first thing we should keep in mind is security so that in the end we will not regret anything. We worked hard to earn those coins so we shoukd also work hard to keep them safe.

wew , dont ever leave your computer open , even with wallet that contain a lot of money  :-[ , lesson learned

This is a great lose and I really sympathize with you. 95bitcoin is a very huge amount of money especially if you are from the Third World countries. However we should try to do everything to secure our coin as this is more important to us than make or holding bitcoin. I find out that bitcoin is one of the most valuable assets we can hold now and since is valuable we must do everything to safeguard it.

It was sad to hear you. Im has lost my old account. Dont why my old account cannot get in anymore also. I had to use the new one now. Im not a nerd. Just only know how to use and this kinda really hard to compete other. Hope you will get back what you lose. God will bless you.

Man, I cant imagine what you are going through right now. Thats a world of hurt and i hope you are able to salvage something from this. People that scam other people deserve to be dealt with......

Good luck man...

That is a huge loss and hopefully a reminder of how danger is actually out there. Prevention is everything and spending your money for a ledger was a good idea. Too bad that you didn't have the time to use it and store in it.

woaaah that amount of bitcoin was too big ...
why do you using computer shops and loging in your account there that was a bad idea instead you can use incognito or private browsers
if that happen ask here on you can retrieve those coins I am sure there is someone may help you in your problem

It is just painful to hear this kind of news.  It is one of those things about cryptocurrency. You are in the right forum. you will definite meet people here that will give you some professional advice but is it not always easy to get it back.

In many countries, people no need to work for their lifetime if they get 95 Bitcoins. It is huge loss man and good luck to you.

How it is possible to hack your wallet without the private key or dat file or wallet seed. Without these no one can sweep your wallet or send from your wallet by accessing yours.
I hope any relation who can access your system only theft the coins you have your lap. Mostly I heard the people loose from the online wallet or exchange wallet. first time from electrum.

That's a big loss mate i'm really sorry about that. Stay strong bro. You'll get much more next time. Wishing that the hacker would give your money back.

You did well to manage the bitcoins up to this point but that is where your error consists. I would not blame you if your bitcoins were lost in 2012 or 2013 as at that time not a lot of possibilities to safeguard them properly but soon after that when  Trezor and Ledger wallet you should have definitely upgraded to such wallet. I am sorry for your loss but nothing you can do except go on and start even stronger with the best security measures from now on.

such messages make you think about your own safety, do not despair, I wish you earn back the money back and more, you have everything ahead, and you know the tools and ways for making money with BTC

Wow man, sorry to hear that. That's really huge amount. I don't know if you'll be able to get them back but if you have any success, please keep us informed. Good luck.

That's a big amount of money to hear. And that is a big lost on your part. Wow, if you sell those bitcoins by now you will probably havr 475k usd. That's so big. After all the years of hodling, you will get this?

I am so sorry to hear your story. I know how you feel now. I think you more than just sad now.
I hope  you can be strong mate. Wish somebody can help.

Sorry for your losses Big Amount of Bitcoin, in was happn last week with me. Mymyetherwallet are hack. I don’t know how he got my privet key, I lost almost 10 ETH.
Next time more carefully with your Password. And don’t give up

oooh the title alone of this board is painfull! it is a bit worrying that this has happened. hackers are on a constant mission to break down defences and steal stuff. is there a definitive list  of the most secure wallets?

I'm still investigating, I'll update when I find the exact mechanism.

I've also just realised that the attacker took 120 Litecoin from me on the 22nd of September, so my computer had been compromised for at least 18 days.

https://live.blockcypher.com/ltc/tx/852187add4e47fb1c25df7df7d6efd9c19f4ebf3bda0e4d1e5d7793bf1fc5e33/ (https://live.blockcypher.com/ltc/tx/852187add4e47fb1c25df7df7d6efd9c19f4ebf3bda0e4d1e5d7793bf1fc5e33/)

Sad to hear about your loss.

Completely unrelated to the theft, but why do you reuse your addresses?

ya know what? This smells fishy! You say you've been in bitcoin in years, and yet your account is only a newbie? Come on. How stupid do you think we are? Your signature is not even correct..

to others try yourself https://tools.bitcoin.com/verify-message/

1NndjYLXPgHmSFYEk5exCabGbcynzqpii4

This is 56kbkid and I lost all my bitcoins on the 8th of October 2017

1NndjYLXPgHmSFYEk5exCabGbcynzqpii4  G5UFrkVd1qGcbVlIyUw0yh0Zls/82K7Liuer6UNUK7yiE/I//7f4clNI70sD/w21vh0HJBkPUj3vvfioxIfj5U0=




it's another scam. Dont fall for this BS

remove '1NndjYLXPgHmSFYEk5exCabGbcynzqpii4  ' from the signature and it's valid.. I just tried on that website.

When I login with my original account (56kbkid), I get the message:
'Your account is locked because it sat inactive for years after the password hashes were leaked in 2015, and was therefore at high risk of being hacked. Email react-vdnp8@theymos.e4ward.com to get it unlocked.'

too many question in my head when i read the story.

1. did he scan his computer he realize that his bitcoin is empty in the wallet?
2. if he have 95 bitcoin in the wallet, why he don't move the bitcoin into hardware wallet?
3. he know that bitcoin is connected with internet, did he turn off the internet connection when he opened his wallet and only turn on the connection when he want to send to another wallet?
4. i think there are any logs in the wallet or at least any note about what he is doing in that day or in a weeks.

geez, its really sad story. with 95 bitcoin, i am sure that he is the richest person in his city and he can buy every thing he wants. make this as lesson to us so we can be careful when we have big amount bitcoin in our wallet.

Ouch man, that's shocking, 100 BTC hurts in anyone's book. You seriously need to speak to a lawyer and go to the authorities, at least for the formality of making a report. PS: These things are usually not random.. Unfortunately, most likely its someone you know.

The lesson for everyone else is: Any more than a couple thousand bucks in coins MUST be kept on a Ledger/Trezor.
And DONT use the same computer for Bitcoin wallets as you do for downloading torrents etc.. Too many people have been burnt this way.
Also do malware scans everyday. I use iObit Advanced System Care and iObit Malware Fighter and these have kept my computers clean for years, highly recommended!

