escobarthebest (OP)
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February 07, 2018, 12:15:55 AM |
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Hi, how are you ? I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key ? Thank you ! Cordially !
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February 07, 2018, 12:35:53 AM |
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For now, no. You cant do it except you have really powerfull machine to bruteforce that address and guessing the private key. Because it will take a long time to bruteforce.
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escobarthebest (OP)
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February 07, 2018, 12:39:49 AM |
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ok thanks but is it possible to hack a bitcoin account and transfer the money to another account?
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hoodi
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February 07, 2018, 12:41:06 AM |
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Everything is possible, but it would take a lot of time and it would not be profitable at some point.
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February 07, 2018, 12:43:37 AM |
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Maybe if you keep it n your ur oc you can. This is why I use ledger since it keeps your privatekey isolated and offline. Thank about getting one. You could have it stolen by a nasty program that remembers your copy pastes or the next most common way is phishing where you fooled to enter your privatekey on a website. So don't be fooled and make sure you have proper protection on your PC.
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cissrawk
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February 07, 2018, 12:47:48 AM |
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ok thanks but is it possible to hack a bitcoin account and transfer the money to another account?
Yes its possible if you have his wallet file or access to their wallet. Anyway do you want to hack some bitcoin address or something?
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February 07, 2018, 12:50:51 AM |
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it's impossible. Unless you visit a fake website. Or is your computer sticking keylog. It is best to use metamask or Json file
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March 08, 2018, 10:13:35 AM |
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It is possible to hack your private key if your private key is save on your pc. if your pc is not 100%clean from virus. you should secure your pc to malware and other virus..
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tabas
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March 08, 2018, 10:23:41 AM |
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It is possible to hack your private key if your private key is save on your pc. if your pc is not 100%clean from virus. you should secure your pc to malware and other virus..
True, it's very possible and vulnerable if your PC is affected by a virus and malware that is created to sneak some of your data in your PC. The other way that can also happen is if you try to sign up with some forms that are asking for private keys. Just don't give away your private keys to anyone.
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Theo222
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March 08, 2018, 10:26:54 AM |
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Hi, how are you ? I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key ? Thank you ! Cordially ! For now i havent hear about hacking of private keys but there people who has been hack by phising sites. Iike fake exchangers and fake cryptowallets. This is the cause of hacking for now
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March 08, 2018, 10:46:27 AM |
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For experienced, and I mean really experience hacker this isn't impossible. Today is most common thing stealing of the mistakenly given private keys which are the key to your wallet. If you stored the private key in some format on your PC and if your antivirus is not in the "best shape" then you can be easily affected by the hacking attempt. Today the most common viruses are miners which are using your hash power to mine without your knowledge. _______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________
Stealing private keys is possible if you don't write them down to the paper and delete all info about your private keys on the computer. Even the key safes are vulnerable. I sincerely hope that the OP did ask this information because of upgrading knowledge about his own hacking attempt!
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bololord
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March 08, 2018, 10:57:09 AM |
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Hi, how are you ? I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key ? Thank you ! Cordially ! Yes there is a possibility but the possibility of hacking someone's private key or password really needs an unexceptional skills in mathematics for logical readings and solving. This is why your private key should have keep on a secured place where no one can access it same as password, your password should have an uppercases and lowercases and contains alphanumeric characters.
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March 08, 2018, 11:09:17 AM |
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If the purpose of this thread is to just have knowledge about the awareness of keeping your private key safe then it is OK you may don't want to keep a multiple copy of your private key because it can get worst and don't stored it in your PC at work, But if you have a plan in hacking someone their private key then there is no use thing about it,
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March 08, 2018, 04:08:20 PM |
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Yes there is a possibility to but the possibility of hacking someone's private key or password Must really needs an unexceptional skills in mathematics for logical readings and solving, Bitcoin Useing Private Key Safe You Wallate & Your Bitcoin If You Use Private Key With 2FA-Two Factor Authonication Google Apps,You Always A Brilliant.
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September 01, 2018, 09:49:04 AM |
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Hello, in fact it is almost impossible, because every bitcoin in the world is interconnected, and in fact you will need to crack all users who own bitcoins. And as it seems to me, this requires a certain amount of knowledge in cryptography, encryption. Yes, and still have more.
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September 01, 2018, 09:53:59 AM |
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Hi, how are you ? I would like to know if it is possible to hack a bitcoin address and to have his private key ? Thank you ! Cordially ! do you really steal your wallet's private key through an internet connection? hacking? as far as I know anyone who does that just does something that is in vain, the security of bitcoin wallets, especially blockchain.com systems that are impossible to crack.
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September 01, 2018, 09:55:29 AM |
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today is most common thing stealing of the mistakenly given private keys which are the key to your wallet. If you stored the private key in some format on your PC and if your antivirus,then you can be easily affected by the hacking attempt..the most common viruses are miners which are using your hash power to mine without your knowledge....stealing private keys is possible if you don't write them down to the paper and delete all info about your private keys on the computer the key safes are vulnerable. sincerely hope that the OP did ask this information because of upgrading knowledge about his own hacking attempt....
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September 01, 2018, 10:02:03 AM |
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ok thanks but is it possible to hack a bitcoin account and transfer the money to another account?
a "bitcoin account" is only as strong as the service provider that is providing that account and has nothing to do with bitcoin private key and its strength. it will come down to their security. for example if you choose a private key and send funds to it there is no way for anyone to crack the private key by knowing the address. but what they can do is to gain access to your wallet or account and then steal the private key from where you stored it. so if you store it on your desktop, it can be stolen with a malware, if you store it in some account like exchange account, web wallet,... then it can easily be stolen by hacking that account. and if you store it offline like on a piece of paper the only way to steal it is to come to your home and raid you.
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September 25, 2018, 04:16:41 PM |
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As at this moment there have not been any case of such hacking into you wallet can only be possible once the hacker have access to your private key, and this private keys are in your possession as the wallet holder once no one have access to the email address you used in setting up the wallet they can never have access to your private keys.
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soulripper
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September 26, 2018, 05:59:39 AM |
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Private key is a very important asset in protecting the privacy and security of the wallet, it is a key to accessing passwords. Therefore, we can not give our bitcoin private key wallet to others unless the person is the one we believe in safeguarding security private key if something happens to us suddenly.
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