Kingpin is my alt
Got hacked but didn't appeal for ban because I wanted to concentrate on just one account and build up my reputation. I let the account go because I needed no distractions
I really did not want any drama on the kingpin issue and since they banned it I guess it was a fair deal so as to keep the hacker out.
I can confirm that your
Kingpin account was hacked,
as I reported it for hackers attempt to hack me also.
You can read more in this topic:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5173531<>
I always considered Sharon121212 to be an interesting, and helpful forum member. This does not excuse phishing if sharon121212 is guilty of this, but it should be a reason to put effort into looking into a possible hack.
It is possible sharon121212, or more specifically kingpin4321 was the victim of phishing, and this was why he changed his password on August 7 2019. I am not sure if at the time, changing your password would invalidate any active session cookies on other devices (automatically log you out of all devices), but if not, kingpin changing his password would not stop any hacker from continuing to use his account if the hacker already logged in.
Due to possible differences in time zone displays between dkbit98, and alanst, I am not sure if the password was changed before or after the phishing attempt made by kingpin. A change in IP addresses does not guarantee an account is actually hacked because someone up to mischief could decide to temporarily change the IP address they access the forum from to try to get away with mischief.
If kingpin4321 was in fact hacked, it would probably be because he entered his login information into the same phishing site, probably the same one his account sent alanst. The existence of a PM in kingpin's inbox containing a phishing link would be pretty strong evidence that his account was in fact hacked. The absence of a phishing link in kingpin's (or anyone else associated with him) inbox would be pretty strong evidence his account was not hacked, or that the hacker deleted the PM once he gained access to the account, but I don't think the later would be expected behavior. Other possible evidence that kingpin was hacked would include kingping visiting a thread that contained a phishing link at the time he visited the thread page.
sharon121212 could also produce evidence that he received a phishing message on a third party platform such as telegram, email, watsapp, but while I would not outright ignore this evidence, I would give it less weight.