I hope you get to the bottom of this  :'(

Absolutely!

This is far too large a sum of money to not fight to the death over. Somebody needs to follow the trail & see if possible, where these bitcoin are sold.

OP do you download many files or programmes on your PC? I’m trying to wonder where you would have picked up this virus/malware.

That's such a huge amount to loose but I was wondering how'd it happened when Ledger or any type of hardware wallet should supposedly be safe to use from. I wish you could get to the bottom of what really happened though, hopefully you'll earn back the money you lost too.

Wow! That hurts to even read!!

I would suggest you make a police complaint so that, if incase in future, the keylogger is traced back to an entity, you will proof with a police complaint that the hacker owns 95BTC of yours.

Other than that, you can only try to find the source of the keylogger, where you got it from to begin with. That give you clues about who or where the hackers are from.

I feel for you. I've only ever lost Bitcoin through bad investments so far, but have had a few people try and send various different malicious code to me through the years. But, this is why I've always sworn by paper wallets. Keeping a offline copy which was created on a offline computer and stored in a safe location is the best way for me to make sure everything is secure.

Obviously, I know for some people who need constant access it's much easier to store their wallet on their personal computer. But, if you are going to do that then it's best to keep very small amounts in different wallets and different computers if possible.

I can understand your feeling because one year back I lost only 1.5 bitcoins in a scam and never sleep for few days as this amount was too much for me and you lost 95 Bitcoins its very sad I don't think this can came back in your wallet but you still can try to approach blockchain and keep in touch with peoples can help you in this case hope you have some good news in near future

I hope you can recover them in a way but as much as I read it is impossible...

That sucks, and a horrible thing for someone to do. I feel for you and hope you manage to find a resolution. Sad to hear this, I hate that this still happens and that people muddy crypto with this type of activity. Stay strong.

That is the worst case scenario for a bitcoin user who is holding bitcoin for long term and it is clear that we need more and more security for our computers so we can make sure that the viruses or any malwares will not get into our system or computer. It is better also to have a hardware wallet for keeping bitcoin because that is the simplest and safest way to keep bitcoin for me.

I don't use hardware store. It seems to me that my bitcoins safer if they are stored in the electronic wallet. But I have never had 100 bitcoins. I know a few people who have a huge amount of bitcoins. They keep their codes on paper in a safe. PC very unreliable place to store such a lot of money. It's not even just that there can easily be infiltrated by hackers. What to do if your PC will be infected with such virus as Petya?

Wow, that's a huge amount. Hope the law enforcement tracks the keylogger back to the hacker. Please update us on what's happening.

This must clearly be an inside job, Someone knew you had the bitcoins and the person schemed to steal it. If you let other people use your personal computer then you should look into them. No one will install a keylogger on a PC jut like that unless he knew there was something he wanted to steal.

WTF I felt bad losing less than  0.2BTC trading. This is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge lost

DO YOU KNOW THAT MAYBE YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR BITCOIN CASH?

CHANGE IT OF WALLET NOW[/b]

OMG This is huge dude. These cyber criminals must be put into jail. You made a right thing to put a signed message. One day this transaction can be used to find the owner. Thanks Google for caching it.

This is a terribly big loss of BTC(if it is true) and warning to all users that we can at any time stay without our coins if we do not take the maximum possible safety measures.There are people who only try to find ways how to steal something and get easy money.Steal BTC or any other cryptocurrency is it becomes increasingly popular because of the ways in which traces can be hidden.I bet that these thieves are everywhere, even on this forum,and they use all available methods to find potential victims.I hope people will start to worry more about security and how to keep coins safe.

You cannot do anything now. They are gone and it is over. Even if you find how your bitcoin were stolen and by who you cannot prove that. Also you cant go to the police since bitcoin is anonymous and there is no way to prove that you owned that 95 bitcoins.
You have to think about every possible person who knew that you have 95 bitcoins in your wallet. Did you posted somewhere on the internet? Did you told your friends? Did you posted anything on the internet that can lead a hacker to you? If you are absolutely sure none of this happened ,it could be an inside job but there is a very small chance for that

That was physically painful for me to read. If you don't mind me asking, what operating system were you using? For you to have been involved in Bitcoin this long, you should be quite adept at protecting yourself online. I guess it just goes to show that you can never be truly safe, especially if you get targeted specifically, which it looks like you were.

But how can you get a keylogger without yourself downloading manually a virus / keylogger?

Why would I remove "your" wallet address? That is the whole purpose of signing messages! That you prove that you own that address. But obviously you dont own it, so you didn't loose any coins. You are just trying to scam! Unbelieveable how many in here is falling for your claims

Now that's just a bummer dude! I could just imagine how you felt..I mean that's just a load of money lost! A lot! If that had happened to me I just don't know what I would have done! Yes there is very little chance of you retrieving your bitcoin, but no harm in trying to find ways right? Do try. Even just a glimpse of chance still means hope.  :)

Thanks for the reminder for all of us to stay safe and secure. Hope this doesn't weigh to heavily on you mate

Say goodbye to your bitcoins. Its easier to prevent something to happen, I say that cause one newbie is coming here to complain after losing coins, where were you until now?
I don't believe that he had this bitcoins in his possession in the first place, in all this time here I saw many similar threads and what we need to do know, to solve his problem?  
One more imaginary thread on this forum, moderators need to make one more section for this kind of topics, same as when newbies complain on casinos and how some casino took money from them.

I wouldn't say that it's impossible, just very difficult.

It can't hurt to file a police report and if you're lucky, the creators of the malware might get arrested in the next few months or years and he might be able to get his coins back.

Why wouldn't he be able to prove it? He has access to the private keys of the address that held the coins before they were stolen.
Looking at the rest of your post, you haven't read that they got stolen because he had installed a keylogger.

This is painful dude. People should take care of their coins, proper security measures should be implemented to secure the wallet from such hackers.

Hello. But what if you just know information about this huge transaction, and you are telling now that it has been stolen from you to get scores at this forum?

That's rather unfortunate to hear that, the amount of such BTC could be enough for the rest of your living.

Is there anyway to prevent or knowing that your session have been compromised? some sort of malware detector?

