KeepKey 30 BTC reward for capturing the hacker !

[OmegaStarScream]

As you might already know , KeepKey emails has been hacked on the christmas day.
Hardware wallet manufacturer KeepKey is offering 30 Bitcoins ($30,400) as a reward for the capture of a hacker who gained access to emails and customer information on Christmas Day.

If you are up to the job , you can read more details on cointelegraph or contact them.

[BitcoinBarrel]

Wow, not the best news for Hardware Wallet makers.

[GMPoison]

Wow, not the best news for Hardware Wallet makers.

Yeah considering they're KeepKey and considered one of the best. I've always preferred paper wallets for cold storage rather than hardware wallets anyway.

[BitcoinBarrel]

For real, I don't know why people hate paper wallets so bad. You can laminate it to last longer or make the private key discrete (i.e. hidden in a pamphlet text) or whatever. It doesn't have to be a flashy paper wallet with BITCOIN written all over it.

[Chin Cheng]

For real, I don't know why people hate paper wallets so bad. You can laminate it to last longer or make the private key discrete (i.e. hidden in a pamphlet text) or whatever. It doesn't have to be a flashy paper wallet with BITCOIN written all over it.

It all depends upon individual preferences,most of them purchases hardware wallet because they think it is the best way to keep their assets for a very long time rather than taking a print out and giving it out for lamination and you never know what will happen  they could always take a xerox before laminating .

[GMPoison]

For real, I don't know why people hate paper wallets so bad. You can laminate it to last longer or make the private key discrete (i.e. hidden in a pamphlet text) or whatever. It doesn't have to be a flashy paper wallet with BITCOIN written all over it.

I don't understand either. Especially when we're talking encrypted multisig paper wallets for cold storage, you coins could be impenetrable if implemented properly.

[BitcoinBarrel]

The phrase "Paper Wallet" is really not the best. Because the Private Key can be stored in a text file, print out, picture of QR code in your phone, etc. I like to use paper wallet generators and other open source wallet generators to get my private keys, then import.

The lesson we should all have learned by now is.... ALWAYS have the private keys to your wallets stored securely some where. Import the private keys into your wallets, whether online or hardware, whenever you want to spend. And only send enough that you need, and never store online for extended periods of time.

These hardware wallets are basically mini computers that only connect to the internet when you send/receive. The problem is still the same... you can lose your passwords, lose the hardware wallet, or someone can steal your wallet and your passwords.

[0x0010]

From what I can see, they've provided no information whatsoever.

https://www.keepkey.com/2016/12/31/message-founder-email-breach/

It just says a buonty is being offered and says what happened.

Anyone got any information related to this? Would be interested.

[Kakmakr]

The phrase "Paper Wallet" is really not the best. Because the Private Key can be stored in a text file, print out, picture of QR code in your phone, etc. I like to use paper wallet generators and other open source wallet generators to get my private keys, then import.

The lesson we should all have learned by now is.... ALWAYS have the private keys to your wallets stored securely some where. Import the private keys into your wallets, whether online or hardware, whenever you want to spend. And only send enough that you need, and never store online for extended periods of time.

These hardware wallets are basically mini computers that only connect to the internet when you send/receive. The problem is still the same... you can lose your passwords, lose the hardware wallet, or someone can steal your wallet and your passwords.

That, and it needs a centralized service to support it, and it is these centralized services that function as the weak leak in the chain. Centralized services are operated by humans and humans can be fooled, bribed and forced to give out sensitive information. I would rather have full control and generate my own private keys, than working through these centralized services. ^hmmmmm^

[Harry Callahan]

From what I can see, they've provided no information whatsoever.

https://www.keepkey.com/2016/12/31/message-founder-email-breach/

It just says a buonty is being offered and says what happened.

Anyone got any information related to this? Would be interested.

These are just scare tactics without any bloody information no one can find shit and they are not providing enough information regarding the capture of the hacker.I hope they want the hacker to come in front of them and reveal them self so that they can give him the 30 bitcoins .  looks like its just an advertisement stunt

[pinkflower]

Is this one of those attempts to drive down the price again? I swear that hacks like these tend to happen a lot when BTC is reaching important milestones in its development and value. Is there really a conspiracy behind this and should we be worried? Maybe we should withdraw our coins from the exchanges just to be safe. I feel like there will be a serious hack in one of the popular and bigger exchanges soon.

[Juggy777]

As you might already know , KeepKey emails has been hacked on the christmas day.
Hardware wallet manufacturer KeepKey is offering 30 Bitcoins ($30,400) as a reward for the capture of a hacker who gained access to emails and customer information on Christmas Day.

If you are up to the job , you can read more details on cointelegraph or contact them.

If I I remember correct there was a post here just before or around Christmas that hackers are coming and indeed they did come. Let's assume that the hacking was genuine, what ways are actually there for normal people like us to track them down. How do we believe that it won't be a insider job, they could have done it claimed insurance if any and then say we were hacked, normally it happens right it's always the insider person. But it's sad if such hacks continue, people just want easy money and here we spend time earnings satoshi's, hate hacking

[Senor.Bla]

Is this one of those attempts to drive down the price again? I swear that hacks like these tend to happen a lot when BTC is reaching important milestones in its development and value. Is there really a conspiracy behind this and should we be worried? Maybe we should withdraw our coins from the exchanges just to be safe. I feel like there will be a serious hack in one of the popular and bigger exchanges soon.

