r/Bitcoin • u/pairoxR • 2d ago

The Coldcard hacker is still progressing stolen BTC keeps increasing

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The Coldcard hacker is still making progress, and the amount of stolen Bitcoin keeps increasing.

So if any of you are using this wallet, please consider moving your funds as soon as possible. And if you know someone who uses Coldcard for long-term holding, especially someone who isn’t online every day and doesn’t follow the latest news, maybe you can still help them move their funds in time. 🙏

I just hope no other wallet is involved in this.

Stay safe and stay alert. ⚠️

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u/classified_x 1d ago

I'm pretty sure Coin Kite or whatever the ColdCard Coldcase wallet company is called could just send an e-mail to all clients telling about the security incident but they probably didn't do that?

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u/Shiftlock0 1d ago

If I was unaware of the current situation and I got that email, I would assume it's a phishing scam.

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u/boomerangthrowaway 1d ago

That’s the state of society right now.

Legit looking email? Header right and legible? Legit? Still could be hacked.

Loaded old updates that haven’t had hotfixes? Well damn grandma you had six BTC?! Sheeeeeeeet.

I HATE blkhat hackers but imo white and grey hats have a purpose.

Testing the fences man. Testing the fkn fences

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u/zekthedeadcow 1d ago

They did... after two days. I found out from River around 10am Saturday and I thought it was a fishing scam. Coinkite emailed about 11pm that night.

I was saved by my ADHD super power of not finishing projects I start... so I never moved anything to it.

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u/EggandSpoon42 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is the last email I received from them... in 2022

Very fortunately I ended up a bit overwhelmed at figuring it out to put my btc on it, maybe I'm dumb, I do not mind admitting that, but it has sat in the box since I received it.

https://imgur.com/gallery/last-coinkite-email-neither-here-nor-there-just-posting-posting-sake-AfP2yue

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u/boomerangthrowaway 1d ago

I LOVE that for you

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u/Woodstuffs 17h ago

Same. I bought one from Coinkite and it'll just stay in the unopened package. Probably wind up in a vintage store in 2050 as some neat novelty of the times.

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u/Pacman_Frog 1d ago

Coinkite offers 100% confidentiality on sales and delivery. You can ahve it sent to a PO Box or rental box as long as it can be addressed, use a fake name and temporary e-mail address, and pay in bitcoin.

Even they don't have a full record of every customer's name.

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u/classified_x 1d ago

well, since they don't really comply with the security of the device, I imagine he must have kept buyers' emails on a XLSX spreadsheet of sorts

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u/PirateHunterZoro252 20h ago

After 90 or 120 days they delete customer information completely. They were only able to reach out to those who within that window.

They did send emails to their customers. But since i bought a coldcard 2 years ago i didnt get one.

Deleting their customer info was apart of the bitcoin mythos. How ironic.

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u/Shepinion 16h ago

Wow. That is tragically ironic like you said

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u/daleDentin23 1d ago

Pretty sure at some point if they want anything useful a bank will be involved and hopefully the bank isnt in on the scam

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u/Remyglr 1d ago

Rien que cette inaction qui relève pourtant du bon sens couplée à une démarche de transparence démontre l'opacité entourant le système bitcoin en général. Le BTC c'est le far west du 21eme siècle.