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Re:Scammers steal $4M in crypto during face-to-face meeting by zardo on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @10:47AM (#34709665)
It sounds like that screen that appears not to show the private key, does actually show the private key.
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Re:Scammers steal $4M in crypto during face-to-face meeting by tromp on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @10:53AM (#34709785)
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.
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Re:Scammers steal $4M in crypto during face-to-face meeting by uSoldering on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:37AM (#34710576)
If we're speculating I'll go with a NFC 0day.
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Re:Scammers steal $4M in crypto during face-to-face meeting by failsecure on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:01PM (#34712990)
Or Trust Wallet 0 day.
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Re:Scammers steal $4M in crypto during face-to-face meeting by kobalsky on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @02:38PM (#34713655)
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.

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Re:Scammers steal $4M in crypto during face-to-face meeting by onemoresoop on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:21PM (#34714380)
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.
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Re:Scammers steal $4M in crypto during face-to-face meeting by PM_me_your_math on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @06:10PM (#34716982)
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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