I have being hearing these sort of losses for a very long time and it is still happening ,i am really sorry for the loss and nothing can be done to recover your coins unless you file a complaint and send the copy to each and every exchange out there so that if the hackers try to move the coins you could catch them and get your coins returned and that is the only hope you can have right now.

That is a huge amount of money, sorry for that lose on your coin hope that you can bring it back. Well, you can create a topic here in forum to open this problem of yours and make sure to give some huge amount of reward for you to be able to find some talented member here in forum to help you with your problem. Better to be safe next time and I hope this could be an eye-opener to other members also here in forum. Goodluck, hope you find some perspective person that could help you.

Yes, it should be a lesson to all of us.  Not to trust anyone and to just simply login from computer somewhere.  Sorry tonhear his loss but I do not think that we might get those bitcoin again.  Probably it was already keep in a safe wallet.  Maybe it was already converted into cash to keep it.  It is sad to hear that it was stolen.  Pity him because he or she do not play fair enough.  

I hate how everytime someone makes one of these threads atleast half the responses are "you should have..."  Come on guys, he knows this already and there is no reason to kick him when hes down.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Are you trolling or ...?

goto https://tools.bitcoin.com/verify-message/

put "1NndjYLXPgHmSFYEk5exCabGbcynzqpii4" the address box
put "This is 56kbkid and I lost all my bitcoins on the 8th of October 2017" in the message box
put "G5UFrkVd1qGcbVlIyUw0yh0Zls/82K7Liuer6UNUK7yiE/I//7f4clNI70sD/w21vh0HJBkPUj3vvfioxIfj5U0=" in the signature box

i'm sorry for your lost. bitcoin is like double edge sword it have amazing thing about the technology but it have dark side like this, bitcoin is really secure. and very private so the main way to hack btc is to make the user do mistake or not carefull. i hope people who read this thread can be more aware about their wallet or their PC and Smartphone.

It is not only the actual value of your coins ... it is also about your commitment to keep your coins since 2012, regards to it, your coins are priceless ... I hope you get it back.

Keep us informed (if it does not compromise your investigations)

Stay strong ...  

OMG that was a pretty huge amount of money i feel sorry for your losses i think you that was a lesson for all of us that we have to be a vigelant dont just simply trust to anyone

That sucks, sorry for your loss. your coins are possibly gone, but you could try this site's service (http://sytech-consultants.com/private-individuals/digital-data-recovery/bitcoin-wallet-recovery), they might recover your coins.

I also grieve for your suffering. you lose 95 bitcoin, you lose a lot of money. I just give a prayer for the missing bitcoin you can get back and hopefully you are given patience by god.

Sory for your loss man! I hope you will get more sooner!
It will be lesson for others...

Wow that's sad news. I can't even imagine owning 95 BTC.

I'd be so hit by that loss, I'd probably just give up on bitcoin altogether... Sorry for your lose dude, but I'd report to the police anyway, it's a huge amount of money, not to be ignored by them. Also, if they're eventually caught, you'd maybe save someone else from being robbed.

You can set a "watch" on these addresses and be notified by email when your bitcoins are moved again here;

http://bitcoinwhoswho.com/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR (http://bitcoinwhoswho.com/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR)
http://bitcoinwhoswho.com/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx
 (http://bitcoinwhoswho.com/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx)

It's possible the criminal won't hide their IP address and/or moves the balance to a wallet service that can be identified. Only takes one mistake for scammers to be revealed forever.

Seriously,95 bitcoin? How could that possible? That's really big amount. I can't imagine if I lost 95 bitcoin with just a blink of an eye. I think this is unbelievable and if this happens to me,I will die. I will get frustrations,suicidal and anything bad that I will do. Too sad to know about this issue and I hope security for this will be complete and stronger so that it won't happen again to you and to other people who are into bitcoin earning.

I think we should raise some donations for this guy.
terrible story. Really sad to here

So sorry for your loss. Thanks for sharing your story

I'm so very sorry for your loss. I don't know what to say.

Thats so fucked up, 95 bitcoins  :'(

 Im sitting here in Germany and my prayers are with you.

95 Bitcoins!!!  ;D

im sorry to hear,
Always recommended keys  that never touch the internet.  or Hw wallet.

I feel for ya.

I can definitely relate somewhat no thanks to a piece of dirty plastic cunt stained filth. And a bunch of d-bags that take your idea and never reach out to you a single time.

But pick yourself up and move on, you either believe in this or not. It's still so early.

that's a big loss you have sorry to hear that,
Just wandering where did you login your Bitcoin wallet? In house? Friend house? Coffee Shop?

Omg man reading this actually hurts  :( I can't imagine what you are going through right now...

I got down to the news. large amounts of bitcoin loss. you should use the services of this forum to track your bitcoin transactions. though it does not come back .. maybe you can find the person who took your bitcoin.

Im sorry about your loss. Are you absolutely sure it was a keylogger? And the guy just waited for this much time just to steal your bitcoins? How could he know you even had any? Feels like we're missing a piece to solve how this really went down... Anyways, don't beat yourself up over it, try to focus on the future, as hard as it may seem right now after losing this big sum of money.

ya sounds like an inside job if you ask me.

This is one of the biggest problems with bitcoin: the average user isn't tech savvy and it's too dangerous to allow people's savings to be saved on a computer file

Is it possible to hire a criminal lawyer or cyber crime expert who can track where the money was transferred to, etc. I'm not sure if it's possible, but if they can track and recover most of it, then it would be worth looking into.

Sorry to hear about this dude. but i keep my bitcoins seperated on 2 seperate wallets and also have them password protected along with 2fa to get in the app.

That's crazy thing to know about man. I'm sure there is someone related to you is involved in this because first question that struck to my mind is that's your personal pc and how can an outsider get so closer to that unless and until they get hands on it before. Or there could be chances you have downloaded the malicious software from somewhere and it's been always tracking your pc. But anyway now the bitcoins are long gone mate, you can track them but you can't tell anyone that they are yours as you yourself sent it and can't reclaim them. There is no other way but to hack the opposite party but it seems highly impossible. Sorry for your loss! Hope someone pops in here with some hope.

Dude i really feel sorry for you. Couldn't it be someone that knew u and had access to your computer?

