I literally saw my client a few moments after it happened (it was open) so how this happened is odd!
My actual User account that has been stolen from is
NXT
16821029889165561706
I don't have any idea how this may have happened either. Just wanted to confirm, at the moment the theft happened your client was running and you had the browser window opened, and your account was unlocked (you were seeing your balance and the "send money" arrow), is that all correct?
Just trying to differentiate the possibilities, whether the hacker obtained you password via brute-force or some other way and initiated the transaction from another machine, or somehow your own machine was tricked to initiate the transaction.
And you were running 0.4.8 at the time, right? I added the second check for secret phrase before send money exactly to increase security, so that even if you account is unlocked in the browser you still need to enter your password again.
Another question, did you generate your random-looking password using some software - password manager, online service, or created it manually by typing at random?
I just wanted to clarify, with this, I had my server and client open. Was just perusing the blocks within the client, seeing if I was up-to-date, something I just do sometimes, and the account balance went from 7808, then on next look 0, maybe a moment later, less than 10 seconds.
No one was remotely accessing my computer etc. It was just balance 0, account recipient ID under sent transactions with 7808, etc.
Update ran a full scan with my antivirus software, ESET, all up to date, no viruses or intrusions found.
The other question about password, this is the very first account I made so I did use the password generator that I had seen recommended on nextcoin.org
used "local" mode, to a certain degree,
http://passwordsgenerator.net/(i definitely wouldn't recommend using one of these)
for 25 of the char of the PW, then I just made up the rest randomly 9 more characters.
and I'm not sure about what online nodes refers to exactly, but I can honestly say I never used anything online with that PW until today with CfB.
I don't see any strange opened ports so I believe I'm good on that end.
Has anyone else noticed the 4.8 download zip from nextcoin.org vs. the one from this exact link
Nxt 0.4.8 -
https://mega.co.nz/#!yV5A1BTR!oi33K7WovgccuEHvP05nzggTnxrkZHJbwFmv5tGeXNI
Are 5 Kb in difference? is that anything to be concerned about?
I want to buy more NXT, but it just sucks cuz i got in somewhat early and thought I was following all the instructions correctly, and I honestly don't know what happened which makes me hesitant.
It's not cool everyone thinks I'm some troll planning this all out, but I guess that's a natural reaction. I would hope in the future there's someway to stop someone from just taking someone's NXT like this, (I actually thought the two step PW on "sending" was a good idea, but didn't stop them in this case)
I'll try to keep an eye out on this hacker's acct# to see if he hits anybody else.
http://22k.io/-account/16204974692852323982Looks like you downloaded a bogus client. Scary stuff. The client at the front page of this thread is legit. You need to calculate the hash256 of the zip file of your client and compare to the hash in the 0.4.8 in the front page. They have to match exactly.
As you said you have two same client with 5Kb difference in size. One is certainly bogus. Sorry for your loss. This should really be sticky.
I could have fallen for this since I never checked the file until today.
But for now, only use client file from trusted source and do a checksum hash256 the zip file before using.
This needs to be in wiki and the front page.
