My account is hacked for years

[falconerhacked]

Good day every body. Sorry to bothering you guys. I want to report that my account Falconer got hacked. I cannot remember exactly when the last time I posted with my account, but I think it is around 2019. Not sure how the hacker get access of my account, seems it because I don't put proper email for recovery at that time. The worst thing is, the hacker is from same country with me, Indonesia. He probably has controlling my account since 2019 until now and register in many signature campaigns. Luckily he didn't scammed anyone but he is still take the advantage of hacking my account.

I have valid proofs for my claim:
1. I participated in some of design contests in the past, which mostly in signature design and logo design. But this slick hacker know this and delete all of my submission posts on the all contest I join as you can see here;
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1468741.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1391374.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1400311.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1424917.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1158531.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1574173.0

You can see that I get mentioned by people there even won some prizes, but funny that my submissions are nott there. I dare the hacker to create one signature design. I am sure he can't.

2. I was in Bitcointalk for the long time, so I know some of important things happened in the past here. I am sure the hacker don't know about bipolarbob, master-p scam, qs scandal, and medusa-roslinpl rivalry. I was in signature design also, in DaDice, bitmixer.io, and Playtodos, managed by ndnhc and carra23.

3. The most important proof, my bitcoin address. My main bitcoin address used in bitcointalk and participating signature campaign is 15obAnwwEKxVSFJkqqn5NXHpZhAznZXUeY. The damn hacker know it and delete all of my post containing the bitcoin address. I also forget to stake my address on tomatocage thread. but luckily other people quote it and you can see below:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=978594.msg12482693#msg12482693
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1078943.msg11530715#msg11530715
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1119780.msg11871544#msg11871544
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1248467.msg15717209#msg15717209
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1522058.msg15321310#msg15321310
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1570898.msg15927928#msg15927928
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1697546.msg17267597#msg17267597
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1391374.msg14256314#msg14256314

I still have full control of this address, and I create sign message using the address

Code:

Address:
15obAnwwEKxVSFJkqqn5NXHpZhAznZXUeY
Message:
hello everybody. this is the real owner Falconer account
Signature:
IOLh0KLv0cy9ZG8qzHq0JoA/2VxN/gOuRUaiIg7j9iwBSeHKns8SzmOXPzoX/zUcjNvgvQ9gk8nCU5PWj/oLXko=

Please anybody can verify this message. I will appreciate it so much.


If you wonder why I just come, the answer is I work in remote area with limitation connection. Now I have moved to a city with good connection, so I think I can active again in bitcointalk. But I shock to see my account get stolen. Does it possible to claim the account back? If not, please tag the account with negative feedback, so the hacker cannot take advantage of my account anymore and he get kicked out from the campaign manager. I really hate this hacker. I ask your help guys, especially the DT users. Your help will be appreciated.

[DireWolfM14]

I still have full control of this address, and I create sign message using the address

Code:

Address:
15obAnwwEKxVSFJkqqn5NXHpZhAznZXUeY
Message:
hello everybody. this is the real owner Falconer account
Signature:
IOLh0KLv0cy9ZG8qzHq0JoA/2VxN/gOuRUaiIg7j9iwBSeHKns8SzmOXPzoX/zUcjNvgvQ9gk8nCU5PWj/oLXko=

Signed message verified. 

I've tagged the account.  Let me know when you've recovered it and I'll remove the tag.

It's also worth investigating to figure out how the hacker was able to breach your security.

[falconerhacked]

I still have full control of this address, and I create sign message using the address

Code:

Address:
15obAnwwEKxVSFJkqqn5NXHpZhAznZXUeY
Message:
hello everybody. this is the real owner Falconer account
Signature:
IOLh0KLv0cy9ZG8qzHq0JoA/2VxN/gOuRUaiIg7j9iwBSeHKns8SzmOXPzoX/zUcjNvgvQ9gk8nCU5PWj/oLXko=

Signed message verified. 

I've tagged the account.  Let me know when you've recovered it and I'll remove the tag.

It's also worth investigating to figure out how the hacker was able to breach your security.

Thank you for verify the message and tagging the account, DireWolfM14. I appreciate it very much. I have send the brief to the admin and hopefully can recover it. I am not sure how he hack, but maybe he use some phising address or he gets access of my account in some device that I forget to log out. To be honest, I am not so aware about my account security at that time. But I thank you for your help. After I get my account back I will message you.

[Plaguedeath]

So, do you have control over your email? on BPIP there was only password change in 2022.

