I was hacked in April, and life changed DRASTICALLY for me. Ever since then I talk about my PHSD (post hack stress disorder) which I coined, yes! But it is VERY VERY real. Ask MANY people that have been hacked and you will see, that they suffer from the same paranoia, anxiety, fear, shakes, etc... when they go near their wallets again. It's kinda like returning to the scene of a crime, I guess? It's nasty business for sure!
So - I thought I was DONE with hacks - cuz I'm so super secure now - right??? RIGHT!
Well - for the entire day yesterday, I was sweating bullets. Were we seriously about to take another crypto hit in this family, this soon?
Honestly! It makes you pause and just before the top of your head blows off and the tears start to fall AGAIN - you have a moment to just speak "How much more can I take?"
My day started off GREAT yesterday, and then shortly after - my son texts "Can you take a look at my computer?"
"Of course. Bring it upstairs."
Brand new computer, 6 months old. solid state drive (that is supposed to be more reliable, yes??) no. The drive was trashed, no way to unlock everything in there - but THANK GOD I told my son to save his crypto keys!!!! Right? RIGHT?!?!?!!
"Yeah. I saved them. Just like you said............on the computer."
PAUSE. BREATHE. PAUSE. BREATHE. SCREAM. BREATHE. DIE.
Let me just cut to the chase. After 8 hours of what can only be described as "panic anguish desperate brain torture" (and that is putting it MILDLY) we got the keys from the computer.
I cannot tell you the relief. I think I just sat there saying OH MY GOSH for about 5 straight minutes as the anxiety finally melted away in waves of exhaustion.
So - today I needed to shine the light on someone amazing (who is either ignoring this post completely or cringing that I'm about to gush LOL)
To the knight in shining armor that spent the ENTIRE day rescuing a damsel in distress. Lolol
Thank you Sir @Penderis.
My brain is fried like the hard drive you recovered and forced to unlock its mysteries! You're an angel 😇 You're a beautiful human being. You're a good egg. I don't care what you say. You're a pumpkin! Hehehe
You did more than make us smile yesterday. You put my family and their desperation lol - far above your love of sleep! hahahahahahahahahahaha And that is like - THE HIGHEST PEN HONOR IN THE WORLD. Thank you for never giving up!
CRYPTO PEOPLE.
You think... that you have 👉allllllllll the time in the world👈 to grab those keys and put them in another safe spot. You don't. YOU DO NOT. You have no more time. Right now is the best time to go store you keys in another safe place.
Have those keys in MULTIPLE SAFE places.
You don't have to only fear hackers. You probably should fear your own procrastination 100x more than you fear hackers!!! LOL You think I'm kidding? I guarantee - someone is reading this right now and thinking "Yeah, she's right. I'll do it TOMORROW."
Don't wait. You will REGRET waiting.
or else...
bye bye crypto
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This post was edited but previously published on my account HERE
Currently the security issue, hacks have become a recurring theme not only in blurt, even I myself have been a victim of an attacker. With the use of browser extensions, wallets like metamask are affected by copy and paste, the attacker somehow tells your operating system to always paste his eth address, thus stealing millions of funds daily. All of us in the crypto world must implement many things for security.
Yes!!!!
my metamask is the one that was the culprit!
I have some posts that I'd like to share to help people with lessons that I've learned from the hack!
I will post them this week! I'd love to get your viewpoint on it! I'll see if i can tag you in the comment section when I post it
Nice to meet you too 🙂
This is going to sound counter-intuitive but...
Print off your keys.
You don't need to print an identifier to say what they're for - you'll know that.
Hackers hack. They're geeks sitting behind a computer screen. They won't break into your home and steal paper.
Then if anything were to happen, you can change your keys on another machine.
It's late here, I must sleep 😴
oh... hehehe
I have multiple copies of my keys! LOL and yes one of them is on paper - in 3 sealed envelopes, given to 2 people that i trust with my life - AND one for myself in a safe location.
I've always had those - but unfortunately as you said... hehehehe they didn't steal those.
Somehow - that day, I must have clicked something that opened myself up... OR. some have suggested that I did much earlier, unknowingly to a "friend", and they waited for the right time to steal it.
Given the very suspicious timing of the hack - the latter could very easily be true.
gross. thieves are slimy and gross. lol
you have a good night :)
What an unpleasant, depressing experience! The rate at which these malicious hackers are operating is baffling! It's a good thing you had a friend by your side to help.
PHSD (post hack stress disorder)? Hehe, it's a thing now? I'm glad you did not allow the experience weigh you down or affect your plans. Here we are today! We keep moving!
Welcome to Blurt! 😄 (since July 2020).
Hi honey!!!!!!!!!
here we are- we move!!! hahahahaha I'm just logging back in here now and I'll post a new post here soon hahahahaha
I need to get some Blurt in here so that I can start to have a good upvote LOL
right now i'm just a minnow again hahahahahaha
Of course, after reading the whole kerfuffle on the other side, I had to come to check to see if you were/are here and ta-dahhhh
I had to read this to D because he is always going to do it...
And yay... Pen to save the day :D
We all need a friend like Pen
hehehe hi you!!!
let me add you right now!!! oh i'm so glad to see you <3
I'm going to be adding my lessons from the hack here - i think it will be really good to share across the platforms!
and yes - @penderis to the day! hehehehe he's the best (even though he denies it) hehehe