Scammers steal $4M in crypto during face-to-face meeting (theregister.com) 38 points by LinuxBender 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] zardo 3y ago ↗ It sounds like that screen that appears not to show the private key, does actually show the private key. [–] tromp 3y ago ↗ No sane wallet shows private keys without an explicit action by the user to do so. Sounds like the wallet software they used was compromised somehow. [–] uSoldering 3y ago ↗ If we're speculating I'll go with a NFC 0day. [–] failsecure 3y ago ↗ Or Trust Wallet 0 day. [–] kobalsky 3y ago ↗ they focused way to much on the story and not on the important stuff.there's a lot of WEs, who else had access to the device they used? what was the device being used for before? was it properly reset? what's the model and OS version?my bet is inside job. [–] onemoresoop 3y ago ↗ Yeah, it's so easy to say we got hacked while secretly giggling on the inside. It's even possible to avoid taxes and such with a purported hack. [–] PM_me_your_math 3y ago ↗ So you're thinking it could have been an inside job at the top? If that turns out to be what happened, I'll remember this comment as you calling it. [–] [deleted] 3y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] tromp 3y ago ↗ No sane wallet shows private keys without an explicit action by the user to do so. Sounds like the wallet software they used was compromised somehow. [–] uSoldering 3y ago ↗ If we're speculating I'll go with a NFC 0day. [–] failsecure 3y ago ↗ Or Trust Wallet 0 day. [–] kobalsky 3y ago ↗ they focused way to much on the story and not on the important stuff.there's a lot of WEs, who else had access to the device they used? what was the device being used for before? was it properly reset? what's the model and OS version?my bet is inside job. [–] onemoresoop 3y ago ↗ Yeah, it's so easy to say we got hacked while secretly giggling on the inside. It's even possible to avoid taxes and such with a purported hack. [–] PM_me_your_math 3y ago ↗ So you're thinking it could have been an inside job at the top? If that turns out to be what happened, I'll remember this comment as you calling it.
[–] uSoldering 3y ago ↗ If we're speculating I'll go with a NFC 0day. [–] failsecure 3y ago ↗ Or Trust Wallet 0 day. [–] kobalsky 3y ago ↗ they focused way to much on the story and not on the important stuff.there's a lot of WEs, who else had access to the device they used? what was the device being used for before? was it properly reset? what's the model and OS version?my bet is inside job. [–] onemoresoop 3y ago ↗ Yeah, it's so easy to say we got hacked while secretly giggling on the inside. It's even possible to avoid taxes and such with a purported hack. [–] PM_me_your_math 3y ago ↗ So you're thinking it could have been an inside job at the top? If that turns out to be what happened, I'll remember this comment as you calling it.
[–] kobalsky 3y ago ↗ they focused way to much on the story and not on the important stuff.there's a lot of WEs, who else had access to the device they used? what was the device being used for before? was it properly reset? what's the model and OS version?my bet is inside job. [–] onemoresoop 3y ago ↗ Yeah, it's so easy to say we got hacked while secretly giggling on the inside. It's even possible to avoid taxes and such with a purported hack. [–] PM_me_your_math 3y ago ↗ So you're thinking it could have been an inside job at the top? If that turns out to be what happened, I'll remember this comment as you calling it.
[–] onemoresoop 3y ago ↗ Yeah, it's so easy to say we got hacked while secretly giggling on the inside. It's even possible to avoid taxes and such with a purported hack. [–] PM_me_your_math 3y ago ↗ So you're thinking it could have been an inside job at the top? If that turns out to be what happened, I'll remember this comment as you calling it.
[–] PM_me_your_math 3y ago ↗ So you're thinking it could have been an inside job at the top? If that turns out to be what happened, I'll remember this comment as you calling it.
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[ 514 ms ] story [ 2215 ms ] threadthere's a lot of WEs, who else had access to the device they used? what was the device being used for before? was it properly reset? what's the model and OS version?
my bet is inside job.