It really feels bad for you. next time you think about working So, maybe this problem will not be there.

sorry to hear that. what kind of hacker software that coused u to lose bitcoin? could you tell me, i want to prevent it.

Really feel for you OP.
Realk talk though, if you treated your btc like real funds. If it was important to you, you should've honestly taken the nessasry steps to protect your btc. You did not take the nessasry steps to protect your btc as if it was valuable to you, resulting in this situation you are in now.

For everyone else, always use a hardware wallet, btc is not just a token or coin from a game on your phone or pc.

How a hacker can get in with only private keys? They need the password too right? i am confused, anyways i really really feel sorry for you buddy. Hope you get your btc back.

That's such a huge amount and I feel devastated for your loss. Even to just lose 1 BTC would be terrifying for me, I would probably go ballistic if I lost 95 BTC. Not having any experience in holding that huge an amount of bitcoin, I'm not sure how to advise on the manner of dividing and use of offline or paper wallets but it was probably wise for you to put it in separate wallets.

I hope that the proper authorities can help you recover the coins that you've lost and put them to justice. Whether the suspect is someone close to you or not, they should be prosecuted for such acts.

This sucks man. It is not your fault at the end of the day. There are always going to be scammers who try to steal - and do figure out ways to steal from people. It does not mean that it is your fault.

HOWEVER, it is your responsibility to keep them safe. There is a big difference. Knowing the environment of Bitcoin currently, you should be more careful with how you store them. Paper wallets are the best because there is no way for a 3rd party to infiltrate you, or no easy way anyways.

Sorry for your losses. I hope you will re-earn them in future. My suggestions to prevent this in future would be:

1. Always have 2 factor authentication enabled on your exchange accounts. I am not sure if that works with online wallets, but if not then don't store high value in online wallets

2. Use password manager. With that you don't type passwords so they can't be captured with keystrokes. I cannot say for sure if they can be stolen from
clipboard or something. I have been using lastpass but there are others well

3. Don't share your online wallet/exchange balance with anyone. There will be high likely hood of social engineering attack. Read this https://medium.com/@CodyBrown/how-to-lose-8k-worth-of-bitcoin-in-15-minutes-with-verizon-and-coinbase-com-ba75fb8d0bac

@OP hopefully that was not all of your bitcoins and only 1 of your wallets. Its wise to split your coins not put more than 10btc into any wallet whether online or offline.
1. check who had/has access to your computer and sus them out. This is the most basic possibility and probably the most unlikely. Did you tell anyone how many coins you have IRL or online?
2. if its a hack, find and isolate the logger or malware, check its install date and determine the moment you were intruded upon. You may be able to help others if you can determine exactly where/when this occurred.

I'll keep an eye on the wallet with the 94btc lets see what comes of it.

3. send a msg to the most known mixers with a list of addresses (as they develop) to keep an eye on your coins. You never know, they just might give a fuck. Besides if they knowingly mix stolen funds, they then may have to answer that action if you want to pursue it.

4. yes, you almost certainly wont get your coins back, BUT there is a few things you can do and lets be honest, 95btc is worth pursuing and not giving up totally.

Don't lose your heart. I just hope that the thief will be caught and prosecuted. Since he had used a key-logger to get your password, a physical presence is needed. What you need to do is to file a police complaint first. And don't get depressed. Since the physical presence is needed, there is a chance that the thief can get identified from the cctv footage.

I feel sorry for that loss, in my country that could mean a retirement already, but nevertheless never loss hope for who knows someone might help you and return your bitcoin. We readers must learn form this experience, we should treat our coins as if it is our last may it be small or big in amount, for we will never know when it will hit the moon. maybe tomorrow or tonight, who knows. So let us be safe as always.

He could've just sent it to himself and signed the originating address. Then posted this story because he was bored and wanted attention.

Oh man, really sorry for your loss. Always use offline storage+state of the art AV+state of the art antikeylogger.

I cant help you with your lost coins but I can tell you not to give up on crypto, life is a bitch and shit happens. Join our DMD community and we ll help you out start making money again.

Cheers my friend.

But if you hire some digital hacker to trace back the log activity on your computer?

It is our job to secure our bitcoin. Its a huge amount of money. And to hear that sad story. Those people who did that to you are evil. They just want easy money.

Sorry about you lost. It hurts just to listen to your story. Thanks for sharing so we can learn and I hope someone out there can help you get relief.

What a bad news, sorry for your loss. I hope you can find a way to get it back. Let this experience be a lesson to all of us, be mindful where we access our BTC and if possible just access it in a secure places.

Sorry for the lost but This is a example of users who did not do some safety measures before doing transactions that amount is huge so maybe you can do a split account if you got that much bitcoin distribute to three or more different account to prevent this kind of lost. Lesson learned hope you can recover for that lost.   

Never click or download any unknown site from anybody include your friend because no one can't ever know exactly what will they want to do with you
So let it become your very hard lesson become great experience for preventing any similiar case happening on the future

Sorry for your lost and thank you for sharing this. I'll be more careful next time.

Mate, that's terrible, I hope you manage to locate it and get it back!

this is a blow and grieving with the loss you are experiencing, confusing can also happen like this. hopefully you can track it well.

Oh man, that is a painful situation and I am sorry to hear you went thru that tremendous loss! Let this serve as a reminder to all of us to be vigilant on our security.

I think keyloggers are the most serious of threats when it comes to cryptocurrency. Anything a keylogger can portal thru (such as teamviewer, filesharing, emails, in the form of Trojans and worms) puts your computer and coins at serious risk.

Here is a handy article I found with recommendations for anti-keylogger and rootkit removal:

https://www.geckoandfly.com/17960/anti-keylogger-rootkit-detection-and-removal-for-undetectable-spyware-computer-surveillance-malware/

Unfortunately, in the world of crypto, we are most vulnerable as there is no way to recover funds in anonymous transactions.

I suggest to go for a weekend retreat or mini-vacation and remove yourself from the situation for a while. You will go thru the grieving process and it is important to practice self-care so you can make it thru this difficult time.

