Bitcointalk account hacking/phishing Alert

[Ojima-ojo]

Out of curiosity, I visited the address on my browser by just inputting thegermanaccess.com and it lead to a website who's vision and mission is more about availing foreign nations the opportunity to study in Germany and learn the German language.

From the look of it, the site seems legitimate but, these hackers tries to use it for a cloak to use legitimacy in hiding there intent. It's a good thing they've been banned but, that doesn't mean they would for ever stay away as, they could always create an alt.

It becomes a matter of necessity that users be careful of the links they respond to and don't rush to login in the event of being logged out. You cod always go back and refresh the page just to be sure. At other times, always examine the browser, link and interface. Should you find any suspicion, report to the forum and have it sorted out.

As a matter of fact i dont long out my account from my browser, and as much as possible i dont use my password, while i was visiting the link when it was sent to my inbox i discovered the site is different from bitcointalk and is an unsecured site so I quickly riased the alarm here.

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[GeorgeJohn]

Cases like this have been happening for some time now on this forum, but we need to be more careful because lately this kind of hack attempt is more prominent and a lot of users are falling for this trick from hackers looking for ways to steal your login information.

Actually you are right, because theirs one certain time i noticed that some people do complain of hacking of account. And i flashbacks to people who sell account how do this people get the account they do sell to people. So it's obvious majority of the alternative accounts that is disturbing the community with spam and shit posts.

[Ojima-ojo]

Just a head up to everyone, this guy is still in the forum may be with another username since his account were red tagged.

You all should be careful out there and never click any link sent to you via pm, it could be a trap to get your account hacked.

[Stedsm]

I've always been wary of and had been saying this all the time that whatever URL we see here, we shouldn't blindly trust it and should at least check it by right clicking on it and then copy it and paste it on notepad before actually opening it. There are some pages or website (country based) which, if you open them, have the ability to steal anything you've got in your bank account. Every single user here (especially newbies) should take a note about this and never open a link directly because what you're shown as a link can also redirect you to somewhere else.

Example:

https://Google.com

Click on the link above and see where you go, you'll understand.

[Cantsay]

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I think a safer way would be for you to just avoid click on any link that would take you outside the forum and you can easily spot the forum's link by hovering on top when you do that it (the link) turns green while the link that will direct you outside the forum does not turn green.
With this, you could easily avoid links without having to click on them.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Example:

https://Google.com

Click on the link above and see where you go, you'll understand.

You can also quote the post to see what's behind the link. I don't think this is a big problem for people who have been online for a long time. Beginners, and especially curious beginners, will have to go through the path firsthand.

[John Abraham]

You can also quote the post to see what's behind the link. I don't think this is a big problem for people who have been online for a long time. Beginners, and especially curious beginners, will have to go through the path firsthand.

81% of Forum users use Desktop to visit this forum. While mobile users can check the link by quoting the post, Desktop users can check it more easily by hovering over it before clicking it. I am unsure if a simple visit can hack any account without writing credentials. Phishing collects credentials only when you write that on the website. Also, It's understandable that you won't get logged out when you visit in-forum links. If you click on any link that redirects you to the login page, That's Odd. You are already logged in to the forum. Why would it ask again to log in if you did not log out or clear the browser? This forum doesn't require login to check forum posts. I guess most forum users know what I have written so far.

[Saisher]

I've always been wary of and had been saying this all the time that whatever URL we see here, we shouldn't blindly trust it and should at least check it by right clicking on it and then copy it and paste it on notepad before actually opening it. There are some pages or website (country based) which, if you open them, have the ability to steal anything you've got in your bank account. Every single user here (especially newbies) should take a note about this and never open a link directly because what you're shown as a link can also redirect you to somewhere else.

Example:

https://Google.com

Click on the link above and see where you go, you'll understand.

Or you can hover your mouse over the link and you can see where the link cloak link is heading you check the image below and its heading to a Youtube link, the most important thing is never to click the link without knowing what the link is and where it is heading, some cloak links are download links and if you do not have a good AV it will directly download it to your computer, just be careful on links with the word .exe at the end

[Findingnemo]

You can also quote the post to see what's behind the link. I don't think this is a big problem for people who have been online for a long time. Beginners, and especially curious beginners, will have to go through the path firsthand.

81% of Forum users use Desktop to visit this forum. While mobile users can check the link by quoting the post, Desktop users can check it more easily by hovering over it before clicking it. I am unsure if a simple visit can hack any account without writing credentials. Phishing collects credentials only when you write that on the website. Also, It's understandable that you won't get logged out when you visit in-forum links. If you click on any link that redirects you to the login page, That's Odd. You are already logged in to the forum. Why would it ask again to log in if you did not log out or clear the browser? This forum doesn't require login to check forum posts. I guess most forum users know what I have written so far.

It is possible to get the access of your device by simply clicking a link and its already proved by the cyber experts on many occasions that is why you should not be too careless whenever you receive a random link in any social media including bitcointalk.

