Tycooperaow Lost Funds Published Mnemonic - Revision history

Azoundria: Complete update including transfer of Ethereum into the wallet.

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Complete update including transfer of Ethereum into the wallet.

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	{{Imported Case Study\|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/tycooperaowlostfundspublishedmnemonic.php}}		{{Imported Case Study\|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/tycooperaowlostfundspublishedmnemonic.php}}[[File:Metamask.jpg\|thumb\|MetaMask]]tycooperaow published their mnemonic unintentionally, and a hacker was able to use the information to extract the funds from their wallet.
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	~~[[File:Metamask.jpg\|thumb\|MetaMask]]~~tycooperaow ~~published their mnemonic unintentionally, and a hacker was able to use the information to extract the funds from their wallet.~~		== About Mars Robertson (tycooperaow) ==
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	~~This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.~~<ref name="~~redditold~~-~~10644~~" /><ref name="~~etherscan~~-~~10645~~" ~~/><ref name=~~"~~ethereumstackexchange~~-~~10646"~~ /><ref name="etherscan-~~10647~~" />		Mars Robertson<ref name="ethereumstackexchange-10646" /> (username tycooperaow on Reddit) is an experienced<ref name=":0">[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/fryfeof/ tycooperaow - "Nope I'm not new. Just made a careless mistake" - Reddit] (Apr 4, 2023)</ref> Ethereum<ref name="etherscan-10645" /> user and developer.