CryptoDoll

which is a question for me who still learn a lot, why can happen? and it seems too easy to happen.
I am also sorry for the incident for you, this will be learning for you also for me of course.
hopefully what you want can be realized, can only participate sadly.

can you send me the screenshot of task manager running process in your system

maybe we can find that process which resulted in this loss, maybe we can decompile it to find the ip or email which was remotely controling it


but most of these software are not connected to a backend they work automatically


i am hacking expert, i may be able to help you

ninety five bitcoin is such a huge money, i'm sorry for your lost computer is not advisable to store a huge amount of money unless you have a security on that, do you join on any suspicious website that cause of your lost? is someone know your password or someone use your computer theres a lot of hackers now specially if they know that you have a huge of money store on your wallet better have a security bro to avoid loss of money once again.

please please please, do not listen to people who claim to be "expert hackers" because they have no idea what an hacker is.. you can show your task manager and we can check if there's any fishy background process but usually are encapsulated into a "legit" .exe so is not that easy.
Feel free to send me a PM and i can give you some links about some solid tools to check if and how your pc is infected (and i can help you for free, not doing it for your bounty).

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Once you lose your bitcoin then it is already a loss and you cannot track it because it is impossible to track down a bitcoin address or even the bitcoin itself. The lesson here is to have a great foundation of security of your wallet and bitcoin so you can have more security and you will feel a comfortable life within your bitcoin world. Build security at the same time with your wealth to balance things.

U said u left and then comes back after half an hour..are you sure you are the only one in the area?that no one uses the computer and took your bitcoin?but if its indeed that it was the malwares keylogger .u must ask those expert to look after that bitcoin.coz it was a big amount to just let them take it from you.

And that is why he is here because he is seeking advise from the experts here.  95 btc is really jaw dropping.  I never had even one of it in my life.  It is really frsutrating to be on that situation.  Nonetheless, I hope some people will be able to help him.  And bad karma will strike back that culprit.

Oh thats a serious amount., sorry for your loss.
Whats wrong with those people stealing money from people who work hard just to get that amount. Curse them!
This will set as a reminder for all of us to be more extra carefull whether we have a small or huge amount of btc.
Hope you get back soon and recover from this difficult situation.

those Scumbag hackers dont really believe in bad Karma unless they will experienced sooner..but i hope it will happen to them tomorrow.theres a lot of offering expertise above,the only problem is if are they really here to help.or has their own intentions.plz be aware that words wasnt enough to justify the deeds.so better be careful .

Ohh it's shocking :o. How did you lose your big amount of bitcoin? Is it kinda regretting you know? 95 bitcoin is a huge money for us. Do you attack by the scammer? You need to keep your wallet safe from them to avoid that kind of problem. Secured account is hard to hack.

f*ck that...stay strong... :/

It's terrible how this happened, I'm so sorry for this bad thing. hopefully you can get bigger than that.
and everyone can take lessons from this experience.

ohhh myyyyyyy  95BTC  :((  Its like full life income for many people... ??? ???

Sorry for your loss . you will find some one to help you

you success man and you can collect it again

next time make your wallet logout after 2 minute with inactive

hope to back your money

Almost 5 years of holding it and this happens, losing 95 BTC and 120+ LTC is so devastating in your part and with that I can't do anything but let me ask some question that only you can answer to help those other electrum users also just like myself, and other Bitcoin holders that holds theirs with their private keys.

- How many times are you opening your Electrum wallet and LTC wallet in a week or day before it was hacked?
- Beside you who other people got an access into your personal computer?
- Did you open your Electrum wallet to some other computers within those 5 years?
- Did you save your private key online(email, facebook)
- After all those years in cryptocurrency and storing a huge amount of it in a long term why is it the hacker only attacks now?

Maybe you just so confident that you will never be hack but please share some of your possible wrong doings that made before it was done.

Someone like me would have retired with that much of money and it is very careless of you do not keep them safe, I would have transferred them long ago when the price touched even 500$. Sorry for your loss but I dont think anyone could do much about it.

sorry for that, is a really huge amount, was a pitty you left all your bitcoins in just one address. i would seperate the coins in 10 or 20 addresses and left an small amount in your principal walllet.

i know is hard for you but dont give up. 

 

I feel sorry for you loss.

My simple advise what you can do by yourself first.

- Perform full malware scan with some solid antivirus software (AV Tests can be helpful here to find solid one)
- Check what incoming/outcoming network connections are established on your system (Firewall software can be helpful here)

Perhaps your computer is infected with some malware and you may able to detect the root.

Wish you good luck!

I feel very sorry for your loss i hope you can get them back somehow i just started with bitcoin and i saw the prices of one and i immediately went in a shock when i realized how much you just had lost.

https://www.yours.org/content/mastering-bitcoin-cold-storage-in-four-easy-lessons-befa44972b63/

such a bad thing to hear. thanks for sharing this hard time story...
luck. :-[

Wow, this is one of the bigger losses I've read about recently.

Buying a hardware wallet was a very smart move, really a shame you never got around to using it..

Oh 95 btc omg I am really sorry to hear that.Mabye you created some transaction and you forgot where you sended your bitcoins.Try to check all websites which you use for transactions or if you cant find where you sended your bitcoins try to contact your wallet support to fix a problem.

Wow, that is a very big amount of money mate, but i can not understand how did you make that mistake, you were holding more than $400k and you were not even worried about that. There are so many hackers around big bitcoin holders, and you didnt take care of your security meassures.
I think you diserved this in some point, because you were not aware of this.
But yes, those are big losses for anyone in here.

Wyu that is sad. I can only dream of ever having 95 btc, and then losing them. Ohh man I feel for you. What a truly sad story  :'(

Of course I'm very sorry for you, because you will not wish this to anyone. I can help something. The only question is why did you store your money on the Electrum purse, and not on Bitcoin Core or Blockchain.info or on the Ledger Nano S? After all, such cold wallets are much safer, are not they?

Dude i am really sorry for your loss but didnt you have any bitcointalk account since 2012.I can see that yout account is a newbie

Damn that sucks , i hope in some sort of way you get something back.
Good luck.

Blockchain.info is receiving negative propaganda because is an online wallet but the security measures are strong and IMO is the best option if you are not an expert or you don't want to spend money on a hardware wallet.

