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Pmalek
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August 20, 2023, 07:35:54 AM
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I am guessing you were using the desktop version of Electrum. Who else from those close to you has access to your computer? I know people don't want to consider that but you shouldn't dismiss anything straight away.

If I was sitting at your computer where you have your Electrum wallet, how difficult would it be for me to access your wallet and take some coins if I wanted to?
Is your OS password-protected? If so, how complex is the password and who knows it?
Is your Electrum wallet file encrypted? Same question as above, is it a complex password and does anyone else know it?

How would you assess your ability to remain safe on the internet?
Would you know how to recognize a scam, a fake wallet, a phishing site?

What activities do you use that computer for?
Do you receive and click on email spam? Download files with weird attachments promising monetary rewards, gifts, etc.? What about torrents, pirated software, porn, unsafe permissions via social media, etc.?

All these questions can also be directed towards other users of your computer.   

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August 26, 2023, 11:47:03 PM
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Hello. Thank you first for answering and I will answer you in order:

I am guessing you were using the desktop version of Electrum. Who else from those close to you has access to your computer? I know people don't want to consider that but you shouldn't dismiss anything straight away.

If I was sitting at your computer where you have your Electrum wallet, how difficult would it be for me to access your wallet and take some coins if I wanted to?
Is your OS password-protected? If so, how complex is the password and who knows it?
Is your Electrum wallet file encrypted? Same question as above, is it a complex password and does anyone else know it?


Nobody. I only entered from my desktop PC located in my house and that only I use. Access to it is password protected in the BIOS and in the access to the operating system. I have never used Electrum on another computer or on my mobile devices.

How would you assess your ability to remain safe on the internet?
Would you know how to recognize a scam, a fake wallet, a phishing site?

What activities do you use that computer for?
Do you receive and click on email spam? Download files with weird attachments promising monetary rewards, gifts, etc.? What about torrents, pirated software, porn, unsafe permissions via social media, etc.?

Of course. I spend a lot of time online and I never open unknown emails and I check every site I enter. I also do not use the PC to download content or other activities of that type.

I repeat that I have always been very careful to take all the recommended security measures that are within my reach, except to use a cold wallet, so I still cannot understand how this has happened.




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August 27, 2023, 07:00:07 AM
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It's a mystery. But you surely made a wrong turn somewhere and someone or a piece of software got access to the secrets needed to spend from your wallet.
Based on your previous reply, you didn't say anything about encrypting your Electrum wallet. Can we conclude that you can run the software and spend from the wallet without needing to enter any passwords? 

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August 28, 2023, 06:19:09 AM
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It's a mystery. But you surely made a wrong turn somewhere and someone or a piece of software got access to the secrets needed to spend from your wallet.
Based on your previous reply, you didn't say anything about encrypting your Electrum wallet. Can we conclude that you can run the software and spend from the wallet without needing to enter any passwords? 

No. I always used the password-protected program with a password that I only used there and that I had memorized (not written down anywhere physically or digitally) so there is no way anyone could have accessed it. The other thing that continues to catch my attention, as I have already mentioned, is that they did not empty the entire wallet and if it had been a hack or someone who had accessed my private keys or passwords, the logical thing is that they would have emptied it completely.

Greetings and thanks for answering.

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August 28, 2023, 01:28:17 PM
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No. I always used the password-protected program with a password that I only used there and that I had memorized (not written down anywhere physically or digitally) so there is no way anyone could have accessed it.

As @Pmalek says, if everything is as you claim, then your case is a mystery (for now), but there must be an answer because nothing happens by chance. Given that you say that you have memorized the password (which is not very smart), is it a password that is easy to guess, or is it so simple that it would be easy to brute force it? Let's say that despite everything you've already written, someone still managed to get hold of your wallet, and then guessed/brute-forced your password.

The other thing that continues to catch my attention, as I have already mentioned, is that they did not empty the entire wallet and if it had been a hack or someone who had accessed my private keys or passwords, the logical thing is that they would have emptied it completely.

I already wrote my theory (although it sounds a bit cinematic), but I think that @pooya87 is probably much closer to a possible answer as to why the hacker did not clear the entire amount. Go back a few posts and read his answer again, but of course the question still arises as to how the hacker managed to penetrate your system in the first place.

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August 28, 2023, 03:33:24 PM
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Did anything change in your life after the last time you successfully used and accessed your wallet with its correct balance and the day when part of your coins was taken? Were there any negative events in that period of time? Did you owe anyone any money, did you promise someone something that you didn't keep, etc.? Did you get into conflicts with some people in that period? 

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December 28, 2023, 06:27:12 PM
Last edit: December 28, 2023, 08:18:30 PM by new19980
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No. I always used the password-protected program with a password that I only used there and that I had memorized (not written down anywhere physically or digitally) so there is no way anyone could have accessed it. The other thing that continues to catch my attention, as I have already mentioned, is that they did not empty the entire wallet and if it had been a hack or someone who had accessed my private keys or passwords, the logical thing is that they would have emptied it completely.
Greetings and thanks for answering.

OP said that he is using a program for password maybe its a fake program
 that he did steal his password and used it to decrypt the wallet file
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