Fallout 4 Pirate Learns Expensive Lesson

Twirlywoos · 7 Dec 2015 at 14:01

You should never pirate games or software in general, that is something that we all know. There are those who can’t resist that temptation now and the, but it can end very badly and end up costing you a lot more than just purchasing the game straight away. That was a lesson that was learned by Redditor arkanoah as he discovered that 4.88 BitCoin went missing from his wallet.

He took his problem to Reddit in order to try to figure out where his missing BitCoin were and how they got missing. Other Redditors were quick to notice the time of disappearance, November 11th, which coincides with the time that Fallout 4 was released. Asking the question if he had pirated that or another game was answered with yes and that’s most likely the way his BitCoin were stolen.

Cracked software is risky to download as it often contains malware in one form or another and it is the most likely scenario that this is the way that the 4.88 BitCoin went missing. The user originally scanned his download with antivirus software and later the system with Malwarebytes and GMER which both returned zero infections. So whether the attacker cleaned his tracks after downloading and cracking arkanoah’s BitCoin wallet or the mechanism used is so sophisticated that it isn’t being detected is up to everyone’s own guess, we most likely won’t find out. It is however most likely that the perpetrator cleaned his tracks before leaving the victim’s computer.

At the time, the 4.88 BitCoin were worth $1773, quite a bit more than the game would have cost him on Steam or other platforms. Lesson learned, I hope.

Merry Christmas

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3v1qv5/488_btc_was_stolen_from_me_but_how/cxjkhkr?sort=new

Gregster · 7 Dec 2015 at 14:04

Ayahuasca · 7 Dec 2015 at 14:05

Nexus is that you

Josh · 7 Dec 2015 at 14:09

snips86x · 7 Dec 2015 at 14:12

SuperG · 7 Dec 2015 at 14:13

i guess you can say he paid for it?

Ace Modder · 7 Dec 2015 at 14:16

and some.....

linktoinsanity · 7 Dec 2015 at 14:21

Good reason not to pirate software. That, and the fact that the developers do not get paid for the work that they do to make the software in the first place.

mark43 · 7 Dec 2015 at 15:11

I love a good news story.

Although, when they say "most likely that the perpetrator cleaned his tracks before leaving the victim’s computer", surely there is a good chance this just isn't how the bitcoins were stolen?

robmol · 7 Dec 2015 at 15:18

I'd say it's purely coincidental he pirated Fallout 4. Whilst a big release like that is likely to have some kind of malware, this was probably done a different way. Plus there's only a single report of it by a guy who signed up to Reddit just to post that thread then it appears on a big tech news site a few days later..

Neil79 · 7 Dec 2015 at 15:24

robmol said:
I'd say it's purely coincidental he pirated Fallout 4. Whilst a big release like that is likely to have some kind of malware, this was probably done a different way. Plus there's only a single report of it by a guy who signed up to Reddit just to post that thread then it appears on a big tech news site a few days later..

Agreed!

Most savy people tend to read the comments under pirated software anyway, such as virus reports or DMCA take downs

Mark A · 7 Dec 2015 at 15:40

Neil79 said:
Agreed!

Most savy people tend to read the comments under pirated software anyway, such as virus reports or DMCA take downs

It has to have happened to someone for them to then report it in the comments

. Not saying this story is true though, does seem like a manufactured story for a slow news day.

I'm more surprised at how much the bitcoins are worth. i though the price had plummeted, didn't even know they were still used.

MooMoo444 · 7 Dec 2015 at 15:45

Is this a true story? Smells like a scaremonger tactic against pirates.

AHarvey · 7 Dec 2015 at 16:22

yeah I'm going to say this is a steaming pile of bull.

Paradiso · 7 Dec 2015 at 16:40

There is actually a security problem at nexus mods, its possible he had nexus mod manager installed (for the fallout mods) and its been compromised. Change your passwords.

http://www.nexusmods.com/games/news/12670/?

arc@css · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:01

Owwww!

Zethor · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:10

So pirating is safe after all n modding is problematic?

And why do people still keep Bitcoins, beating a dead horse?

MooMoo444 · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:14

Zethor said:
So pirating is safe after all n modding is problematic?

And why do people still keep Bitcoins, beating a dead horse?

If 4.8 bitcoins is allegedly worth $1,700 then it's hardly a dead horse is it?

NexusK · 7 Dec 2015 at 17:20

Yeah not buying the story.

Nexus18 · 7 Dec 2015 at 20:19

Ayahuasca said:
Nexus is that you

I have no idea what you are talking about....