How often are people really hacked out of their BTC?

[hatshepsut93]

I never got hacked, but I once had a very close experience. I urgently needed Photoshop for some task, so I went to Piratebay and downloaded the first result and installed it. My PC was instantly infected with hundreds of samples of malware, so I immediately turned it off, formatted the disk and installed a fresh OS. Luckily my coins weren't stolen and none of my accounts were hacked. One of the first things I did after installing a new OS is migrating all my coins to a new wallet. Since then I stopped not only pirating software, but also installing any software unless absolutely necessary, and I always look for an open source option with good reputation, and so far I was never hacked.

[Alucard1]

Most of the people who get hacked are those who mostly don't know device security, hacking comes from. malware and that malware are mostly cams from downloading software or application specifically those fakes made by hackers. You may asp get hacked by clicking a link sent to you by a stranger and putting some of your personal information. You won't get hacked if you have good knowledge, it is all about knowledge.

[MCobian]

As far as I remember, I only experienced my BTC wallet hacking once. At that time, I wasn't careful and I clicked a phishing link, which resulted
in hackers being able to access my BTC wallet. Fortunately, at that time I didn't store large amounts of BTC in that wallet. So the amount of loss
that I experienced was not that big.

This has been an unforgettable experience for me, so lessons can be learned from my bad incident. Always be careful when clicking a link, pay
close attention to the address of the link that is being accessed according to what we are going to aim for. And avoid clicking on unknown links.

[pinggoki]

Has anyone here been hacked and if so, how? We should make sure that we share our stories of being hacked, even if they are painful,  to ensure that people do not repeat other people's mistakes.

Way back before I've been hack by an hacker in which he got the private keys on my blockchain and get my assets. This happens when I accidentally open a blockchain into a unsecured website, I've just realized that it is a phishing website because although the platform and the UI of the website was quite similar to the original blockchain yet there are some missing details on it, but still I've login my account there and viola after few more days I can't open my real blockchain account. Better if we will be always careful on websites that we are browsing because maybe that website is unsecured website and a phishing websites.

[ranochigo]

Very often. People always seems to fall for phishing scams, likely due to the fact that Google doesn't really care about the phishing reports as well and they run rampant at the ad slot in the searches. 2FA can only do so much to protect you but won't be able to do much against the user's incompetence. It's usually only used to protect the user from getting hacked from leaked passwords or from unauthorized logins only. Malwares can target the more complacent users and be able to trick more with well scripted malware. If you take precautions to only download from the websites that you trust, you shouldn't be facing any problems.

[Asuspawer09]

Has anyone here been hacked and if so, how? We should make sure that we share our stories of being hacked, even if they are painful,  to ensure that people do not repeat other people's mistakes.

My wallet was never hacked but I experience some of my accounts get hacked in the past but luckily it's not my wallet or any funds related account.

Most of the common ways were through emails like for example you get a receiving an email from your bank which is not really your bank telling that you have 0 balance already, or getting a brand deal email where they require you to download a file that runs a script or has malware in it. You can't really protect yourself 100% from hacks since there is no such thing as being 100% hack-proof in the cyberworld, it could happen or not happened to you as well but it's always better to be safe than sorry just like everyone says. I already received a lot of emails from brand deals from my photography email wanting a deal or something that's obviously malware or phising stuff.

These are some tips that you could do to lessen the chance of getting hack:

-Think before you click, always be careful of clicking a suspicious link
-Use a strong password, use the different passwords in different accounts, you could use a password manager to help you manage many passwords.
-use 2FA authentication, hackers might get access to your account but if you enable this it might help to avoid the hacker accessing your account.
-Only download from trusted sources, since this is where most of the virus and malware came from.
-Do not connect to an untrusted network or wifi, you could use VPN if you really need to.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

To be honest, I never experienced my funds getting hacked, and I don't want to experience it. It is why I always used a strong password and 2FA on my accounts, and I am cautious upon clicking on unnecessary links, emails, personal messages, etc. People get hacked very often because there are still people who still fall for money laundering, phishing, and other scams.

[bosede1]

I read about one today it was the personal email and password that was hacked yet but the person was afraid of the hackers won't get to the bitcoin account. From my perspective, I think one needs second backing for any account you are into like 2FA for Binance and sort

[Yatsan]

Most cases I have read and encountered from relatives and close friends getting hacked out of their Bitcoin are due to carelessness or irresponsibility on handling their accounts or storage where they kept their Bitcoins because some intruder have make way out of their notice to get into their accounts obviously to get rid of their Bitcoin and make it their own. There are cases that they have been get into a link or strange email redirecting them into some strange site or showing strange message and out of their notice their information have been already exposed to hackers and they have been easily jump into necessary data needed to hack their accounts. Most of those have happened because of ignorance since that just so happen when they are still starting their Bitcoin journey. So beware and keep yourself aware of such schemes.

[iv4n]

Most cases I have read and encountered from relatives and close friends getting hacked out of their Bitcoin are due to carelessness or irresponsibility on handling their accounts or storage where they kept their Bitcoins because some intruder have make way out of their notice to get into their accounts obviously to get rid of their Bitcoin and make it their own. There are cases that they have been get into a link or strange email redirecting them into some strange site or showing strange message and out of their notice their information have been already exposed to hackers and they have been easily jump into necessary data needed to hack their accounts. Most of those have happened because of ignorance since that just so happen when they are still starting their Bitcoin journey. So beware and keep yourself aware of such schemes.