	== About MetaMask ==		== About MetaMask ==
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	== What Happened ==		== What Happened ==
	~~The specific events of~~ the ~~loss~~ and ~~how~~ it ~~came about~~. ~~What actually happened~~ to ~~cause~~ the ~~loss and some~~ of the ~~events leading up~~ to it.		Mars Robertson reports that they accidentally published their mnemonic seed phrase on GitHub, which allowed an attacker bot to steal the funds<ref name="redditold-10644" />. He was working on software which depended on having a wallet with live funds, and tested using his own wallet<ref name=":1">[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/fryfh87/ tycooperaow - "A project that needed it to test. Just didn't needed to use my own personal ones" - Reddit] (Apr 4, 2023)</ref>. When he made the mistake of committing that version to GitHub, his funds were instantly taken by the attacker<ref name=":2">[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/frx3u1k/ tycooperaow - "Literally right after I pushed it public on github, I started to see my funds being drained faster than XRP transaction" - Reddit] (Apr 4, 2023)</ref><ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/frx6vvx/ tycooperaow - "After the code was pushed to public yes" - Reddit] (Apr 4, 2023)</ref>.
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	\|+Key Event Timeline - tycooperaow Lost Funds Published Mnemonic		\|+Key Event Timeline - tycooperaow Lost Funds Published Mnemonic
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	\|May 24th, 2020 8:06:21 PM MDT		\|May 24th, 2020 8:06:21 PM MDT
	\|~~Malicious~~ Transfer		\|High Gas Fee Transfer
	\|~~Believed to be~~ the ~~thief~~'s ~~transfer~~.		\|A transaction removed the funds from Mars Robertson's wallet. It appears that the vast majority of the funds (0.511444448688285 ETH) are paid as a mining fee, while only 0.030391583018461703 ETH are received by the attacker<ref name="etherscan-10647" />.
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			\|May 25th, 2020 3:39:27 PM MDT
			\|Ethereum Stack Exchange Post
			\|The incident is posted to the Ethereum Stack Exchange discussion board<ref name="ethereumstackexchange-10646" />.
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	\|May 26th, 2020 4:25:58 PM MDT		\|May 26th, 2020 4:25:58 PM MDT
	\|Reddit Post		\|Reddit Post
	\|Incident ~~is posted~~ on Reddit.		\|tycooperaow posts about their Incident on Reddit including their Ethereum address<ref name="redditold-10644" />.
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			\|May 26th, 2020 4:35:44 PM MDT
			\|Speed Of Attack Clarification
			\|tycooperaow clarifies that the attack was basically instant after they loaded code onto GitHub<ref name=":2" />.
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			\|May 26th, 2020 4:42:53 PM MDT
			\|Deminero30 Ethereum Sacrifice
			\|Reddit user Deminero30 reportedly sends some Ethereum into the compromised address and it's instantly taken<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/frx4nlb/ Deminero30 - "I just sent some eth there and it was taken instantly." - Reddit] (Apr 4, 2023)</ref>.
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			\|May 26th, 2020 4:59:55 PM MDT
			\|Clarification Of Events
			\|tycooperaow replies to clarify that he didn't intentionally store his mnemonic seed on GitHub, and elaborates on his situation<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/frx6lqg/ tycooperaow - "It was an accident obviously. I was testing out some code locally. I forgot to get rid of that line of code when I pushed publically" - Reddit] (Apr 4, 2023)</ref>.
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			\|May 27th, 2020 1:03:42 AM MDT
			\|Clarification of Experience
			\|tycooperaow clarifies that he is not new to the cryptocurrency space<ref name=":0" />.
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			\|May 27th, 2020 1:04:47 AM MDT
			\|Project Needed Live Funds
			\|tycooperaow further clarifies that, while his project needs a wallet with funds, it didn't need to be his personal wallet<ref name=":1" />.
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	== Immediate Reactions ==		== Immediate Reactions ==
	How did the various parties involved (firm, platform, management, and/or affected individual(s)) deal with the events? Were services shut down? Were announcements made? Were groups formed?		Mark Robertson describes his very initial reaction as a combination of anger and fear<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/frx7j80/ <nowiki>tycooperaow - "Yeah I was [angry], and scared. But I can't lie that the ingenuity to do that is impressive" - Reddit</nowiki>] (Apr 4, 2023)</ref> and specifically describes his shock at how quickly his funds were taken<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/frzhf52/ tycooperaow - "I'm more so shocked that it happened in a span of literally 100 seconds" - Reddit] (Apr 4, 2023)</ref>. The incident was posted to the Ethereum Stack Exchange the next day<ref name="ethereumstackexchange-10646" />, and then to Reddit a couple of days after it happened<ref name="redditold-10644" />.<blockquote>A few days ago, a hacker got my mnemonic and stole $1,200 in ethereum from my Metamask wallet in under 100 seconds. The hackers were using a bot to scan for the mnemonic phrases across GitHub, and I accidentally left it in my code on a GitHub repo while I was sending to a Hack Money hack-at-hon. Although there are some coins and tokens left, the bot will siphon any ethereum I have to prevent me from moving my coins, and/or outmatch my attempts by supplying more gas.</blockquote>How did the various parties involved (firm, platform, management, and/or affected individual(s)) deal with the events? Were services shut down? Were announcements made? Were groups formed?

	== Ultimate Outcome ==		== Ultimate Outcome ==
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	== References ==		== References ==
	<references><ref name="redditold-10644">[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/ I lost $1,200 in 100 seconds ~~: CryptoCurrency~~] (Sep 15, 2022)</ref>		<references>
			<ref name="redditold-10644">[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/ tycooperaow - "I lost $1,200 in 100 seconds" - Reddit] (Sep 15, 2022)</ref>
	<ref name="etherscan-10645">[https://etherscan.io/address/0x1b3e1786c3f8524ca0f3175b0b37bcc1bee5a6d5 Address ~~0x1b3e1786c3f8524ca0f3175b0b37bcc1bee5a6d5 \|~~ Etherscan] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref>		<ref name="etherscan-10645">[https://etherscan.io/address/0x1b3e1786c3f8524ca0f3175b0b37bcc1bee5a6d5 Mars Robertson/tycooperaow's Compromised Ethereum Address - Etherscan] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref>

