Quote:Just to be clear. Mid November Luke posts about malware found on his server and he has no idea what happened.

Today Luke posts about his Bitcoin wallet being emptied that was on his server. And he has no idea on how that happened.

I think i know what the problem is here.

(Jan 2, 2023 05:08 PM)BV1 Wrote:  His keys weren't on his server, that's a weird leap the community had decided to make on their own based on his server being compromised days/weeks ago. Luke himself has clarified that the server had no keys stored on it.

Both his hot wallet and cold wallet got hit. The biggest mistake that I can see that he has made was his main desktop was both where he did his every day work from, and where he dealt with his crypto wallets. He very likely got exposed to some sort of malware that compromised his personal machine, and that led to a key compromise. For example, the PyTorch nightly build was compromised for 5 days recently, if he downloaded PyTorch during this time he could have gotten owned (he has confirmed that he hasn't).

Mistakes were made, he could have done better, and with the amount of money available to him, he definitely should have done better. Def could have been more prepared with additional hardware segregated from his main workstation. Think he mentioned having access to old 10+ year old hardware that he was struggling to get going.

(Jan 2, 2023 05:08 PM)BV1 Wrote:  His keys weren't on his server, that's a weird leap the community had decided to make on their own based on his server being compromised days/weeks ago. Luke himself has clarified that the server had no keys stored on it.

Both his hot wallet and cold wallet got hit. The biggest mistake that I can see that he has made was his main desktop was both where he did his every day work from, and where he dealt with his crypto wallets. He very likely got exposed to some sort of malware that compromised his personal machine, and that led to a key compromise. For example, the PyTorch nightly build was compromised for 5 days recently, if he downloaded PyTorch during this time he could have gotten owned (he has confirmed that he hasn't).

Mistakes were made, he could have done better, and with the amount of money available to him, he definitely should have done better. Def could have been more prepared with additional hardware segregated from his main workstation. Think he mentioned having access to old 10+ year old hardware that he was struggling to get going.

(Jan 2, 2023 05:38 PM)shreder Wrote:  Keeping it on a hot wallet is bizarre, especially for someone with his amount of knowledge and experience. The FBI tag was the cherry on top.

(Jan 2, 2023 07:48 PM)diesiel Wrote:  What's hilarious about somebody getting hacked and robbed? This has nothing to do with the bitcoin network being compromised, to your chagrin. It's likely a personal security oversight, which can happen to anyone. It's not at all unreasonable to appeal to law enforcement when you're the victim of a crime. Your overt Schadenfreude is going to set you up for a major fall soon, you need help.

(Jan 2, 2023 08:14 PM)shreder Wrote:  Unfortunately, you are the sole owner and custodian of your own keys. So whenever I see people beg and cry for the government to intervene on their own mistakes it's hilarious, especially from a bitcoin core developer. You hate me because I am right.

You should see this guy's anti-government tirades on Twitter. What does he do the instant he mishandles his own money? Beg the government for help

(Jan 2, 2023 08:31 PM)diesiel Wrote:  If your server gets hacked and you have value on it, and even if you dont, there's no shame in alerting the authorities.  Things like 0days and supply chain exploits can happen, through no fault of your own.

(Jan 2, 2023 08:49 PM)Focus Broken Wrote:  You're a sick person. Luke has 8 children to feed and you're celebrating him losing his life's savings because he is a developer for Bitcoin.

(Jan 2, 2023 08:58 PM)Focus Broken Wrote:  Are you talking about Vitalik?

(Jan 2, 2023 09:03 PM)shreder Wrote:  Nah I'm talking about this grifter Luke. Seems like I am not the only one happy he lost his funds.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/100tn95/bitcoin_core_dev_gets_more_than_200_btc_stolen/