How I lost 95 Bitcoin

[bryant.coleman]

Oh God! More than half a million USD worth of Bitcoin lost. Are you sure that it was a keylogger? I am confused. How did they managed to install the keylogger in your desktop? Or are you using a computer in a public place such as library or college? It was much better to purchase a hardware wallet such as Trezor and Ledger and keep the coins in them. Anyway... don't lose heart.

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[Koadharber]

sorry for your loose, some one split your btc, and then they split again.. no more than 5 transaction per address...

i hope you recover soon bro

It is gone forever since those bitcoins are being splitted for how many time which would really make for it to be traced so hard it does really suck knowing 100 bitcoin is really a big money and just vanished on an instant by just leaving your electrum and i do suspect it was really a keylogger which they did able to know your password or even remote your pc to transfer those bitcoins.

[Haitham]

I really hate such news sorry for ur loss.

[Booowaaap]

If it's happend to me...i should probably die 
sorry for you man...

[annmarie]

Oh God! More than half a million USD worth of Bitcoin lost. Are you sure that it was a keylogger? I am confused. How did they managed to install the keylogger in your desktop? Or are you using a computer in a public place such as library or college? It was much better to purchase a hardware wallet such as Trezor and Ledger and keep the coins in them. Anyway... don't lose heart.

Probably downloaded something suspicious to visited a website with javascript enabled. It's so easily done but so easily avoided at the same time.

[thebitbox]

I bought my first few Bitcoins in 2012; eventually I got around 100 and managed to hold most of them until this point. Yesterday they were stolen from me. Shortly after I made a transaction, I left my PC with Electrum open, I believe there was a key logger waiting for me to type my password as when I returned an hour later, I saw my account had been emptied.

This happened shortly after receiving my hardware wallet (ledger), which I never got round to filling up. Obviously storing £350k(that hurts to type) on my daily computer was a moronic thing to do.

See the transaction here: https://blockchain.info/tx/220caec53bac39cc1a2d2692eecd385bca796fc1a839254ddd622b911344ae97

The Bitcoins were then split and are currently residing at these two addresses:
https://blockchain.info/address/18JCmLzKQoZydXspc6CPwovWVwYtUT7DCx
https://blockchain.info/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx
https://blockchain.info/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR

I know I wont get these Bitcoins back but if anyone knows of a blockchain or malware analysis service or just want to give me advice, I would appreciate it.

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bitcoinrecovery2017@gmail.com
For information leading to the recovery, I can pay 3 BTC + 50% of the recovered bitcoins

sorry for the loss mate i can feel you on 21st of sept i too lost 2500usd of bitcoin in poloniex exchage i think a remote session was on my computer that hacks everything.But my loss is way more bigger than yours .But my money was what i put in it .I mean that was all my hard earned money.
Your is bitcoin growth money ,but on the other had that is huge.Did you contacted the electrum support yet check if they can help any .
And also did you enabeld 2fa on your wallet i mean with that huge amount you must have enabled that.on that case your 2fa will be in your mobile .even there is key logger they cannot spent that without that 2fa.
next time please use 2fa on electrum it helps.

[jackhdt]

oh my god!!
95 Bitcoin, It is too big for me. I am sorry for your loss,it is quite a huge amoun. Are you sure that it was a keylogger? If it's a keyloger i hope you will find it and regain some lost BTC, even though it will be hard to get it back

[Barbarian]

I do not think that I would endure such a loss. I'm very sorry bro.

I know I wont that is why despite the fact I do not have a huge sum of bitcoin is is very important to me to keep those coins safe, so I always keep my wallets offline that way no hacker can steal it from the other side of the world so the only thing you need to worry is physical access to your harddrive.

[jerrison]

very sorry to hear that you lost that amount of money in bitcoin wallet, however the blockchain technology is a decentralized system and does not allow any form of procedure been regulated by any governmetn in the blockchain world. but you just have to be more careful next time

[Barbarian]

Damn that sucks.  Always invest in a good anti-virus program when you're involved with cryptocurrencies. 

An antivirus is not enough you need to take a lot more precautions like that especially since we are talking about so much money, you need to only install stuff you trust, not torrents and pirated stuff, in fact I will avoid windows completely with that huge amount of money.

[Spendulus]

I bought my first few Bitcoins in 2012; eventually I got around 100 and managed to hold most of them until this point. Yesterday they were stolen from me. Shortly after I made a transaction, I left my PC with Electrum open, I believe there was a key logger waiting for me to type my password as when I returned an hour later, I saw my account had been emptied......

There are other possibilities.

A) you had downloaded, unwittingly an infected copy of Electrum
B) someone walked by your computer, saw the open program and took what they saw

[fxbit]

not sure if any keylogger can capture copy & paste text, probably some open shared drive give way for the attacker to download the private key

[Sithara007]

Oh God! More than half a million USD worth of Bitcoin lost. Are you sure that it was a keylogger? I am confused. How did they managed to install the keylogger in your desktop? Or are you using a computer in a public place such as library or college? It was much better to purchase a hardware wallet such as Trezor and Ledger and keep the coins in them. Anyway... don't lose heart.

Probably downloaded something suspicious to visited a website with javascript enabled. It's so easily done but so easily avoided at the same time.

