I was hacked (1170btc stolen) - 500btc max BOUNTY

[The Avenger]

He's finally dipped into the 539BTC stash and moved it on. Oops and spent a little of it

[1715108403]

1715108403

[DeboraMeeks]

Holy shit, sorry for your loss and I hope you get it all back... Some people are assholes..

[SirChiko]

He's sending the 'tags' to a mixer.

He's telling us he is no amateur - he is extremely bitcoin savvy. So any thoughts he/she is a novice are out the window now (just like the feds hacker - take a look ).

The next interesting thing is he is only moving the tags. He knows if he spends anything from the stolen stash, the crime is complete.

If he just going to wait it out until someone comes a knockin' on his door?

He has already stolen and touched these coins so it already is a crime i guess?

[The Avenger]

He's sending the 'tags' to a mixer.

He's telling us he is no amateur - he is extremely bitcoin savvy. So any thoughts he/she is a novice are out the window now (just like the feds hacker - take a look ).

The next interesting thing is he is only moving the tags. He knows if he spends anything from the stolen stash, the crime is complete.

If he just going to wait it out until someone comes a knockin' on his door?

He has already stolen and touched these coins so it already is a crime i guess?

Of course you are right  - there is a crime already.

Maybe I should have said the intention is complete if he/she starts to mix the stolen coins - there is no way they could ever claim they intended to return it etc.

[LiteCoinGuy]

hopefully you get it back before Zerocoin is launching...

[farl4web]

You are doing great work guys. Together we will track him down. Has anyone seen ricky james? Or is he already at the doorstep of the thief? 

[jabo38]

Can you imagine how much pressure he/she must be under knowing these is a $300,000 bounty on his/her head?

Every noise must be analysed - is it something new, or just the regular sounds of the house? Is there someone outside?

If our hacker lives in a city, any time he/she hears a siren, he must freeze. Is it past yet? Feeling the sweat streaming down his back. Can he escape through the window? Why is his chest so tight? Will he fight? Will he pretend he knows nothing if apprehended?

Who is after him? Did he make any mistakes? Did he try to log into the dropbox a few days before, without being behind tor. Is that logged? Is he sure his IP hasn't been revealed somewhere? Is it even possible to be truly traceless? As a hacker, he knows it's not possible.

Listening to the silence hacker?

Where I came out of, people got shot for hundreds of dollars.

This hacker is clearly a computer chair hacker in that he has no idea how the rest of the criminal world works.

Stealing that amount if bitcoin is so stupid because of the way bitcoin can be tracked.

The hackers need only make one small mistake and he will be busted. His best hope is to return the btc. His second best hope is that the police catch him. The last and worse option is three large dudes show up to collect the bounty. What isn't an option is that the hacker gets to live happily ever after spending the coins.

My prediction is that the hacker is in jail or dead in less than two weeks.

[Marty N. Gale]

what the heck? that's a helluva lot money... geez! so sorry!

[SirChiko]

He's sending the 'tags' to a mixer.

He's telling us he is no amateur - he is extremely bitcoin savvy. So any thoughts he/she is a novice are out the window now (just like the feds hacker - take a look ).

The next interesting thing is he is only moving the tags. He knows if he spends anything from the stolen stash, the crime is complete.

If he just going to wait it out until someone comes a knockin' on his door?

He has already stolen and touched these coins so it already is a crime i guess?

Of course you are right  - there is a crime already.

Maybe I should have said the intention is complete if he/she starts to mix the stolen coins - there is no way they could ever claim they intended to return it etc.

After he started splitting them it was already obivious, i just hope that he gets doxed and beaten by someone (just a lection) or beaten by big black penis in jail.

[roslinpl]

Can you imagine how much pressure he/she must be under knowing these is a $300,000 bounty on his/her head?

Every noise must be analysed - is it something new, or just the regular sounds of the house? Is there someone outside?

If our hacker lives in a city, any time he/she hears a siren, he must freeze. Is it past yet? Feeling the sweat streaming down his back. Can he escape through the window? Why is his chest so tight? Will he fight? Will he pretend he knows nothing if apprehended?

Who is after him? Did he make any mistakes? Did he try to log into the dropbox a few days before, without being behind tor. Is that logged? Is he sure his IP hasn't been revealed somewhere? Is it even possible to be truly traceless? As a hacker, he knows it's not possible.

Listening to the silence hacker?

Where I came out of, people got shot for hundreds of dollars.

This hacker is clearly a computer chair hacker in that he has no idea how the rest of the criminal world works.

Stealing that amount if bitcoin is so stupid because of the way bitcoin can be tracked.

The hackers need only make one small mistake and he will be busted. His best hope is to return the btc. His second best hope is that the police catch him. The last and worse option is three large dudes show up to collect the bounty. What isn't an option is that the hacker gets to live happily ever after spending the coins.

My prediction is that the hacker is in jail or dead in less than two weeks.

Scambags should get the instant karma.
He don't deserve to die he deserves to be punished :-)
I don't know how to track him at the moment but I am sure that head hunters will get him.
500btc price is enough to make the best head hunters join this searchings.

This h@x0r must be really depressed atm. As he know that those coins are gonna to be tracked till his end.

