Hey,
I was just wondering, is it possible for someone to hack an encrypted wallet.dat
Thanks
As other said. The only factor here is method of encryption and strength of your password. There are method of encrypting your files with algorithms that are impossible to break at this moment.
I recently got attacked by CryptoWall virus, and this Trojan encrypted every file on my disk with SHA256 algorithm. This is impossible to brute force now. Maybe in the future.
i have read about that trojan, it sounds like some scary ransomeware!
do you know how you got infected by it , i want to know how to prevent.
I personally know two guys that got infected by opening email attachments... A rule of thumb would be to never open attachments from people you don't know, but evidence suggests not everybody has enough basic knowledge to stay away from such emails.
The infection was not on my PC but instead on my mom's notebook (where I keep handful of my own files and copy of some crucial projects).
And in my case it wasn't anything than came with an email. I think is was some fake update installer like flash, java or something like that.
interesting fact that laptop was protected by antivirus and ransomware wasn't detected - in the end I got rid of it by using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.