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1  Economy / Web Wallets / Re: very sad day...blockchain.info wallet hacked. on: February 23, 2015, 08:58:19 AM
They definitely didn't get my mnemonic- the only place I had that was written on paper.  Same as my wallet identifier and my password.  The only thing I can imagine is that it was the Tor exit node as mentioned.  I don't understand how that works but apparently it is a serious threat. 

I am reaching the point of acceptance slowly.  It is what it is.  Hopefully others will see this and stay away from Tor when using the wallet, and also use 2FA.  But probably the best idea is offline storage.
2  Economy / Web Wallets / Re: very sad day...blockchain.info wallet hacked. on: February 21, 2015, 09:24:38 AM
i know people swear by 2FA but the last time i tried to use it with another site i got locked out- my account was frozen and it created a huge hassle.  as a result i never wanted to use 2FA.  of course this probably would have protected my coins.
3  Economy / Web Wallets / Re: very sad day...blockchain.info wallet hacked. on: February 21, 2015, 09:15:37 AM
i didn't know it was hacked from Nov 30 to yesterday- Feb 20.  i just logged in to move some coins from other places into my wallet and found it completely empty.

i rarely log in to the wallet.  i guess Tor is an absolute no-no, right?

yes it could have been a keylogger or some other malware but i scan often with Malwarebytes and Spybot Search and Destroy. 

thanks everyone for your support it is much appreciated right now.  i realize i made mistakes and this is my fault.  its just tough to accept after so much time and energy invested into bitcoin.  just feel very frustrated.
4  Economy / Web Wallets / Re: very sad day...blockchain.info wallet hacked. on: February 21, 2015, 09:08:02 AM
years ago i tried to store a bitcoin wallet on a flash drive and ended up losing some coins when i couldn't access it.  after that i figured the online wallet was a better choice.  im not an IT person.  blockchain.info seemed like the biggest and most reliable service.

You could simply use a wallet like Electrum for example , once you setup the wallet they gives you a 12 words seed . just wrote those paper on a piece of paper and make sure you never lose it . In case of a computer failure or PC hacked or whatever , you can recover your Bitcoin and your wallet from those twelve words .

~ Madness

You can do that on blockchain.info too.

yeah i have the seed from blockchain.info.  but that only restores the wallet, that doesn't do anything to protect your coins.  so what if you can restore the wallet if it is empty?

frustrated that i can only post every 360 seconds- 6 minutes.  Sad

about 10 hours after i used the wallet it was emptied.

i was using a darknet market.
5  Economy / Web Wallets / Re: very sad day...blockchain.info wallet hacked. on: February 21, 2015, 09:02:02 AM
https://blockchain.info/tx/0ada981f1b102cb87469b3ade7da7735b8e086e4f78f9e160c345ade722ca188

that is the transaction.
6  Economy / Web Wallets / Re: very sad day...blockchain.info wallet hacked. on: February 21, 2015, 08:54:25 AM
years ago i tried to store a bitcoin wallet on a flash drive and ended up losing some coins when i couldn't access it.  after that i figured the online wallet was a better choice.  im not an IT person.  blockchain.info seemed like the biggest and most reliable service.
7  Economy / Web Wallets / very sad day...blockchain.info wallet hacked. on: February 21, 2015, 08:47:58 AM
maybe this happened via Tor, because it was shortly after i logged in to a dark site and also my wallet.

please save all the "you were stupid" comments.  i know that now.  lost $14,000 at the time of the hack. i thought by only writing my wallet identifier down on paper along with my password, and never storing private keys in email or other such things i would be safe.  guess not.  

been playing with coins a long time.  this was my savings.  i know, should not have trusted blockchain.info on Tor.

wow this really hurts.

i made a new account for this post.  don't really want anyone to know who i am.  Sad
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