Recommended Watch: The Blockchain Bandit: Finding Over 700 Active Private Keys On Ethereum's Blockchain (youtube.com)
While researching key generation on Ethereum's blockchain we discovered funds from weak private key addresses are being pilfered by someone. On 01/13/18, this blockchain bandit held a balance of 37,926 ETH valued at $54 million.

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In our research we examine how, even when faced with this statistical improbability, ISE discovered 732 private keys as well as their corresponding public keys that committed 49,060 transactions to the Ethereum blockchain. Additionally, we identified 13,319 Ethereum that was transferred to either invalid destination addresses, or wallets derived from weak keys that at the height of the Ethereum market had a combined total value of $18,899,969.

In the process, we discovered that funds from these weak-key addresses are being pilfered and sent to a destination address belonging to an individual or group that is running active campaigns to compromise/gather private keys and obtain these funds. On January 13, 2018, this “blockchainbandit” held a balance of 37,926 ETH valued at $54,343,407.


Director and Producer: Sam Levin
Cinematography: Daniel Regner
Director of Photography: Zak Frederick
Animation: Donald Bomber
Produced by Independent Security Evaluators
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    Francisco Gimeno - BC Analyst Security issues in crypto is an issue yet. This is because of the complexity and impracticality yet of storing private keys for some people which just trust technology to be safe enough. This is why bad elements will try and steal your crypto through weak key addresses. Hacking is not going to disappear soon. Listen to this. Protect yourself.
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