It's a rare case, I read your post in 2019, for me there's no difference. It just that started from November 2021 your account switch to post about Bitcoin and Economy, before that the account is more active to discuss about Altcoins. But, it doesn't mean much to be honest, since the quality post is nothing different and able to speak Bahasa.

This thread should be moved to Meta because it's an appeal.

[holydarkness]

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This thread should be moved to Meta because it's an appeal.

I think it's more fitting to be in Reputation? Since it's not an appeal for a ban, and neither a scam, it's more about one specific account and the situation surrounding it. I think there are several other similar themed threads on repu, of people informing others that their account is currently hacked and not under their control [be it the forum account or telegram account] and ask helps to tag the accounts until they can retrieve it [proven by signed message]

[Upgrade00]

It's a rare case, I read your post in 2019, for me there's no difference.

I also think I've come across posts of that user and never suspected it to have been hacked. I may have not paid too much attention but account hackers like to go underground and not post in general forum boards.
The signed message provided is a big enough proof that the op here may be the actual owner of the account, question is if they lost it to a hack or sold it. Account tagged till the ownership is settled.

I think it's more fitting to be in Reputation? Since it's not an appeal for a ban, and neither a scam, it's more about one specific account and the situation surrounding it.

The user is also asking for a means to get their account back, meta could get the faster attention from the recovery team.

[falconerhacked]

So, do you have control over your email? on BPIP there was only password change in 2022.

It's a rare case, I read your post in 2019, for me there's no difference. It just that started from November 2021 your account switch to post about Bitcoin and Economy, before that the account is more active to discuss about Altcoins. But, it doesn't mean much to be honest, since the quality post is nothing different and able to speak Bahasa.

This thread should be moved to Meta because it's an appeal.

To be honest I don't remember what email I use when registering my account, and I didn't really care about the email because I thought it is not important, as long as I remember the bitcointalk account username and the password. I'm not sure why the password change in 2022, maybe the hacker can explain it instead of avoid this thread and keep posting at this time. He should aware of this thread after his account tagged right?

It's a rare case, I read your post in 2019, for me there's no difference.

I also think I've come across posts of that user and never suspected it to have been hacked. I may have not paid too much attention but account hackers like to go underground and not post in general forum boards.
The signed message provided is a big enough proof that the op here may be the actual owner of the account, question is if they lost it to a hack or sold it. Account tagged till the ownership is settled.

I was an active poster in my local board and I also joined some design contests, but not sure why no my local fellow suspect the account never join any design contest anymore. I have explored the forum and there are so many design contests in the past during my inactive time, yet this account never participated once. The most suspicious thing is this hacker delete all of my submission posts in signature design contests I joined in the past. But this hacker recognise we share same similar interest, football discussion, so he can continue to posts without taking attention so much.

By the way, thank you Upgrade00 and Plaguedeath for tag the account.

[Falconer]

Upgrade00, Plaguedeath, DireWolfM14, please don't rush to ruin the reputation of the account that I have built over the years. Please be patient for a moment and wait to see what I can explain to you. Hope this is useful.

This is not a case of hacking as explained by the OP above and this is a personal case between me and the OP.
Most likely, the OP is one of my creative teams in the past who got paid for the services provided to me. He is good at designing sign sets and various logos as he has explained, it is his specialty, but it is all paid for as agreed between the two of us.

Considering he was my creative team at that time, he had the right to have access to my account and also the devices I used. One of the flash disks where I stored a lot of data was lost while he was working, as was the notebook which he said was stolen by someone. That's why I no longer employ him and I no longer want to work with him at that time. He knows quite a lot of things and even some cases that happened around the forum between some users and maybe he followed them as long as he got access to this account. But I realized that, when we work with someone, the best advice is "don't trust him 100%". Now that the advice was true and proven, he came back and came to stab me in the back.

I also want to let the OP know that since she was removed from the team, I've built a new, profitable business. I could have invited you back if you had the good initiative instead of trying to stab me in the back. This account would probably never have been useful to me until now without your help and hard work in the past. No scammed has occurred with this account from the past until now, that's because the main goal is to earn income while learning.

I could even give you access to this account like before now if you had the good initiative, but not after what you did today. Even if you have any data about this account and any knowledge, it may not make you automatically get this account. You realize that for sure, but your next goal is truly terrible. For your information, I have changed the email and password for this account several times since I controlled it myself, this is for security reasons because of my concerns about cases like this in the future.

