7000 bitcoins stolen
stolen
mark kalpler, chief executive of mt.gox, bowed his apology at a news conference held in Tokyo yesterday, saying that "the loss of bitcoin is e to a loophole in the company's system"
a lawyer for Mt. GOx said that almost all the bitcoins traded on the platform were stolen, including about 750000 bitcoins in the user's trading account and about 100000 bitcoins in Mt. GOx's own account. According to the trading on February 28, the loss is estimated to be about $467 million
according to media reports, mt.gox trading platform had more than 1 million accounts at its peak, mainly from customers outside Japan, including many users trading more than US $10000. Some bitcoin investors have rushed to Tokyo from overseas in an attempt to recover trading funds from Mt. GOx
on February 7, e to hacker attacks, mt.gox temporarily stopped the bitcoin extraction business, causing transaction confusion and user dissatisfaction. From the noon of February 25, users cannot log in to mt.gox trading platform. The home page of the website then pasted a "notice to customers" to suspend all transactions
Li, a native of Hefei, spent 140000 yuan to buy 124 bitcoins in October this year. Afterwards, Li joined some chat groups of bitcoin players to pay close attention to the bitcoin market. On October 22, a person named Michael in the group took the initiative to chat with Li and asked him if he was mining“ I won't, and I won't get any money. " Mr. Li replied. Michael repeatedly urged Li to have a try and sent him a "mining tool", claiming that he could use the tool to dig more bitcoin. In the subsequent chat, Michael constantly reminds Li to put bitcoin in his wallet, saying that the trading website is not safe“ From time to time, there are news that trading websites are closing down and running away. What he said is quite reasonable, so I believe him. " Li told Anhui Business Daily
100 bitcoins disappeared
Li received and installed mining tools. On the evening of October 26, he was inced by Michael to put 100 bitcoins in his wallet. However, when the bitcoin in the E-wallet just reached 100, it suddenly disappeared. Li suddenly panic God, and then contact Michael, the convenience of invisible disappeared
Li told reporters that at present, a bitcoin costs about 5000 or 6000 yuan, and 100 bitcoins are worth 500000 or 600000 yuan. Afterwards, Li reported the case to the police. However, to Li's disappointment, because bitcoin is a virtual currency, there is no relevant domestic law to regulate and protect its transactions. The police did not file a case“ Now, this man named Michael is still active on the Internet. He's just taking advantage of the law. " Li told Anhui Business Daily
there is a Trojan horse in "mining tools"
How could Li's bitcoin disappear? 360 security engineer contacted him and tested Michael's "mining tool", and found that this tool is a very popular "bitcoin robber" Trojan horse this year. According to the analysis of 360 security center, most of the "bitcoin thieves" Trojans are disguised as mining tools, simplified wallets and other compressed files. Once a player is recruited, the Trojan will automatically search for bitcoin wallets and steal them through e-mail, hacker remote control and other means.
of course, the person who steals your money doesn't move at all for a short time. So really no temper, in short, want to find very difficult
take precautions in the future. For example, some neutral online wallets are also very safe, and they may not all exist in their own machines.
there is no way to find out the theft, just like where the blackmail virus is and who blackmailed it is still a mystery
the nature of bitcoin is that it cannot solve cases
bitcoin (bitcoin: bitcoin) was originally a kind of network virtual currency, which can buy real-life goods. It is characterized by decentralization, anonymity, and can only be used in the digital world. It does not belong to any country or financial institution, and is not subject to geographical restrictions. It can be exchanged anywhere in the world. Therefore, it is used as a money laundering tool by some criminals.