BE YOUR OWN BANK

We are sorry about your loss but you should have bought a hardware wallet earlier. Why didn't you buy Ledger earlier? Did you forgot about how many bitcoins do you have? We can't do much about keyloggers. There would be no problem if you used a hardware wallet or some anti-malware software which would block such threat.

Sorry to hear this. Hope you get it back with trading/investing.

Sorry for your loss that's a lot, I thought this thread is way back years ago but no it's new. So your bitcoins has been passed through different address and find the 50 bitcoins is on this address https://blockchain.info/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR and the other amount is on this wallet https://blockchain.info/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx it has 44 bitcoin so there are some additions. And that means that your coins are stored and not yet being sold. Why question is that why you had left your electrum wallet open? for sure someone is trying to monitor your PC, better to store your wallet in an offline desktop wallet.

wow tough break and sorry that happened to you.

It is stuff like this that people with a vested interest in seeing BTC fail will jump on. It doesn't happen often but it happens often enough that it is a perceived problem which will be exploited. Finding ways to make the ecosystem more secure in these situations should be important.

That not sweet man, that's surely a lot of bitcoins I never got 90 bitcoins in total but if that will happen to me even just for 1-2 bitcoins that will put me in a nightmare. I'm sorry for your loss man but even how big the reward you'll be doing we know that bitcoin transactions can't be recovered that way unless that hacker will return it to you. You can just simply recover it again if you'll try to earn it somewhere like in trading or any source that's legit which will give you good profit. But still if it will be recovered, I hope it will.

Darn man... that is a brutal lesson.  I'm glad I got my Ledger, feel more at peace with the storage of my crypto and security.  I hope somehow whoever stole them gets caught and you get them back!!!

Oh! Feeling bad to hear, :( after all efforts you've been exerted, turns to nothing, Feels sorry to you bro, this is an eye opener for us to learn, We should better caotious in our belongings because anytime, it will easily blown up in the air. Do you know how much is that if we convert it to our local currency? Its 23M bro. Supposedly you are millionaire right now.

I have 3 bitcoin , i trade bitcoin and have 10 bitcoin
Now i have 0 bitcoin @@ very sad .

Thats quite a loss, 95 Bitcoins may be a huge value in upcoming years as the price is still low for the potential of Bitcoin. You should have sent them to Trezor or ledger allot earlier. Hopefully this will be a lesson to everyone here.

painful to lose that much btc, of course with a hard effort. I am sorry for the disaster that happened to you. my advice is better you increase the security of your computer so it is not easy to be tracked by irresponsible hackers.

You can sign your transactions offline. I have an offline laptop dedicated to this and I sleep well at night knowing that no piece of advanced malware will be able to sweep my private keys, since they never even touch my online computer.

i always do a secure erase before putting and moving my cold storage on my desktop, so you are sure that your pc is clean, maybe could be a bit overkill but with bitcoin you never know

So sad to hear of your story  of loosing 95 bitcoins.

Sorry for your loss. It's really hard to get them back in this case. Could it be done by someone you are familiar with?

really sorry for what happen 2 u. It is possible to freeze the BTC adresse with the stolen BTC?

Oh It is very frustrating to the news.Sorry for losses.Just Keep in mind that many sites are coming out so that you will be stolen with your password.

I am very sorry for your loss... ( sigh ) that is one of the many risks we investors have to take specially as we use internet as our playing field, some turn this advantage as an opportunity to scam others.

i became a little sick after reading this.  so sorry for the loss

I'll lose my mind if that happen to me. It's a good sign that you still talk to others after that because it just mean that you are a strong person.

If you want to have a cold storage for your bitcoin then it is not about the storage in pc because it is still risky because your pc is connected in the internet and the best thing to do is to have an offline wallet like paper wallets and hardware wallets that will secure your bitcoin well because they are not connected to internet so the hackers cannot access it but you only.

if I lose 95 bitcoin I will track how it should be able to meet again.,

because to get 95 bitcoin it is very difficult to have so much of its bitcoin ...

if you do a secure erase it will be clean anyway, so you can import your cold storage safely

I feel sorry for you mate. :|

This is not the first tragic story I have heard since when the bitcoins became popular. It is so sad to think that whenever there is money, there are also thieves. To prevent this from happening again, I advise to everyone to use offline wallets. Your personal computers are prone to mischief like keylogger. You should also be aware of the things you download and the programs that are installed in your computer.

Sorry to hear your lost.  It is such nerve racking considering that you lost that very huge amount of bitcoin.  1btc is really high in value and you lost 95 of it.  You must be really rich by that.  It would be hard to trace where it goes.  Let just karma hunt that culprit.

It will be hard to follow the news when you see articles saying how much bitcoin has risen in value. Get an investigator to check it out and hope for the best.

Personally I think that if a person holds one or more bitcoin that person needs to have a trezor or a paper wallet, maybe we do not think of one bitcoin as a lot of money but one bitcoin is enough to live for the whole year in some poor countries so it is obvious cyber criminals will want to steal it.

Sorry to hear about that. Hackers suck and are scum if they emptied your account. Well at least you are warning others about keylogger virus that could potentially be in your pc.

That was a large ammount of bitcoin you have and it made you as a target of some hackers.Have you already checked if there's really a keylogger?Try using some antivirus as it really tracks if you have one.You also should've seperated your bitcoins into different wallets so that if you loss one you will stil have some.

I'm sorry it happened and we do not want to lose like that, be careful and always close our account is the best thing besides using a password that is difficult to secure our account

What a horror story! Never underestimate security of online accounts speciallay if they are related to cryptocurrencies. I never hold big amounts in exchanges or online wallets. Always do your research and transfer your earnings to paper or harware wallets and dont forget to activate 2fa on your exchange accounts.

Putting some big amounts of bitcoin in your exchange accounts is the worst decision that you can make because it will not help you to secure your money or bitcoin because you are already risking it and you are like baiting the hackers to be more interested in exchange because exchanges are very attractive to hackers because they can hack through it and stole the bitcoins and other coins there and if you are greedy and not conservative about your bitcoin then you might regret it because even the people who have 2fa's in their account can still be hacked if the hackers will bypass the security.

This really sucks, im sorry man, thats a very expensive lesson. Im glad you posted here because hopefully it will teach people to keep their coins offline and safe.