Does it possible to claim the account back? If not, please tag the account with negative feedback, so the hacker cannot take advantage of my account anymore and he get kicked out from the campaign manager. I really hate this hacker. I ask your help guys, especially the DT users. Your help will be appreciated.

Alright friends, you can now consider whatever you think is trustworthy. You can't force me to sign messages from the same bitcoin address the OP has, now only he has it. I also don't design signatures and logos, that's not my skill, it's a skill I paid for in the past.

OP, I don't want to mention your name here, but come home if you need help. I'll serve you delicious food and a cup of coffee, but first throw away the knife you're hiding.

[Upgrade00]

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Can you sign any of the addresses listed here; https://ninjastic.space/addresses?author=Falconer
Non Bitcoin addresses also count, it'll help if you can sign multiple addresses there which were used before 2020.

I'll be changing my feedback to a neutral one for now until the dispute is settled.

[tranthidung]

Alright friends, you can now consider whatever you think is trustworthy. You can't force me to sign messages from the same bitcoin address the OP has, now only he has it. I also don't design signatures and logos, that's not my skill, it's a skill I paid for in the past.

No one from community can verify the story you wrote, so it means nothing to prove original and current ownership of the account.

In forum, there are some ways to prove your account ownership.

• Bitcoin signed message from your stake Bitcoin address in the past. You don't have it.
• PGP message signed by your PGP key that needs to be written, staked somewhere in the forum in the past too. I don't say you mention about it but possibly you don't have it too.
  
  • The BCT PGP/GPG Public Key Database: Stake Your PGP Key Here

Forum admins can have other details like your log-in IP, locations, email and more but it's not what community members can access and verify.

I have send the brief to the admin and hopefully can recover it. I am not sure how he hack, but maybe he use some phising address or he gets access of my account in some device that I forget to log out. To be honest, I am not so aware about my account security at that time.

You can wait for replies from admins, but from 2019 to 2024, it is 5 years and it's really long time just to know that your account was hacked.

Forum was hacked 3 times in 2011, 2013 and 2015, and your account registration date is in 2014. Another theory is your account was hacked in 2015, not in 2019 or later years.

Bitcointalk history of hacks and vandalism.

[coin-investor]

Upgrade00, Plaguedeath, DireWolfM14, please don't rush to ruin the reputation of the account that I have built over the years. Please be patient for a moment and wait to see what I can explain to you. Hope this is useful.

This is not a case of hacking as explained by the OP above and this is a personal case between me and the OP.
Most likely, the OP is one of my creative teams in the past who got paid for the services provided to me. He is good at designing sign sets and various logos as he has explained, it is his specialty, but it is all paid for as agreed between the two of us.

Do you have an idea on who this is  you mentioned to be part of the team, and do you have a record of conversations between the two of you, To back up your claim.

OP has a proof of ownership based on the forum rules of signing through addresses that were used here. You have to show something that is stronger than what OP shows, if you can only provide story, then you are losing your case and your account will be tagged as a hacked account.

Are you not aware something like this could happen, that you never post anything that one day this thing will happen because of the situation that you are involved with with one of your team members?

[nutildah]

Alright friends, you can now consider whatever you think is trustworthy. You can't force me to sign messages from the same bitcoin address the OP has, now only he has it.

So your story is you left the unencrypted key for your forum bitcoin address on a thumb drive, it got stolen, and now the thief is using it to claim ownership of your account? It was also your only copy of the key?

I also don't design signatures and logos, that's not my skill, it's a skill I paid for in the past.

But you were involved in signature design contests -- so you were outsourcing your design entries?

One other thing: do these accounts mean anything to you?

Mr.sprin
amihada

Frankly I don't believe either one of you. The simplest explanation is the most likely, which is the account was sold & the original owner is trying to take it back.

[falconerhacked]

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The fact is, my close friend, student in same university, created this account to me and give it to me to explore bitcointalk and doing postings and finally find design contests that suitable with my skill. He said I have full control of it and we share the password and username as we trust each other. BUT, after I find out the account is not under my control anymore, I tell my friend but he said he don't know. Tell me, is that you my friend? If so, why you don't tell me before?

Edit: If you are really my friend, tell me the initial letter of city our university.

[Z-tight]

BUT, after I find out the account is not under my control anymore, I tell my friend but he said he don't know. Tell me, is that you my friend? If so, why you don't tell me before?

This is funny, so the current holder of the account might be your friend who created the account for you? Is that what you are trying to say.

Edit: If you are really my friend, tell me the initial letter of city our university.