Generally I delete such kind of messages and if I found its having any malicious link then never hesitated to report it to admin so do the same and the member who is involving in such practice will definitely get their penalty either temp or permanent ban.

[Woodie]

Example:

https://Google.com

Click on the link above and see where you go, you'll understand.

You can also quote the post to see what's behind the link. I don't think this is a big problem for people who have been online for a long time. Beginners, and especially curious beginners, will have to go through the path firsthand.

I was going to say using Twitter or telegram does unmask the link behind the link especially for URL shorteners like bitly etcetera but not in this scenario, but your solution of quoting of the post does show the hidden link ,so does hovering on the link exposes the link  somewhere in the left bottom of the screen if you are using a desktop ,easy pizzy

81% of Forum users use Desktop to visit this forum.

Followed the link you shared, unfortunately numbers look inconclusive and if anything I think we have more users using mobile devices than a desktop which is scary in terms of these security concerns.

[albon]

If you look at the second screenshot closely you will discover the address in the address bar is not Bitcointalk

So once you fall victim by inputting your forum password your details will be stolen and your account gone.

Thank you everyone for sharing this warning. Although the scam method used is old, it is through a fake page, but the deception lies in the scammer putting the BBCode in order to show the link in front of you, not the one that will be opened. For me, before I click on any links here in the forum I right-click with the mouse on the link that was sent to me, then click on Copy Link Address, and then I put the link in the top bar of the browser or in a note to check it before opening it. It is good that the scammers have been banned now.

[John Abraham]

81% of Forum users use Desktop to visit this forum.

Followed the link you shared, unfortunately numbers look inconclusive and if anything I think we have more users using mobile devices than a desktop which is scary in terms of these security concerns.

I didn't get you. Did you read the post I wrote with the image? Bitcointalk.org had 3.1 Million visits from Mobile just on October 22. After that, Mobile device visits dropped significantly. Bitcointalk.org has around 250K to 300K monthly mobile visits on average. In comparison, It has around 900K to 1.2 Million Desktop visits every month. October 2022 was exceptional, and it's a mystery. I do not have any explanation because I also have doubts about the accuracy of those stats, which I also wrote in that post. It seems we are going off-topic here. Mobile users have to be careful when they click on any link.

[Popkon6]

81% of Forum users use Desktop to visit this forum.

Followed the link you shared, unfortunately numbers look inconclusive and if anything I think we have more users using mobile devices than a desktop which is scary in terms of these security concerns.

I didn't get you. Did you read the post I wrote with the image? Bitcointalk.org had 3.1 Million visits from Mobile just on October 22. After that, Mobile device visits dropped significantly. Bitcointalk.org has around 250K to 300K monthly mobile visits on average. In comparison, It has around 900K to 1.2 Million Desktop visits every month. October 2022 was exceptional, and it's a mystery. I do not have any explanation because I also have doubts about the accuracy of those stats, which I also wrote in that post. It seems we are going off-topic here. Mobile users have to be careful when they click on any link.

No one should fall into the cheating trap of hacking. It seems to be a scam so all brothers including us in this bitcoin forum should be careful.  Once you fall into such a fraud trap, there is no chance of surviving a second time, so whatever link you click on, you should enter the link carefully. And stay away from some links asking to connect.

[John Abraham]

No one should fall into the cheating trap of hacking. It seems to be a scam so all brothers including us in this bitcoin forum should be careful.  Once you fall into such a fraud trap, there is no chance of surviving a second time, so whatever link you click on, you should enter the link carefully. And stay away from some links asking to connect.

Nobody wants to step into a trap. But, eventually, we do. It's not easy to keep yourself safe on the internet. Mostly we browse the internet effortlessly. We don't know where the phishing link is hiding. We realize once we step into a trap and our accounts get compromised. It's hard to stay safe if you are a mobile user. There are a lot of reputed members' accounts that were hacked before. I don't know how their account was hacked. But, I see an old thread about BitcoinGirl.Club's account was hacked somehow. Her email was compromised.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

I don't know how their account was hacked. But, I see an old thread about BitcoinGirl.Club's account was hacked somehow. Her email was compromised.

It was one of the worst time. It not only effected my bitcointalk account but effect many other accounts including exchanges. Manually I had to change email for possible all online accounts. Some of them took even a month to finish then entire process.

I had to change my wallets too, just in case to make sure I am not using compromised wallet. When you are attacked by a hacker no matter how it happen, I guess you need to change everything you had associated in the device and the account that was hacked.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

So bad to see how this guy keep trying to hack people's accounts and the rise in the sale of accounts, this situation needs to be given close attention.

I think everything begins with him sending unsolicited PMs to members, some will ignore while some may respond to him, i think the forum has to make this an additional efforts by looking into every reported PM and judge the case base on the content of the message sent in placing a ban on the sender, i believe so much that this is part of the reasons why some members restrict newbies from sending them PMs.