Security of bitcoin wallet
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to prevent private key leakage
As a friendly format of wallet private key, mnemonics are very convenient for you to backup and import. Because of its plaintext, we do not recommend that it be saved electronically, but copied and kept on physical media. As a al backup, mnemonics and keystore complement each otherand keystores can be stored online, such as cloud disk, or in their own U disk (hardware wallet takes advantage of this), which is relatively safer than online storage. Even if hackers steal your keystores, they can't steal the assets without the password of the keystores, so the password of the keystores is particularly important at this time
loss prevention
the main loss prevention strategy is multiple backup, multiple backup. For example, when backing up a wallet, not only the keystore, but also the mnemonic words and private key should be backed up. This is a multiple backup
at present, the vast majority of digital currency transactions are concted in exchanges. Among the numerous exchanges, bitfinex, binance, okex and so on are well-known
However, bitcoin and other digital currencies, as decentralized assets, have to be traded in a centralized exchange, which seems to have hidden contradictions and dangers1. Problems and challenges of stock exchanges=“ //www.yuanxue365.com/en/img_fd039245d688d43fdf16c83b761ed21b0ff43bbf ">
in February 2014, Mt. GOx, the world's largest bitcoin exchange at that time, was stolen 850000 bitcoins, and the price of bitcoin suffered a" cliff "crash on that day. Later, it was revealed that Mt. GOx was in fact a thief, and only 7000 bitcoins were actually stolen
in August 2016, bitfinex, the largest U.S. dollar bitcoin trading platform, suffered a security vulnerability, resulting in the theft of 120000 bitcoins, which was worth $65 million at that time. If converted into the price in December 2017, it would be worth nearly $2 billion
on December 19, 2017, South Korea's youbit exchange was attacked by hackers and lost 4000 bitcoins, and the exchange declared bankruptcy
on December 21, 2017, the Ukrainian liqui exchange was stolen 60000 bitcoins, and the unit price of bitcoin plummeted by US $2000
in 2018, such a drama will only continue
in addition to the threat of hackers, traditional exchanges also have some inherent shortcomings, such as lack of supervision and inefficiency. The security of the exchange for investors can only rely on its own credit, and the cost of running is very low. The stock exchange is regulated at the national level, but there is no such sword of Damocles on the top of the digital currency exchange. Moreover, in an exchange, the same order can only be submitted to one exchange. After the user places an order, the funds used for the transaction will be frozen and can only wait for the completion or cancellation of the transaction. These are undoubtedly inefficient
All in all, the problems of exchanges are the problems of centralization2. Decentralization of exchanges=“ //www.yuanxue365.com/en/img_86d6277f9e2f070889a173c9e224b899a801f257 ">
(1) the progress of the exchange itself
the upgrade of security means is various. At present, the best use is cold wallet, that is, to keep the digital currency in the offline U disk. At the end of 2017, when the YouTube exchange was attacked, 75% of its assets were withdrawn into the cold purse in time to avoid greater losses. However, it seems to be a helpless way to protect the online assets by offline means. Of course, there should be many other methods, which will not be repeated here
(2) the representative of cross ledger transaction is ripple network, and the operating company is ripple labs, which is a semi centralized system. Ripple is a decentralized clearing agreement. In order to solve the high cost and delay of inter-bank clearing, its base currency is XRP. Ripple network can connect all kinds of assets, such as US dollar, RMB, Japanese yen, bitcoin, etc. to its own network. In this system, U.S. dollars or bitcoin can be converted into reborn currency, and then reborn currency can circulate freely in the network, just as a highway is built between various assets. Due to the support of major banking institutions, the reborn currency achieved nearly 300 times growth in 2017
(3) decentralized exchange
some teams try to use blockchain technology to build a decentralized exchange. This kind of decentralized exchange, to some extent, is an extension of cross ledger trading
bitshares is the most representative of early rising projects. It builds a blockchain development platform with servers scattered all over the world. Even if some of them are attacked, the system will not collapse. Anyone can transfer money and borrow money freely on this platform, and can also quickly build a centralized exchange based on this platform. In order to ensure stable value, bitstocks also require three times of digital assets as collateral. At present, bitstocks are running fairly well
later, with the development of Ethereum and smart contract, the x x protocol came into being. This is an open protocol running in the Ethereum blockchain and a decentralized exchange in the Ethereum ecosystem. The agreement has attracted many investors. At present, it has completed financing and started to build open source software tools and infrastructure. Of course, there are many competitors. Ether Delta, IDEX and oasis DEX are trying to provide similar functions. Moreover, it is a smart contract system based on Ethereum, which only supports erc20 token. If other smart contract public chains start to rise, the demand will be reced
in addition, there are some teams that are entering, such as the domestic road seal agreement, looping (LRC) in English. They adopted a design similar to the X protocol, and also introced a fast payment function similar to the lightning network. It is characterized by trying to match multiple exchanges, the user's order can be broadcast to multiple exchanges, and completed by different exchanges. Moreover, the user can still use the account funds after placing an order, and the user's behavior of transferring part or all of the funds is equivalent to partial or total cancellation. To some extent, it improves the breadth and timeliness of the transaction. However, this system seems to have damaged the "power" of the existing exchanges. Whether we can persuade everyone to play together will be a difficult problem
At present, there is still a long way to go for the construction of decentralized exchange. In 3-5 years, traditional exchange will still be the main battlefield of digital currency However, in the future, it is worth looking forward to let the decentralized digital currency get rid of the shackles of centralization1. A stolen bitcoin can't be retrieved, and if it's lost, it's lost.