I think it's like that with most robberies...someone close knows about the "stash", share it with right people and there you go! We can assume it's the same with Bitcoins now, someone close who is desperate for money will tip your wallet, it's valuable like anything else, with one great advantage, you can sell them easier than some other goods!
Not sure about how often people get hacked, but somehow I am sure a lot less than the ones who get scammed on some "regular online way"! Wrong investments in something that doesn't worth, doublers, online miners, scam casinos, ICO's, IEO's.... you just name it!

[Conley]

The issue of security has been a fundamental one for bitcoin since its development. On one hand, bitcoin itself is very difficult to hack, and that is largely due to the blockchain technology which supports it. As blockchain is constantly being reviewed by bitcoin users, hacks are unlikely.

[imstillthebest]

i almost got hack , it was one of my crypto faucet account but lucky that the faucet site that i use have enabled a 2fa like on my email but i didnt enable any 2fa on my self . the hacker didnt succesfuly logged on on my account because it needs an email confirmation and the hacker dont have an access to my email .

i dont know if how he know my password but i maybe got phished before that i didnt notice because i dont bookmark the faucet site  .my advice is always bookmark websites after validating that they are the original and always check the spelling of what you are visting . 2fa's are important , i almost forgot

[xiboothrezi]

Has anyone here been hacked and if so, how? We should make sure that we share our stories of being hacked, even if they are painful,  to ensure that people do not repeat other people's mistakes.

My blockchain wallet was hacked once, and all my BTC (which I collected from the event) was sent to another wallet belonging to that da*n hacker. I think the hacker started by hacking my email, somehow he could access my email, even though I already added 2fa. I know maybe I am careless, at first I was suspicious why I often get lots of notifications about airdrops, so I ignored it and all the incoming message notifications, maybe that's what hackers used to disguise email notification access from other devices.

It was truly a very rewarding, though painful experience. Since then I have been very cautious in this ecosystem, choosing a more secure wallet and managing primary and secondary e-mails. hopefully, this can be a lesson for others too, by separating the main email and the second email for other needs.

[Zilberia]

Recently one of my friends got hacked by lazy hackers He's been on vacation and his account on the exchange was hacked. I called these hackers lazy because they've been waiting for 3 days until they stole all bitcoins stored on balance. Actually, it's my friend's own fault because he had a low level of security but there is still a question where are the security services of platforms?

[avarnet]

I want to ask about how can someone hack myetherwallet account ?. previously in 2020 I experienced a hack where at that time I had saved the file on the Flashdisk. and still experience theft. how sophisticated they are to be able to do the hack. 2x I got hacked and made me finally sell my computer to buy a new one. I suspect my computer has a keylogger implanted

[Anonylz]

Has anyone here been hacked and if so, how? We should make sure that we share our stories of being hacked, even if they are painful,  to ensure that people do not repeat other people's mistakes.

I have never been hacked (and I hope it never happened) I do have a close relatives who got hacked and all her funds where transferred out of her wallet,  and what makes it worse was I introduce her to crypto, I felt really bad for what happened and try to help and assist her the best way I could,
After that experience she lost interest and I just let it be, didn't want to convince her again,  even though I tried teaching her how to keep her keys safe but some how hackers was able to get to her, still can't understand how they did it.

[pixie85]

I've never been hacked and I don't think that it happens often. You have to distinguish between being hacked on your own machine and your online account on some exchange.

The first case happens maybe to 0.1% of bitcoin users and only because they have no security on their machines. Many people don't even set up wifi passwords so it's a normal thing that they get hacked but still rare among bitcoin users. Some people download trojans, get them through spam emails and such.

The second case when your account gets hacked is much more common. I know many people who lost money on exchanges.

[vapourminer]

never been hacked, but ive sure lost a fair amount of coin through my own stupidity. as in being too clever hiding or otherwise storing seeds/wallet files/paper wallets etc, poor backup strategies (not testing them, poor execution and or media fails). one tends to learn fast in such situations.

so being hacked is certainly something to be aware of and everyone who wants to be their own bank needs to get at least the basics down.

i highly suggest yubikeys for 2FA. SIM swaps, fishing emails, email account takeovers.. a yubikey will protect against much of that. and hardware wallet/paper wallet or properly airgapped computers are a must, as well as protecting their location and environment.

[michellee]

Has anyone here been hacked and if so, how? We should make sure that we share our stories of being hacked, even if they are painful,  to ensure that people do not repeat other people's mistakes.

I do not get hacked so far, but I have the other bad experience before. My account can not access because the site is not online, and I got that experience early when I knew crypto. We already read about many accounts being hacked. Many of them are getting hacked because a little mistake such as do not activate the 2FA. It seems they do not care about their account and else. We can not feel 100% safety from hacker because they will search for a new target.

[torrantz]

Honestly most of the hacking occurs because of phishing or data stealing. Those hackers always have creative way to snatch private key and most of the people who got phished are really reckless in using internet like downloading app randomly, using some kind of unknown wallet and submits their privkey but that's hacking that occurs around some individuals. If you're asking how often it occured, I'd say it's more frequent than people imagined but just underreported. Company or projects however usually have some kind of exploit within their sytsem that could let hacker access their funds. This happen not quite often but sometimes the media making us freaks out and thus it seems hacking activities within projects or company occurs more often.

I want to ask about how can someone hack myetherwallet account ?. previously in 2020 I experienced a hack where at that time I had saved the file on the Flashdisk. and still experience theft. how sophisticated they are to be able to do the hack. 2x I got hacked and made me finally sell my computer to buy a new one. I suspect my computer has a keylogger implanted

Maybe the hacker have access to your clipboard history (when you do ctrl +c and ctrl +v) there's some history of chrome extension replacing address within clipboard history with the hackers' address aswell.