[colinistheman]

Couldn't the thief just launder the coins bit by bit and get away with it scot-free?

For example: You could just trade some of them for another virtual currency on some random exchange, and then convert what you bought back into BTC, and voila, clean bitcoins. Or use a laundering service. It seems really easy to get around if you're smart? Which obviously this person is to have been able to steal them in the first place. I am just looking at it realistically.

I DO hope that you get them back. This person is a criminal and deserves to be caught.

[SirChiko]

Couldn't the thief just launder the coins bit by bit and get away with it scot-free?

For example: You could just trade some of them for another virtual currency on some random exchange, and then convert what you bought back into BTC, and voila, clean bitcoins. Or use a laundering service. It seems really easy to get around if you're smart? Which obviously this person is to have been able to steal them in the first place. I am just looking at it realistically.

I DO hope that you get them back. This person is a criminal and deserves to be caught.

Congratulations, if the thief is reading this topic and didn't come to that, then you have just helped him

[validium]

Couldn't the thief just launder the coins bit by bit and get away with it scot-free?

For example: You could just trade some of them for another virtual currency on some random exchange, and then convert what you bought back into BTC, and voila, clean bitcoins. Or use a laundering service. It seems really easy to get around if you're smart? Which obviously this person is to have been able to steal them in the first place. I am just looking at it realistically.

I DO hope that you get them back. This person is a criminal and deserves to be caught.

Congratulations, if the thief is reading this topic and didn't come to that, then you have just helped him

Its only a matter of time when the thief finds a good mixing service and from there it will be next to impossible finding the culprit

Anyway hope you find him/her/them and get back your coins.

[roslinpl]

Couldn't the thief just launder the coins bit by bit and get away with it scot-free?

For example: You could just trade some of them for another virtual currency on some random exchange, and then convert what you bought back into BTC, and voila, clean bitcoins. Or use a laundering service. It seems really easy to get around if you're smart? Which obviously this person is to have been able to steal them in the first place. I am just looking at it realistically.

I DO hope that you get them back. This person is a criminal and deserves to be caught.

Congratulations, if the thief is reading this topic and didn't come to that, then you have just helped him

I don't think he helped him :-) as this will not really work :-)
When he will transfer coins into an exchange then we might get a chance to track this transaction. And later track his exchange account :-)

[validium]

Couldn't the thief just launder the coins bit by bit and get away with it scot-free?

For example: You could just trade some of them for another virtual currency on some random exchange, and then convert what you bought back into BTC, and voila, clean bitcoins. Or use a laundering service. It seems really easy to get around if you're smart? Which obviously this person is to have been able to steal them in the first place. I am just looking at it realistically.

I DO hope that you get them back. This person is a criminal and deserves to be caught.

Congratulations, if the thief is reading this topic and didn't come to that, then you have just helped him

Its only a matter of time when the thief finds a good mixing service and from there it will be next to impossible finding the culprit

Anyway hope you find him/her/them and get back your coins.

Why mixing provider will clean them for some bitcoins if he can earn 500 btc by returning those stolen coins.

If the thief is smart he wont send all the coins at once to the mixing service but in parts

*Cough cough* you guys shouldn't post ideas or plans if you want to catch him.

Let me shut up now 

[KeyserSozeMC]

Den thelw na se kanw na niwseis asxhma, alla einai sxedon apithano na vrethei opoios eklepse ta coins.

Eidika etsi pou den dineis polles plhrofories.

Grapse ap'to alfa mexri to omega ti exeis kanei tous perasmenous 2 mhnes genika ( Oti mporeis na thimitheis ). Tha eukolineis th diadikasia para polu.

https://twitter.com/ThisWeeksCoin/status/487980115142639616


Kalh tuxh,



KSMC

[SirChiko]

Couldn't the thief just launder the coins bit by bit and get away with it scot-free?

For example: You could just trade some of them for another virtual currency on some random exchange, and then convert what you bought back into BTC, and voila, clean bitcoins. Or use a laundering service. It seems really easy to get around if you're smart? Which obviously this person is to have been able to steal them in the first place. I am just looking at it realistically.

I DO hope that you get them back. This person is a criminal and deserves to be caught.

Congratulations, if the thief is reading this topic and didn't come to that, then you have just helped him

I don't think he helped him :-) as this will not really work :-)
When he will transfer coins into an exchange then we might get a chance to track this transaction. And later track his exchange account :-)

That was the point of my post, if he does would it then he would probably do it...well, before you came in.

[goose20]

Sucks to see this happen to such a good guy in this community.
Sucks to see it happen full stop.
Reassuring that lots of peeps have jumped on the hunt.
Good luck OP.

[The Avenger]

Something new happening. He is barely waiting for confirmations and sending coins down the rabbit hole, pealing off small amounts (<3BTC) as he goes.

Then it seems, trying to reconsolidate the small amounts.

https://blockchain.info/address/1G9tMECjMVhZui1bey1hVFD4diBeCem6eM

Gonna take a long time to shift 1170BTC like that  

[Jamie_Boulder]

This is truly disheartening, I wish you the best of luck in recovering your stolen Bitcoins.