So.. I did something totally stupid and downloaded this trading bot... Tried to install it.. nothing happened.. then a few days later my ethereum wallet was cleaned out for over 38 ETH.. along with 40 NEO from my NEO wallet.. as well as a few hundred from my bittrex account. I am usually very careful.. and am kicking myself for letting my guard down like this.. But I wanted to post a bit of info about this hack so perhaps other people can avoid the mistakes I made..
This is the youtube video I watched (It was under a different name/account when I saw it.. But EXACT same vid)... The original vid/account I watched the vid on has been deleted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTNefdV-fjAHere is the link to the download page.. Maybe someone smarter than me can inspect this code and do some magic to eff with this douchebag...
https://satoshibox.com/v8aj3rhu6didju3qjow5qq8o Lastly.. here is a link to the account the funds were stolen from.. the last transaction from the hack was block 4549432.. the several transactions after this block were me removing the last remnants the hacker left behind on the account..
https://etherscan.io/address/0x714076E5f3b4FFAd7846989DD16e4d58af37709CThis was a CO-ORDINATED attack involving my email and cell phone as well.. The hacker sent a phone bomb (New phone.. hadn't turned off auto MMS download.. DOH!) and then scanned my email waiting for me to ask for 2FA reset on my bittrex account.. At that point he set Bittrex replies to AUTO DELETE.. so I wouldn't see the correspondence and withdraw verification from Bittrex.. thats how they got in there... I'm still trying to figure out how he got a hold of my private keys.. they are on an encrypted drive.. so he must have had a screenshot of them when I opened the file at some point.. Hence the reason I believe this was malware and not a brute force on my email password.
I am 45 years old, and this money was intended to help me retire from the construction industry.. I have been working for 11 years with 2 crushed vertebrae.. and the pain is getting too much to continue. I can't bring myself to claim disability (I couldn't live like that even if I tried).. so I started investing in crypto a year ago to try and keep myself afloat once my body gives out... This was literally my entire future this guy stole... and while I only have myself to blame.. I still can't help but feel a sense of hopelessness at this point.. Not asking for pity as I know this was my own fault.. but compassion would be greatly appreciated. I have little hope of ever recovering these funds... BUT if someone out there happens to be fantastically awesome.. Donations to help me rebuild these savings would be greatly appreciated..
You donations will be humbly accepted at ETH: 0x60b2E643ec9BF7e71C014f24bCBCCaE5194f555c
Hopefully this info will help other people from having to experience what I have been through... Stay safe out there in cryptoland folks.. get yourself a LEDGER!