A piece of advise..  no key logger works with Trezor.. if you have more than 1 BTC get a Trezor ASAP.

Sorry for your loss mate. If I were you... I would try a full forensics on the computer to learn where the malware came from ..
 This will teach me something. Security is the most important thing when managing coins
Be sure to use security before using coin

WOW
95BTC is really a huge number, how do you lose 95 BTC so

I do not think that I would endure such a loss. I'm very sorry bro.

There is a God in this world. God sees them all. I'm not a religious person, but I can tell you that if you worked for the 95 bitcoins that you lost, someone will return you these bitcoins one day. All the money that you lost, some day someone will give them to you. This is how this world works, there is no loose without a compensation.  Some day in the coming days, you will get all your lost bitcoins returned.

Hmm I do not thing this is a hacker or a keylogger , Because simply if it was then why they did not hack you before ! You have been keeping this since 2012 and if this transaction you made was your first , Then how can anyone know you had coins in first place , Unless someone really close to you !! My advice look close and search who can reach to your pc when you left it open and you might find your coins

Oh god!! It is terrible!! sorry for your huge lose. What are going to do? Do you have and suggestions who was that?

Sorry for your loss. I can feel your pain. 95 btc OMG.
Do you know how keyloger came to your computer? You can contact with a cyber security expert to find how keyloger came and then can trace the hacker.Only cyber security expert can help you to find that.Otherwise your btc is lost :(

Sorry for your loss 95 btc and 120 ltc is alot of money. We are hearing an awful lot of instances of this happening now and the worst part is that there is nothing that can really be done to get them back.

Feeling very sad for what happened to you.You held them from 2012.That is great. It is better suggested that keep your bitcoins in a separate hardware. If you want to keep on a desktop wallet, it is better to have an anti-virus, anti-malware and anti-logger softwares.
I think it is impossible to revert crypto transactions.

Im shocked why people keep using just one computer to store and acess their funds and use it for the daily things, we know that internet has becamed a hard way to keep protected, the last hackers attack did exposed the issues at some old software, soo my advice is use different computers to acess your portfolio and to make your things.
Its 100 bitcoin its a huge ammount to let your computer be used by anyone eles besides you, as well you took the risks using those computer for all, with such ammount you should had bought a computer just to acess your coins nothing eles.

sorry for your loose, some one split your btc, and then they split again.. no more than 5 transaction per address...

i hope you recover soon bro

Damn that sucks.  Always invest in a good anti-virus program when you're involved with cryptocurrencies. 

That sucks man :'(
to me, lesson learnt is never store that amount of massive btc online, buy a good ledger wallet
Just put a little amount in my online wallet for transactions

I don't know. Even that can have problems, maybe it's stolen, maybe it breaks, maybe someone somehow find an exploit
That's a problem for mass adoption of bitcoin
Maybe diversify after a point, have wallets on pc, hardware wallets, paper wallets, each one with part of your money

I understand the OP should have been more careful with that sum of money but it does not sound like his security was decent and wasn’t doing anything outrages on his PC. This just shows the importance off keeping your coins offline. Unfortunately any thing included ledgers and exchanges are potential targets. If you are not planning on using your funds simply make a paper wallet on a device not connected to the internet and your coins should be secure

Thats too painful too read, it ripped my dream to have that certain amount of money, I feel threatened that in a blink of an eyw I might lose all the hardwork that I have been working for, and I think no one deserves that, but we should consider the fact that this is a digital system where in hacker are tend to roam around for some meat to eat, and it sucks, you dont do such thing but someone might do that? Thats pretty awful how unfair life is. You can do it! Keep working.

Oh God! More than half a million USD worth of Bitcoin lost. Are you sure that it was a keylogger? I am confused. How did they managed to install the keylogger in your desktop? Or are you using a computer in a public place such as library or college? It was much better to purchase a hardware wallet such as Trezor and Ledger and keep the coins in them. Anyway... don't lose heart.

It is gone forever since those bitcoins are being splitted for how many time which would really make for it to be traced so hard it does really suck knowing 100 bitcoin is really a big money and just vanished on an instant by just leaving your electrum and i do suspect it was really a keylogger which they did able to know your password or even remote your pc to transfer those bitcoins.

I really hate such news :( sorry for ur loss.

If it's happend to me...i should probably die  :o
sorry for you man...

Probably downloaded something suspicious to visited a website with javascript enabled. It's so easily done but so easily avoided at the same time.

sorry for the loss mate i can feel you on 21st of sept i too lost 2500usd of bitcoin in poloniex exchage i think a remote session was on my computer that hacks everything.But my loss is way more bigger than yours .But my money was what i put in it .I mean that was all my hard earned money.
Your is bitcoin growth money ,but on the other had that is huge.Did you contacted the electrum support yet check if they can help any .
And also did you enabeld 2fa on your wallet i mean with that huge amount you must have enabled that.on that case your 2fa will be in your mobile .even there is key logger they cannot spent that without that 2fa.
next time please use 2fa on electrum it helps.

oh my god!!
95 Bitcoin, It is too big for me. I am sorry for your loss,it is quite a huge amoun. Are you sure that it was a keylogger? If it's a keyloger i hope you will find it and regain some lost BTC, even though it will be hard to get it back

I know I wont that is why despite the fact I do not have a huge sum of bitcoin is is very important to me to keep those coins safe, so I always keep my wallets offline that way no hacker can steal it from the other side of the world so the only thing you need to worry is physical access to your harddrive.

very sorry to hear that you lost that amount of money in bitcoin wallet, however the blockchain technology is a decentralized system and does not allow any form of procedure been regulated by any governmetn in the blockchain world. but you just have to be more careful next time

An antivirus is not enough you need to take a lot more precautions like that especially since we are talking about so much money, you need to only install stuff you trust, not torrents and pirated stuff, in fact I will avoid windows completely with that huge amount of money.

There are other possibilities.

A) you had downloaded, unwittingly an infected copy of Electrum
B) someone walked by your computer, saw the open program and took what they saw

not sure if any keylogger can capture copy & paste text, probably some open shared drive give way for the attacker to download the private key

Even I have java script enabled in my browser. Is it that much of an issue? Without Java, we can't play most of the videos and animations. Even the YouTube videos will not play properly without Java. Is there any solution for this? And BTW, if I have Kasper in my system won't it block such spyware and trojans?

