How I lost 95 Bitcoin

[56KbKid2]

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

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[2fresh]

Sorry for your losses, that sucks to hear.
Do you have any idea where the keylogger came from? Have you confirmed it was indeed a keylogger?

[Filmmmakerr]

IM sorry for your loss, thats a big amount. Like 2fresh asked do you know where the logger came from?

[LTU_btc]

Oh fuck! That hurts. I can't imagine how you are feeling now, adrer loosing so many bitcoins.
Your sad story shows us again, that desktop wallets isn't safe if you catch malware.
I don't have idea, what I would if I loose so many bitcoins and sadly I can't give any advice to you. I just feel sorry about this disaster and wish you keep strong despite that...

[CyberKuro]

I believe it's belong to Bitcoin discussion https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0 or https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=6.0
If you want to hire some experienced people to trace your bitcoins, post a thread to share at least BTC5-BTC10 as the reward for everyone who can do it for you https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=52.0
It's strange as Ledger wallet should be safe, where did you bought it?
Second; I left my PC with Electrum open, are you sure no one using your PC right after you left it? I often do the same thing, but my bitcoin remain safe in electrum wallet.

[Andre_Goldman]

  Sorry for your loss mate. If I were you... I would try a full forensics on the computer to learn where the malware came from ..

there are several tools that maybe can help on that..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_forensics_tools

Also try to keep tracking your bitcoins .. I find this article that useful

How Hackers thief Cash Out Thousands of Bitcoins Received in Ransomware Attacks
https://thehackernews.com/2017/07/cashout-bitcoin-ransomware.html 

[chikiuso]

It is terrible thing to see this disaster happened, sorry for your huge lose.

[pepoaly007]

i am so sorry for ur loss really if i lose 1 bitcoin i will kill my self but dont warry u will get more bitcoin in the future just go on

[mrcash02]

Yes, that is a very sad situation, but could you tell if you had enough security on your computer to prevent hackers? Did you download anything suspect or accessed any strange site that could contain a malicious file, threat? This kind of event makes many people to fear Bitcoin investment, specially in big amounts. 

[negancoin]

I am sorry for your loss, If I had this amount of bitcoin I will never connect my pc to internet, You can sign a transaction offline, then find some other way to broadcast that. I know it's not convenient method but better than losing ur bitcoin.

[BitcoinPanther]

I am sorry to hear you story, it is quite a huge amount and I agree that you should hire people to trace and know who own these addresses.  Many people will gladly do the job for you at around 10% of the lost BTC.  I wonder how could that ledger be infected and I have been using electrum for a year now and no such instance happened to me.  I know it is quite hard to recover the BTC but thank you for sharing this story to us since we will be more vigilant in downloading any apps online.

[yojodojo21]

Oh, Everybody knows the feeling of lossing that kind of Amount of Bitcoin.
This is Really a Great deal, Whoever get your bitcoin is now Enjoying of The Money,
Is There anybody in this Forum can Help you to Recover The Account?

This, is also a Lesson to others. Be careful Next Time Sir.

[Intel 4004]

I'm so sorry for you but this will teach you something. Security is the most important thing when managing coins (FIAT or crypto doesn't mind).

You should now prevent that those thing will happen again.

[Decoded]

Blockchain analysis can easily be done yourself, but the problem is that even if you find the address in which your bitcoin are stored, you won't be able to get them. I doubt, even if a mixer comes forward to prove ownership of the addresses, it's unlikely they would give such a large sum of money to you.

I know what I say won't be able to fix your situation in the slightest, but security is always #1 when it comes to user-held assets like bitcoin. Your ledger should have been loaded as soon as it arrived. You probably should have bought a Trezor when it first came out, too.

[Immakillya]

Wow. That's huge amount mate. You should have use hardware wallet because the amount is so huge. This is a serious money mate. You should not keep them that way. You should have use anti-keyloggers and effective anti-virus. So your computer cannot easily infected with virus. Even an expert don't recommend computers to store huge amounts device which can easily access by hackers. Electrum is a good wallet though. It's just your computer is the problem. Better format your computer to avoid another loss. Sorry about your loss. But i don't think you will recover them. Hackers already received them.

[ongta]

Sorry for the lost next time more be careful..but sorry what is the real problem and mistake

[CriptoIngresos]

It hurts just reading about it, I feel for you. Do you have any idea on how did you get the malware? I see that a lot of people also have this question. That's like a nightmare that could happen to anyone. Also, I'm guessing you didn't had 2FA authentication enabled on your wallet? I'm just trying to further understand how these situations could be avoided.

Again, I'm really sorry for your loss. It sucks.

[Phalo]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[pushups44]

As I've said before, hopefully this will serve as a lesson for readers to be mindful of computer security and take preventive measures. This post will definitely help steer people to be more cautious. There is a tendency to underestimate the capabilities of hackers.

[Athreos]

Is there any reason that you may have been targeted specifically? Did you tell anyone about the balance you were holding?