Lol, if your friend truly wanted to steal the account and keep your friendship, then they'll not answer this for sure. The whole story sounds unbelievable, from the both parties actually. Did you sell this account and you want to recover it now?

[NotATether]

Sorry but I too am not sure who to believe in this situation.

OP has the benefit of signed messages from old addresses. This makes it suspicious in addition to the original account's bitcoin addresses being wiped.

But it seems like you two shared the account. The forum administration can only help with account recovery in case of a hack.

[Ojima-ojo]

I believe the ops more that the accused hacker and the reason is that from the perceived hacker explaination above, it obvious that he made up this story just to seek simpaty and shift attention, but lies are always easily spoted, for example in his explanation, he referred to the ops as she and he as the Same time, which show's that he did not know the ops in question as he claims.


Because for someone who work on your team, knowing the gender should be an easy thing so referring to ops as both she and he at the same time exposes alot about the authenticity of his claims.

[LoyceV]

He probably has controlling my account since 2019 until now and register in many signature campaigns. Luckily he didn't scammed anyone but he is still take the advantage of hacking my account.
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I work in remote area with limitation connection.

Even when you're in a remote area, 5 years is a lot of time to notice this! That also means all 600+ Merits earned by Falconer are earned by the current account owner.

I still have full control of this address, and I create sign message using the address

Code:

Address:
15obAnwwEKxVSFJkqqn5NXHpZhAznZXUeY
Message:
hello everybody. this is the real owner Falconer account
Signature:
IOLh0KLv0cy9ZG8qzHq0JoA/2VxN/gOuRUaiIg7j9iwBSeHKns8SzmOXPzoX/zUcjNvgvQ9gk8nCU5PWj/oLXko=

To be thorough: can you add the date to the signed message, and say "falconerhacked is my alt account"? The current signed message could have been created by the real account owner years ago.

OP, I don't want to mention your name here, but come home if you need help. I'll serve you delicious food and a cup of coffee, but first throw away the knife you're hiding.

Now that's an unexpected twist.

Considering he was my creative team at that time, he had the right to have access to my account
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I also want to let the OP know that since she was removed from the team

Your story doesn't add up.

But you were involved in signature design contests -- so you were outsourcing your design entries?

It sounds like the account was used by multiple people at the time, so the one posting "Here is my design" may have been the acutal designer.

Frankly I don't believe either one of you.

Sorry but I too am not sure who to believe in this situation.

I'm so glad I don't have to take account recovery decisions

@Falconer: why did you delete the messages posted by OP?

[Alone055]

Frankly I don't believe either one of you. The simplest explanation is the most likely, which is the account was sold & the original owner is trying to take it back.

Yeah, it seems like it. I first thought OP had a case until I read the post from the current account holder.

The one who owns the account currently has no proof of ownership:

Alright friends, you can now consider whatever you think is trustworthy. You can't force me to sign messages from the same bitcoin address the OP has, now only he has it. I also don't design signatures and logos, that's not my skill, it's a skill I paid for in the past.

And the one who has the proof of ownership seems confused:

The fact is, my close friend, student in same university, created this account to me and give it to me to explore bitcointalk and doing postings and finally find design contests that suitable with my skill. He said I have full control of it and we share the password and username as we trust each other. BUT, after I find out the account is not under my control anymore, I tell my friend but he said he don't know. Tell me, is that you my friend? If so, why you don't tell me before?

Edit: If you are really my friend, tell me the initial letter of city our university.

So, what should be the solution for this case? I would say, the account in question, Falconer, should get red-tagged by a bunch of DT members and should be left like that. This way, OP won't get the account back, and the current owner won't be able to use it for anything, unless, of course, one of them manages to actually prove they are the original owner of the account.

[Plaguedeath]

Full of drama and I don't understand with the situation, but what's certain is @OP looks more experienced since he mention about old users which I don't know at all.

Let's not forget with this image.

Because for someone who work on your team, knowing the gender should be an easy thing so referring to ops as both she and he at the same time exposes alot about the authenticity of his claims.

He actually know.

So, his friend was a man, but his friend choose to become transgender, that's why he call his friend now with "she".

[LoyceV]

So, his friend was a man, but his friend choose to become transgender, that's why he call his friend now with "she".

On second thought: this confusion could be because it's the same word in Indonesian:

Dia = He / She

Indonesian is gender neutral when it comes to pronouns, so there are no differences between saying "He" and "She". When talking about the third person, the word Dia will suffice, whether referring to a man, a woman.