As Bitcoin is really just a string of data stored on a computer somewhere, it is incredibly easy to steal if
a hacker gains access to your account or exchange.
It is done in the interest of safety, so that if a malicious
hacker gains access to your account, they wouldn't be able to run off with all your bitcoins.
Not exact matches
If an online email
account provider doesn't come encrypted with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection, then
hackers may find it even easier
to gain access to emails.
Watch Out for Evil Twins Be aware of the methods a company or vendor uses
to communicate with you, because
hackers sometimes
gain access to computers, data and
accounts by posing as legitimate companies or agencies.
Hackers are also well aware that people often use the same email password for other
accounts and online transactions, which gives them an open invitation
to gain access to your private and financial data.
Hackers looking
to gain access to your work and personal
accounts can use powerful software
to crack encrypted passwords by guessing millions of variations per second.
Hackers often target the two keys
to gain access to various crypto
accounts.
This extra layer of security means that in order for a
hacker to gain access to an
account, they would need
to get
access to the users» email and password, as well as compromising their device, and in particular 2FA app.
From there, the
hackers could reset other passwords and
gain access to other
accounts.
Secondly,
hackers often take advantage of password re-usage,
gaining access to multiple website
accounts by breaching the data of just one site.
In 2015,
hackers gained access to ruby's computer networks and published certain personal information contained in Ashley Madison
accounts.
The email addresses of many of the website's members have been leaked
to hackers and have been subjected
to subsequent phishing scams
to gain access to player's Aion
accounts.
Nintendo had
to suspend the
accounts in an attempt
to prevent the
hackers from
gaining any further
access to the users» profile information, and immediately reached out
to the affected parties in order
to get them
to update their information by calling customer support.
After
gaining access to the client's email
account, the
hacker surreptitiously monitors emails going back and forth between the lawyer and the client.
The
hacker was thus able
to gain initial
access to a test environment and a local administrator
account and later move between environments
to gain access to sensitive information of customers (and their children) on a global basis.
A secure password can be the death knell
to a
hacker trying
to gain access to your PC or your online
account.
Without a PIN,
hackers can hijack your mobile
account, take control of your phone number, and use that number
to gain access to your online
accounts.
Believed
to be part of last month's attacks against global education institutions, the
hackers breached 52
accounts across four Singapore universities including NTU and NUS
to gain access to research articles.
They claimed that
hacker gained access to users
account information and their disposable passwords used
to verify financial transactions, which allowed him
to drain the
accounts of the victims.
Hackers gained access to the electric car company's Amazon cloud
account, where they were able
to view «sensitive data» such as vehicle telemetry.
At this point, they enter personal information which allows the
hackers to gain access to their
accounts (wallets) on the real websites.
Hackers can
gain access to email
accounts through simple schemes.
Apple's iOS, Mac OS, Instagram, Facebook, and Google all offer 2FA
to help prevent
hackers from
gaining access to your
accounts.