Even I have java script enabled in my browser. Is it that much of an issue? Without Java, we can't play most of the videos and animations. Even the YouTube videos will not play properly without Java. Is there any solution for this? And BTW, if I have Kasper in my system won't it block such spyware and trojans?

[akishang]

Sorry for the bitcoins you have lost. It's sad to hear that when someone is working hard to earn bitcoin, the other one will just take it that easily. Hopefully, this won't happen to others. 

[Adioliver]

I bought my first few Bitcoins in 2012; eventually I got around 100 and managed to hold most of them until this point. Yesterday they were stolen from me. Shortly after I made a transaction, I left my PC with Electrum open, I believe there was a key logger waiting for me to type my password as when I returned an hour later, I saw my account had been emptied.

This happened shortly after receiving my hardware wallet (ledger), which I never got round to filling up. Obviously storing £350k(that hurts to type) on my daily computer was a moronic thing to do.

See the transaction here: https://blockchain.info/tx/220caec53bac39cc1a2d2692eecd385bca796fc1a839254ddd622b911344ae97

The Bitcoins were then split and are currently residing at these two addresses:
https://blockchain.info/address/18JCmLzKQoZydXspc6CPwovWVwYtUT7DCx
https://blockchain.info/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx
https://blockchain.info/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR

I know I wont get these Bitcoins back but if anyone knows of a blockchain or malware analysis service or just want to give me advice, I would appreciate it.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
This is 56kbkid and I lost all my bitcoins on the 8th of October 2017
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1NndjYLXPgHmSFYEk5exCabGbcynzqpii4
G5UFrkVd1qGcbVlIyUw0yh0Zls/82K7Liuer6UNUK7yiE/I//7f4clNI70sD/w21vh0HJBkPUj3vvfioxIfj5U0=
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bitcoinrecovery2017@gmail.com
For information leading to the recovery, I can pay 3 BTC + 50% of the recovered bitcoins

Oh my god!!! You just gave me a heart attack,can't believe this.I feel so sorry for your great loss.My condolences.I would suggest you to never lose hope and keep on trying to search for your stolen Bitcoins.And don't go into depression if you aren't able to find it.If you can earn it once then you can earn it again.
Sorry again for your loss.
I hope you find your bitcoins.

[uztre29]

That was a big amount of money. You could be millionaire if you sell those Bitcoins. I’m so sorry for your loss. Make that as a lesson for you. Do not be sad. Earn Bitcoins once again. Atleast you know how to make a number of Bitcoin. The next time you will have Bitcoins, secure more your wallet.

[SakinaPrincess]

My goodness, sorry for your loss buddy. Its a huge amount and its not easy to suffer such a madness. By the way any update will be good for all of us.

[Barbarian]

I bought my first few Bitcoins in 2012; eventually I got around 100 and managed to hold most of them until this point. Yesterday they were stolen from me. Shortly after I made a transaction, I left my PC with Electrum open, I believe there was a key logger waiting for me to type my password as when I returned an hour later, I saw my account had been emptied.

This happened shortly after receiving my hardware wallet (ledger), which I never got round to filling up. Obviously storing £350k(that hurts to type) on my daily computer was a moronic thing to do.

See the transaction here: https://blockchain.info/tx/220caec53bac39cc1a2d2692eecd385bca796fc1a839254ddd622b911344ae97

The Bitcoins were then split and are currently residing at these two addresses:
https://blockchain.info/address/18JCmLzKQoZydXspc6CPwovWVwYtUT7DCx
https://blockchain.info/address/16YiXuw4eaFVvpyhX7mYufwsj77LHrydUx
https://blockchain.info/address/18ZnbD5JQwdEJRwKrb34nXPu7J6pHN1CMR

I know I wont get these Bitcoins back but if anyone knows of a blockchain or malware analysis service or just want to give me advice, I would appreciate it.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
This is 56kbkid and I lost all my bitcoins on the 8th of October 2017
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1NndjYLXPgHmSFYEk5exCabGbcynzqpii4
G5UFrkVd1qGcbVlIyUw0yh0Zls/82K7Liuer6UNUK7yiE/I//7f4clNI70sD/w21vh0HJBkPUj3vvfioxIfj5U0=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----



bitcoinrecovery2017@gmail.com
For information leading to the recovery, I can pay 3 BTC + 50% of the recovered bitcoins

Oh my god!!! You just gave me a heart attack,can't believe this.I feel so sorry for your great loss.My condolences.I would suggest you to never lose hope and keep on trying to search for your stolen Bitcoins.And don't go into depression if you aren't able to find it.If you can earn it once then you can earn it again.
Sorry again for your loss.
I hope you find your bitcoins.

Yeah, If I lose that kind of money, I will be flipping, I do not know if I will go insane but something very close to it, I never had that amount of money in my bank account and that money is a lot in my country so if I lost that, it will be one of the most difficult experiences in my life.

[fxbit]

Should have keep it on 3-4 wallet and have it multisig, at least that would make it more difficult for the thief to simply just steal the password/private key and get the BTC out of your wallet, have my BTC stolen by bitcoin gold scam, though the amount is below $20 still I felt bad about losing coin, feels like you lost trust to everyone associate with bitcoin gold

[Bittoshi]

I feel sorry for your loss. I hope we all can learn our lesson from that story.