how can your account get hacked without them having acxess to your email?

[matete]

Your first posted address is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=391507.msg4217946#msg4217946
The address is:

1DgagYPqnnrPz3kcHCYnB7YcBRZs5Uqw5m

If you can sign it and post it here or PM to theymos, you'll probably get your account back.

Hi, what does sign it mean?  

If theymos posts his btc account on here with random small amount for me to send ... i will send it from that address to prove i am the one with that btc address.

Then i get my account back.

Also to my knowledge i didn't post my account details on any phishing site. I think it maybe its because i forgot to change my details after this site got hacked.

You don't know how to sign a message with your address?  

Here you go: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=990345.0 This is as detailed as it can be. Thx to shorena  

This was very helpful because I also did not know how to sign a message with a bitcoin address. At least you enlightened me.

[Vod]

I have flagged the account for now.

[babs1975]

You must have clicked on a phishing site that stole your passwords. You have to consider changing all your passwords and install a good protection system.

[cryptohunter2]

I have flagged the account for now.

thanks very much

I hope i can return to my old account soon... i keep checking if i am turning into a legend but not yet. I would hate it if this thief is the one posting when it turns legend.

For now i just have to stay on this one.

thanks for everyones help with this.


I'm not sure if i went on a phishing site or not. I think maybe what happened is when this site got hacked and it said some peoples accounts details maybe leaked i thought ..probably won't be mine and didnt change it. Or maybe i did get bent over on a phishing site. I've changed all my passwords for other things now just precaution and not being lazy this time.

[arbitrage]

So when we talk about security:

Can they use hash power to bruteforce account?
i mean there is a lot unused asic and avalons..

Can we all agree about this?
Majority of those hacks are made by uses of keyloggers, viruses,
phishing attacks..Dont give acces to others unknown users to your pc..
So for protection you first must use your head, then antivirus and others..

[Monnt]

Keylogger. Most probably a keylogger. Someone could simple just get your account details, and if they have control of your username and password, they can change the email. Sadly there's no 2FA yet. I think  I remember reading a post about 2FA in the new forum script, though.

[arbitrage]

What to use for prevention of those keyloggers?
Not to click on newbies links in posts..
Firewall, Avast internet sec?Any other?

[Wapinter]

My old account

cryptohunter is still posting away on the forum.

The onus to prove the ownership of your that account is on you.You must have signed message which you can provide to forum owner and he will help you get your account back.
Next time you must keep changing your password periodically to prevent hacking

[cryptohunter2]

My old account

cryptohunter is still posting away on the forum.

The onus to prove the ownership of your that account is on you.You must have signed message which you can provide to forum owner and he will help you get your account back.
Next time you must keep changing your password periodically to prevent hacking

Yes but I think it is proven now but I still have no message from theymos or no account back? does it take a long time ?

[--Encrypted--]

My old account

cryptohunter is still posting away on the forum.

The onus to prove the ownership of your that account is on you.You must have signed message which you can provide to forum owner and he will help you get your account back.
Next time you must keep changing your password periodically to prevent hacking

Yes but I think it is proven now but I still have no message from theymos or no account back? does it take a long time ?

yup. expect 2 weeks or longer or much much longer. I think theymos give more priority to "useful" users, but don't quote me on that.

[cryptohunter2]

My old account

cryptohunter is still posting away on the forum.

The onus to prove the ownership of your that account is on you.You must have signed message which you can provide to forum owner and he will help you get your account back.
Next time you must keep changing your password periodically to prevent hacking

Yes but I think it is proven now but I still have no message from theymos or no account back? does it take a long time ?

yup. expect 2 weeks or longer or much much longer. I think theymos give more priority to "useful" users, but don't quote me on that.

That's not good news
Never mind I can post with this account for now. I send him another message in 2 weeks.

Why does it take so long? Is there that many people that get hacked on here every day?

[--Encrypted--]

Why does it take so long? Is there that many people that get hacked on here every day?

only theymos (and maybe badbear) can answer both questions for sure.
I doubt that there are that many password recovery requests everyday but I'm sure that theymos get a lot of PMs and Emails everyday and is busy.

[cryptohunter2]

OK thanks... just have to wait a little longer then i guess. I will message bad bear see if he can help.

[cryptohunter2]

another 9 days pass.

[babs1975]

another 9 days pass.

Sorry that the issue has not been resolved. Don't give up, keep on insisting until you get your account back.

[cryptohunter2]

another 9 days pass.

Sorry that the issue has not been resolved. Don't give up, keep on insisting until you get your account back.

Thanks for the encouragement   it will hopefully be sorted out one day. I notice so many accounts hacked recently.
I can only imagine that when the board was hacked and they though some data may have been lost .....they really did lose a lot of peoples user and pass. Perhaps now only have the crackers be able to decipher the data they grabbed.


Should have email verification really for extra security measures.

[mexxer-2]

I can only imagine that when the board was hacked and they though some data may have been lost

What... no. It was your fault either way as there has been no announcement that the forum has been hacked, neither have many users lost their credentials for unknown reasons. Coincidental though, most of the hacked accounts seem to have been posting only in Altcoin section

Anyway, account recovery is pretty low on theymos' priority list because it is usually the user's fault somehow. Think of account recovery as a favor instead

P.S: theymos is online atm

Also, tagging the account after verifying the signature

[shorena]

thanks for all your help   i am now sending to theymos the correct message proving my ownership of cryptohunter I hope he will return it soon.

Dear Theymos please reset my account I got hacked.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account <cryptohunter> has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to <blahblah@gmail.com>. The current date is <04/02/2016>.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
<1DgagYPqnnrPz3kcHCYnB7YcBRZs5Uqw5m>
<H1AgL+PJJaxx7aHpPinf+1FfooHsOj4V4EGancOfGxfzNArhpr6tvlGyBjoVYeyzyuC7qEvBMBdQKzC8VE3aZgs=>
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Here is the unedited post where I posted that address: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=391507.msg4217946#msg4217946
OR
I sent that address to someone in a PM with PM ID#...

I have more proof too if we need it.

thanks

The signed message - as is - is not valid btw. I was just ask to verify it

[--Encrypted--]

@shorena
this one verifies.
also that email looks like a fake.

edit:
I'll just PM OP telling him to explain.

[cryptohunter]

I put the fake information on the thread because I didn't know if this information should be seen by the public?

OMG I'm back, thanks so much for your help everyone. I didn't realise I was back to my old account until just now.

I went to login as cryptohunter2 and it said wrong password.

So i reset with the email reset thinking what happened here. Pressed reply and now I'm back at last to my old account.

Awesome. Thanks everyones help on this matter. Was starting to think my account was gone to that hacker forever.

How often can you change your password?