Q: Possible to find IP Address of a stolen S9 L3 ASIC?

[coinbeamer]

Some months ago all my miners were stolen and today i got a message from viabtc that my ltc hashrate had a rise of 100%.
So i checked the workers and found one with a new name.
Only for 30 minutes,then the thief realized what he was doing and was off... but is there a way somehow to get this IP?

[fanatic26_]

You would have to ask the pool, but I highly doubt they will help

[belaweb2]

ask the pool/poolowner... I think he/they will help... why they should not!?!

GOOD LUCK!

[melpheos]

Pool owner can help.
If I was the pool owner i would definitely help but cautiously as without court order etc... it would be illegal to provide such information

[coinbeamer]

Pool owner can help.
If I was the pool owner i would definitely help but cautiously as without court order etc... it would be illegal to provide such information

Why illegal, when they used my worker name?

[melpheos]

Pool owner can help.
If I was the pool owner i would definitely help but cautiously as without court order etc... it would be illegal to provide such information

Why illegal, when they used my worker name?

Because a host service is not allowed to reveal any logs without a court order even your OWN information if it's not automated (like retrieving your password via your email) proving that you are indeed the owner of the information.
In any case, I highly doubt that anyone would sue the pool owner over this (in particular the guilty party who stole your asics) but who knows.
For instance, if the pool owner was to give you directly (leaving electronic proofs of said information being transmited) and you used this information to launch an investigation and the culprit was to be found, a lawyer could argue that the original information was obtained illegaly and have the judge throw out the case. But i'm not a lawyer.

[fanatic26_]

Why illegal, when they used my worker name?

Because you dont 'own' that worker name.

Hypothetical situation:

What if someone else used the same name on another pool, switched pools and forgot to change it? Then you are given the information of someone completely innocent and go after them for something they know nothing about.

[Marvell2]

Some months ago all my miners were stolen and today i got a message from viabtc that my ltc hashrate had a rise of 100%.
So i checked the workers and found one with a new name.
Only for 30 minutes,then the thief realized what he was doing and was off... but is there a way somehow to get this IP?

If you don’t mind me asking, how was it stolen

[almonk]

Even if you get IP address of the miners, what are going to do with it? ISPs will not give you contact or location info for that IP without court order. You can try to go to your local authorities.

[Number6]

Some months ago all my miners were stolen and today i got a message from viabtc that my ltc hashrate had a rise of 100%.
So i checked the workers and found one with a new name.
Only for 30 minutes,then the thief realized what he was doing and was off... but is there a way somehow to get this IP?

As others have said, you cannot directly get this information, but if you document it all, get screenshots, etc., and file a report with your local police, law enforcement can then contact the pool and get the IP used to connect to the pool at the time. Then they can also track down the ISP and who was using that IP at the time of connection.

I assume you reported the theft of the miners when it happened, so the police would welcome this additional information to help them track down the culprit.

[adaseb]

Some months ago all my miners were stolen and today i got a message from viabtc that my ltc hashrate had a rise of 100%.
So i checked the workers and found one with a new name.
Only for 30 minutes,then the thief realized what he was doing and was off... but is there a way somehow to get this IP?

As others have said, you cannot directly get this information, but if you document it all, get screenshots, etc., and file a report with your local police, law enforcement can then contact the pool and get the IP used to connect to the pool at the time. Then they can also track down the ISP and who was using that IP at the time of connection.

I assume you reported the theft of the miners when it happened, so the police would welcome this additional information to help them track down the culprit.

You are forgetting that ViaBTC is a Chinese pool and most likely would ignore any court orders unless it was from the Chinese government. So there is a very slim chance that this will ever end up working.

If you do get the IP address, and if its some ISP from North America then you have more luck since the ISP would need to comply with local law enforcement.

However the biggest hurdle now is getting the logs from ViaBTC, which I don't see them happening.