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Verified Steam game steals streamer's cancer treatment donations
- mwkaufma 1y agoTL;DR - crypto-drainer malware.
- 3eb7988a1663 1y agoIs 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 1y agoI 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 1y agoFrom the screenshots they are collecting the information from browser addon wallets which are usually less secure hot wallets.
- xp84 1y agoIf 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.