Hackers Have Stolen Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin Using Only Phone Numbers

Re:Hackers Have Stolen Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin Using ... by rebuilder on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @04:46PM (#13593149)

From what the article said, I understood the hard drive the wallet was on was encrypted. Once mounted, the wallet would be accessible to anyone with login access to the OS.

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Re:Hackers Have Stolen Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin Using ... by TwoBit on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @11:21PM (#13595724)

I don't understand how they got into his computer in the first place. No amount of 2FA breaching could possibly get somebody into my Windows machine remotely. And not having a password for his wallet makes nonsense whatsoever. I'm thinking Forbes has something wrong.

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Re:Hackers Have Stolen Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin Using ... by rebuilder on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @01:30AM (#13596268)

Going by the article, gaining access to his Microsoft account was enough to provide access to his Windows machine. I'm not sure I'd trust Forbes to get this right, but a quick googling indicates that having access to the MS account the main Windows user is linked to will let you recover the admin password.

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Re:Hackers Have Stolen Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin Using ... by iopq on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @08:01PM (#13594700)

The wallet itself is usually encrypted as well. It's good practice, and it's available straight from the client.

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Re:Hackers Have Stolen Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin Using ... by rebuilder on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @01:32AM (#13596278)

Nowadays, yes. This wallet may have been quite old. Hmm, was there a spike in days destroyed recently...?

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