The first two login attempts and one a month later were mine —
Entry #1 in United States on 30 Apr 2017, 17:12
Entry #2 in Hong Kong on 17 Aug 2018, 03:09
Entry #6 in Hong Kong on 11 Sep 2018, 00:08
To mitigate these attacks, on 3 Aug 2018, 00:54 I registered for 2FA.
In total, I was attacked 44 times from
10 Sept 2018, 23:39 to 15 Apr 2020, 17:25 (latest available data)
My wallet was brute-forced 19 times over the span of 4 and a half hours.
All attacks originated from a Windows-based operating system, running Chrome, besides some outliers.
Entry #23 in Indonesia on 22 Sep 2018, 21:07 used Windows 7
Entry #25 in New Zealand on 23 Oct 2018, 21:47 used Windows 7
Entry #27 in New Zealand on 23 Oct 2018, 21:47 used Windows 7
Entry #28 in Malaysia on 27 Nov 2018, 08:03 used Windows 8.1
Coincidentally, these attacks weren’t spread out, with all of them occurring in <60 seconds.
In 2019, my wallet ceased the logging of operating systems.
Analysis
BTC prices were all at market open, with the data sourced from CoinMarketCap. Interesting to see the frequency of attacks with the rise in value. The gap between Dec-18 to Apr-19 is also quite telling.
Epilogue
Cold storage always, I don’t trust online platforms. Keep the trading capital separate from your main stash.
Servers in Malaysia tried 17 times to access my account.
Two countries could not be located based off the IP address.
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Tracking the Relentless Fish
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One of my online cryptocurrency wallets has been periodically attacked by phishers:
Insights
The first two login attempts and one a month later were mine —
To mitigate these attacks, on 3 Aug 2018, 00:54 I registered for 2FA.
My wallet was brute-forced 19 times over the span of 4 and a half hours.
All attacks originated from a Windows-based operating system, running Chrome, besides some outliers.
Coincidentally, these attacks weren’t spread out, with all of them occurring in <60 seconds.
In 2019, my wallet ceased the logging of operating systems.
Analysis
BTC prices were all at market open, with the data sourced from CoinMarketCap. Interesting to see the frequency of attacks with the rise in value. The gap between Dec-18 to Apr-19 is also quite telling.
Epilogue
Cold storage always, I don’t trust online platforms. Keep the trading capital separate from your main stash.
Servers in Malaysia tried 17 times to access my account.
Two countries could not be located based off the IP address.