2. Bitcoin has transaction records, but the address is hidden, and you can't find an indivial.
3. Every bitcoin has a key, and only if you have this key can you be admitted to own bitcoin. However, if bitcoin is stolen or lost, your bitcoin will disappear completely
therefore, the theft of bitcoin does not belong to cracking, it may be e to internal personnel.
Bitcoin is a kind of virtual commodity. In recent years, the price of bitcoin has been soaring. Recently, after more than three months of investigation, the Public Security Bureau of Zhongyuan Oilfield in Henan Province successfully cracked the first case of bitcoin theft in China
on July 27 this year, the Public Security Bureau of Zhongyuan Oilfield in Henan Province received an alarm from Wu, a resident under his jurisdiction, saying that he had lost more than 3.4 million yuan worth of bitcoin in his Internet wallet. Wu is a professional investor and has been investing in bitcoin since 2016. In early 2017, he was drawn into a wechat group of bitcoin investors
the victim Wu: at the end of the day, he said he was also responsible. Although he said that he taught me to lose my coin, he was also kind-hearted. He said that he would compensate me for 10 (bitcoin), saying that he could only bear his part of the responsibility. Later, he used Alipay to transfer money to me. If it had nothing to do with him, how could he casually accompany others for more than 100000, not a small number
after cracking the password stealing software, the police arrested the suspect
after preliminary investigation, the police determined that Dai, the leader of wechat group, was suspected of committing a major crime. On August 9 this year, the police controlled Dai in Shanghai. In Dai's home, the police found 27 bank cards and multiple computers. In one computer, as like as two peas, the police found a net wallet software that was exactly the same as the victim's use. p>
it turns out that Dai is proficient in software programming. After cracking the downloaded genuine wallet software, he adds a program to transmit user name and password to steal bitcoin. Once someone deposits bitcoin in the E-wallet, he will know the other party's account name and password, and transfer bitcoin in the E-wallet. He distributed the stolen bitcoin in hundreds of network wallets, transferred it back and forth, and sold it at a low price on the trading platform after confirming its security. In this way, Dai has committed three crimes involving more than 20 million yuan. At present, the police have found out Dai's account and frozen it, recovering more than 2 million yuan of stolen money
according to the police, bitcoin is a virtual commodity, which is difficult to be recovered once there is a problem in the transaction
Su Haizhou, leader of Criminal Investigation Detachment of Henan Zhongyuan Oilfield Public Security Bureau: bitcoin trading platform our country has closed all three platforms before the end of October 2017. At present, the country only recognizes bitcoin as a virtual commodity, not as a virtual currency. So you need to be careful if you want to invest in bitcoin
Recently, Haidian police in Beijing cracked a case of destroying computer information system. The suspect Zhong used his administrator's authority to modify the company's computer applications, stealing 100 bitcoins, worth millions of yuan. Before he could sell the stolen goods, Zhong was arrested by the police. At present, Zhong was detained for the crime of destroying computer information system
according to the police, after stealing bitcoin, Zhong originally wanted to go to a foreign website to sell it. Because he didn't know which website could operate, he found an application of "bitcoin wallet" on the Internet and saved the stolen 100 bitcoins. It was said that there was also a "core money package", which could clear the track of stealing, and then moved 10 bitcoins to deposit. After the police work, Zhong returned the remaining 90 bitcoins to the company, but the 10 bitcoins stored in the "core wallet" could not be found
At present, the suspect Zhong has been detained by Haidian police for the crime of destroying computer information system, and the case is under further trialengineers steal millions of bitcoin from the company or face severe punishment
illegally obtaining data
the suspect is facing severe punishment
prosecutor Ji jingling, the undertaker of the case, said that according to Article 285 of China's current criminal law, it is serious to obtain the data stored, processed or transmitted in the computer information system in violation of national regulations, He shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined. If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined
suspect Zhong Mou violates the state regulations, uses the technical means, obtains the data stored in the computer information system, and his behavior has violated the criminal law stipulation, the suspect is illegally obtains the computer information system data crime.
the prosecutor said that bitcoin and other "virtual currency" as a new Internet financial concept have been hot talked about by people. The central bank once issued risk tips on "virtual currency", emphasizing that China has not issued virtual currency, nor authorized any institutional company to issue it, let alone the promotion team. At present, the "virtual currency" in the market is non legal virtual currency
this case is the first case of bitcoin theft in Beijing. Although it is difficult to determine the value of bitcoin from a legal perspective, it will also violate the law if it exceeds its authority and illegally modifies the functions of computer information system, causing economic losses such as maintenance