Sunday, August 2, 2020

2 Bitcoin Thieves

2 Bitcoin Thieves...


    By Dominic Alvieri @AlvieriD

        Please return the original Bitcoin stolen and keep the balance.

                               I wish it was just 2 Bitcoin thieves.

                         

Dominic Alvieri, The Cyber Show.

Year after year I have had Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies stolen. Every year the keep rising.

Year after year I have had my identity stolen as well. Send another email. Write another letter. Not this year. I have been fighting back. Cybersecurity has to be active, not passive. National, corporate and your personal future are at stake.

Year after year I keep waiting for something to be returned. Keep waiting. I am done waiting. Year after year I have skilled up.

 

 With the onset of the Pandemic, I was struck again. SIM jacked, May 22nd, 2020 at 2:58am, EST. Every account compromised after the first 3 minutes. Cryptocurrency accounts were the first to go. Why? So easy. So fast. Gone before you know it. Out of your account and into another and probably off to an illegal mixing service with attempts to hide the ownership trail. It can still be traced but that is not for the faint of heart.


Cold storage. What? I term many associate with food is actually one of the few safeguards you have with Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and certain other assets. Cold storage is keeping your assets offline. Not just cryptocurrencies, but other assets as well. Do not have all your bank accounts online. I strongly suggest it. It saved what little I had left. The national idiots are easier to catch. Once again, try reporting a cybercrime overseas. Good luck in some cases. Keep waiting. Keep getting frustrated that your investment that was stolen continues to rise.


Die Cyber Show, German for The Cyber Show ad.

I have a more detailed article on Bitcoin coming up. This is not investment advice. This is just my personal opinion. Store of value? Not unless you store it offline. No one says that. I am telling you. This is not an investment blog, just information and my opinion. Merchants do not want to participate in Bitcoin due to the volatility and ease of theft.

Put it on the Blockchain. If you hear someone say that, they do not know what they are talking about. Technology evolves daily. There is not just one Blockchain and it is not just for cryptocurrency transactions. That is another issue. But you have the clue.

 

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have continued to rise since the years they have been stolen from me. I have officially now had more cryptocurrency stolen over my lifetime then I have made in cryptocurrency investments. Trace back the $25k in Bitcoin stolen years ago. That alone should be over six figures. Hope the thief has enjoyed it. Probably spent it years ago. 


How would you feel. Why don’t we ask the poor people who got scammed out of Bitcoin with the Twitter hack a few weeks ago. I was one of the first to report and confirm that. Twitter did a great job, as did Coinbase, a US based firm. Facts. How would you feel having your stolen investments go up and you just write a letter and send an email?

 

Le Cyber Show, French for The Cyber Show, by Dominic Alvieri

We are Americans, not American’ts. Be careful with your assets and your social accounts. Most importantly, your phone. Watch what you put on it. Watch what access you give to your data. Use 2FA and biometrics. Layer your protection. It can happen to you before you finish reading this blog.  

What have you done during the Pandemic?

 I am not a writer, but I am writing a blog. I am not a YouTuber, but I am making videos. I am alive. There is always hope. You can take everything and I will still build again. Protect yourself. This is what I am doing. I'm fighting back.                                                                                                                

Independent Security Researcher.   @AlvieriD

 

Dominic Alvieri, Independent Security Researcher.

 

                         

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