Sorry for the bitcoins you have lost. It's sad to hear that when someone is working hard to earn bitcoin, the other one will just take it that easily. Hopefully, this won't happen to others. 

Oh my god!!! You just gave me a heart attack,can't believe this.I feel so sorry for your great loss.My condolences.I would suggest you to never lose hope and keep on trying to search for your stolen Bitcoins.And don't go into depression if you aren't able to find it.If you can earn it once then you can earn it again.
Sorry again for your loss.
I hope you find your bitcoins.

That was a big amount of money. You could be millionaire if you sell those Bitcoins. I’m so sorry for your loss. Make that as a lesson for you. Do not be sad. Earn Bitcoins once again. Atleast you know how to make a number of Bitcoin. The next time you will have Bitcoins, secure more your wallet.

My goodness, sorry for your loss buddy. Its a huge amount and its not easy to suffer such a madness. By the way any update will be good for all of us.

Yeah, If I lose that kind of money, I will be flipping, I do not know if I will go insane but something very close to it, I never had that amount of money in my bank account and that money is a lot in my country so if I lost that, it will be one of the most difficult experiences in my life.

Should have keep it on 3-4 wallet and have it multisig, at least that would make it more difficult for the thief to simply just steal the password/private key and get the BTC out of your wallet, have my BTC stolen by bitcoin gold scam, though the amount is below $20 still I felt bad about losing coin, feels like you lost trust to everyone associate with bitcoin gold

I feel sorry for your loss. I hope we all can learn our lesson from that story.

Would obtaining a hardware wallet eliminate this kind of losses? I don't like this electrum feature which can expose your seed after you typing a password. They should at least use 2fa or similar. I would definitely get one if my wallet reach 2 btc (I promised myself)

Losing 95 Bitcoin is no joke (though I don't believe it) lol, because that is insane to lose just for gambling, I think it is not that worth to spend bitcoin that many just because you wanted to win back what you have lost, because sometimes, the result is just like what happened to yours, because you wanted to win a certain amount, you lose the whole thing that you have, and that is more painful than to lose a certain amount.

I make yours my words! "lesson"
We have to be careful, I can not imagine myself in his place. I hope you have more luck in the future.

Bitcoin allows you to transfer anywhere in a very easy way and allows you to control your money, I think Bitcoin provides a very high level of security if used correctly. so I hope you Always remember that it is your responsibility to take good security measures in order to protect your money.

If someone can loose his bitcoins just like that, then why use hardware wallet? I always thought hardware wallets would not allow a loose like that

It is  the creepy history,dude( Be careful next time! Read the safety information.

you have 100 btc but dont have a hardware, ı dont want to say its your fault but ı am pissed of you. even ı get pissed and cant imagine your feelings. sorry for you

could have.... should have.... etc. is of course not going to help.

Can you please keep us updated in this topic ?
I would like to know how this story ends and if it's possible that someone (against decent reward) is able to return your lost coins.

Make sure to always check the task manager when using a pc. It is to ensure hacks and I am also sorry for the huge amount lost.

Absolutely. That's the whole point of them.

Control over your private keys is never exposed directly to the internet. The important functions are on the device which is air gapped.

That's why I've never really understood why people recommend Electrum unless it's on a permanently offline computer. There are so many ways to access coins on a PC and you can never be sure it's secure.

Same goes for blockchain.info. Your security depends on how solid your own machine is. I can't be sure so I don't mess with it.

I am sorry to hear about your losses. 95 BTC is a huge amount and I am sure you feel miserable. Did you manage to find any recovery service? I hope you are able to recover. God bless.

Sorry for your loss. But i must say if you have that amount of BTC's then you should have that amount of flawless security.

I am very sorry for your loss and I hope that one day you can make it back again. I have barley anything to lose, just a few coins here and there nothing of great value, but even so thank you for the kind advice and we should all learn from this lesson. Sometimes we also got hacked and lost coins in exchanges but not such large amounts. We lost mainly by not selling certain coins at ath or selling too early before they mooned. My wife got her btc stolen by 2 devs that was a total of around 50 btc so it was painful enough. All her life savings plus some.

100 bitcoin if you have them you have become the millionaire present nearly 1 million dollars pretty much dreamed. Condolence with you. I think you should control your computer so that no similar situation happens.

So shocked! I forgot my word to show condolence on it. Not ready to hear it.

Wow, that is some big amount for most of people, i can life a happy live a happy life if i have that.
Sorry bout that, but i am sorry for your loss, i hope you can get more bitcoin later in a short time. I cant even imagine if i ever lose up to 0.1 bitcoin, and you lose up to that amount, iy must be really really bad experience for you.
This could be a lesson for you, and for all of us, to be more careful using a computer, and for the best, use a hardware wallet for bitcoin.

You would've not lose them, if you used MyWish service, that lets you transfer your crypto to another wallet in case you lose an access. MyWish is based on smart contracts and works with Etherium, however in Q1 2018 there will be bitcoin support. Keep that and mind and try it :)

I'm sorry for your loss. That really is a huge amount . I learned a lesson from your experience, which is to be careful with the bitcoin security,
otherwise it will  lose it.  AND  that's  really a  huge sadness, I'm really sorry for your loss.  I think that  lesson will help  you a lot in life,
 it will be a costly lesson of carefulness.

so many captain-hindsights around here...

While reading topic title I thought it is a fake one, but when seen in Blockchain it proved that you lost huge money. I am not getting why these wallets doesn't have support, whereas PayPal, Skrill and other payment systems had support in recovering money back.

Who is going to store money in such type of wallets when there is no support or security from hackers.

I am aware of this loss and it is not clear to me that I am very sorry and I am incomprehensible because of the loss of so many bitcoins,
 can you somehow help in the return of such money? :'(

That was a large ammount of bitcoin you have and it made you as a target of some hackers.Have you already checked if there's really a keylogger?Try using some antivirus as it really tracks if you have one.You also should've seperated your bitcoins into different wallets so that if you loss one you will stil have some.