I do not know about a conspiracy, but i just opened a thread and explained, that it makes sense to me that as a hacker you wait, with everything in place for the hack, for the price to increase. So now is a good time for hackers.

I just wonder about the amount of the bounty. Is it much? Is this how much this data and the customer is worth to KeepKey? 

[btcdevil]

The phrase "Paper Wallet" is really not the best. Because the Private Key can be stored in a text file, print out, picture of QR code in your phone, etc. I like to use paper wallet generators and other open source wallet generators to get my private keys, then import.

The lesson we should all have learned by now is.... ALWAYS have the private keys to your wallets stored securely some where. Import the private keys into your wallets, whether online or hardware, whenever you want to spend. And only send enough that you need, and never store online for extended periods of time.

These hardware wallets are basically mini computers that only connect to the internet when you send/receive. The problem is still the same... you can lose your passwords, lose the hardware wallet, or someone can steal your wallet and your passwords.

The same you can say with paper wallet, what if you lost it or misplaced it or it got steal , then you will be facing the same problem. So i think no wallet gives you permanent solutions, it is upto the user to keep secure and if anything is happening then it is the users faulty no the hardware or desktop or paper wallet fault. Everyone have their own security options. Even if you are using paper wallet then it is clear that you still wanted to use the fiat currency format in bitcoin also.

[Amph]

For real, I don't know why people hate paper wallets so bad. You can laminate it to last longer or make the private key discrete (i.e. hidden in a pamphlet text) or whatever. It doesn't have to be a flashy paper wallet with BITCOIN written all over it.

i find it cumbersome it's more easy and fast to just plug a usb key and put the wallet there or all your wallets that you have

Is this one of those attempts to drive down the price again? I swear that hacks like these tend to happen a lot when BTC is reaching important milestones in its development and value. Is there really a conspiracy behind this and should we be worried? Maybe we should withdraw our coins from the exchanges just to be safe. I feel like there will be a serious hack in one of the popular and bigger exchanges soon.

eh you really don't want to attempt to dump with 30 btc, it will do nothing to the market, hell even bitfinxex hack with its big amount of bitcoin, did not put a real dent, and you are talking about 30 btc that might impact the volume...

this is just another case of incompetence by who control the email...

[poplolnman]

From what I can see, they've provided no information whatsoever.

https://www.keepkey.com/2016/12/31/message-founder-email-breach/

It just says a buonty is being offered and says what happened.

Anyone got any information related to this? Would be interested.

These are just scare tactics without any bloody information no one can find shit and they are not providing enough information regarding the capture of the hacker.I hope they want the hacker to come in front of them and reveal them self so that they can give him the 30 bitcoins .  looks like its just an advertisement stunt

makes sense and i agree with you that this is just a fresh way to have the brand advertised. noone can find who they are, if they didn't release an enough information to support the investigation and get the attacker caught up. so far nothing .

[Slow death]

the attacker contacted us by phone seeking payment as we were beginning to reverse the damage. The attacker spoke with an engineer who was assisting on our end. The attacker demanded 30 BTC, and in return he promised to: tell us how he got into my email, what information he received, destroy the data, return all accounts, and keep the breach secret. For us, there was no deal to be made. Instead, we used the opportunity to keep the attacker pre-occupied while we recovered accounts.

So this attacker was so naive as to fall on such a low blow?

Reward

Although there was absolutely no way we would ever negotiate with or pay off a criminal to keep this breach secret, we do want to see his capture. We are offering 30 BTC, the amount he requested, as a bounty. Any tips that leads to an arrest qualifies for this reward. Information can be provided anonymously: just include a bitcoin address for payment of the reward.

A very interesting story to follow the unfolding of events.

[20kevin20]

From what I can see, they've provided no information whatsoever.

https://www.keepkey.com/2016/12/31/message-founder-email-breach/

It just says a buonty is being offered and says what happened.

Anyone got any information related to this? Would be interested.

These are just scare tactics without any bloody information no one can find shit and they are not providing enough information regarding the capture of the hacker.I hope they want the hacker to come in front of them and reveal them self so that they can give him the 30 bitcoins .  looks like its just an advertisement stunt

makes sense and i agree with you that this is just a fresh way to have the brand advertised. noone can find who they are, if they didn't release an enough information to support the investigation and get the attacker caught up. so far nothing .

If they aren't able to find any information about the hacker, I doubt anyone will. First of all, Bitcoin is anonymous and almost completely untraceable. If you deposit money at a local ATM in a non-supervised place, there's no way anyone can find who you are (except your ISP maybe, by looking over your history). Most Bitcoin 'hacks' never got info about the hackers.

[slapper]

Hey, I am the hacker, catch me now and we will share the prize 50:50.  I have stolen a lot from keepkey. Please contact me in deepweb for further conversation LOL.
Well,  I think I am not the only one who can make joke here 

[Mr.Nath]

Rather unfortunate.... They should get the best hands to run their systems to avoid future reocurrence......