Is it common that an unlocked wallet is sitting on someone's machine? I would have assumed that you would put a SSH like passphrase onto the thing. Or are they stealing browser cookies that have a login to Coinbase or similar?
cedws•4mo ago
I don’t know about Coinbase but Kraken has protections such that even if you had a cookie you couldn’t withdraw funds, in addition to security key/OTP support. Apparently people still don’t understand hardware wallets either.
Nobody deserves to be a victim of theft but this is pure negligence. Don’t handle crypto if you don’t know how to handle crypto.
akimbostrawman•4mo ago
From the screenshots they are collecting the information from browser addon wallets which are usually less secure hot wallets.
xp84•4mo ago
If you want to feel better about humanity don’t miss this part:
> However, some members of the crypto community offered to cover the loss. Crypto influencer Alex Becker said that he sent Rastaland $32,500 to a safe wallet.
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