	<ref name="ethereumstackexchange-10646">[https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/83718/how-to-retrieve-erc20-from-a-hacked-address-monitored-by-a-bot gas - How to retrieve ERC20 from a hacked address monitored by a bot? - Ethereum Stack Exchange] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref>		<ref name="ethereumstackexchange-10646">[https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/83718/how-to-retrieve-erc20-from-a-hacked-address-monitored-by-a-bot gas - How to retrieve ERC20 from a hacked address monitored by a bot? - Ethereum Stack Exchange] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref>
			<ref name="etherscan-10647">[https://etherscan.io/tx/0x77f26bd0696492f69d20ac37cda8b5a8e587789c2ea469a00611df451eeb3459 Potential Theft Transaction - Etherscan] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref>
	<ref name="etherscan-10647">[https://etherscan.io/tx/0x77f26bd0696492f69d20ac37cda8b5a8e587789c2ea469a00611df451eeb3459 ~~Ethereum~~ Transaction ~~Hash (Txhash) Details \|~~ Etherscan] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref></references>		</references>

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[[File:Metamask.jpg|thumb|MetaMask]]tycooperaow published their mnemonic unintentionally, and a hacker was able to use the information to extract the funds from their wallet.

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.<ref name="redditold-10644" /><ref name="etherscan-10645" /><ref name="ethereumstackexchange-10646" /><ref name="etherscan-10647" />

== About MetaMask ==
"A few days ago, a hacker got my mnemonic and stole $1,200 in ethereum from my Metamask wallet in under 100 seconds. The hackers were using a bot to scan for the mnemonic phrases across GitHub, and I accidentally left it in my code on a GitHub repo while I was sending to a Hack Money hack-at-hon. Although there are some coins and tokens left, the bot will siphon any ethereum I have to prevent me from moving my coins, and/or outmatch my attempts by supplying more gas."

"I just want you all to be aware to NEVER have a digital copy of your mnemonic or private key[, e]specially not online."

"If you are using metamask, randomly generate private keys for new accounts not associated with any mnemonics, and imported onto metamask"

"There is still $600 supposedly that's locked in Compound DeFi protocol and if anyone is interested in helping solve this, here is a suggestion someone made for me who we are seeking ways to solve this."

"I was foolish and this mistake was costly, but I know how to be extra secure when dealing in crypto. I was very upset and scared at first, but I can't dwell on it and I'll move on. No need to stress over thousands when I can focus on making millions."

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.

The background of the exchange platform, service, or individuals involved, as it would have been seen or understood at the time of the events.

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* Known history of when and how the service was started.
* What problems does the company or service claim to solve?
* What marketing materials were used by the firm or business?
* Audits performed, and excerpts that may have been included.
* Business registration documents shown (fake or legitimate).
* How were people recruited to participate?
* Public warnings and announcements prior to the event.

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* Any wording which directly states or implies that the business is/was illegitimate, or that a vulnerability existed.
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* When the service was actually started (if different than the "official story").
* Who actually ran a service and their own personal history.
* How the service was structured behind the scenes. (For example, there was no "trading bot".)
* Details of what audits reported and how vulnerabilities were missed during auditing.

== What Happened ==
The specific events of the loss and how it came about. What actually happened to cause the loss and some of the events leading up to it.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key Event Timeline - tycooperaow Lost Funds Published Mnemonic
!Date
!Event
!Description
|-
|May 24th, 2020 8:06:21 PM MDT
|Malicious Transfer
|Believed to be the thief's transfer.
|-
|May 26th, 2020 4:25:58 PM MDT
|Reddit Post
|Incident is posted on Reddit.
|}

== Total Amount Lost ==
The total amount lost has been estimated at $2,000 USD.

How much was lost and how was it calculated? If there are conflicting reports, which are accurate and where does the discrepancy lie?

== Immediate Reactions ==
How did the various parties involved (firm, platform, management, and/or affected individual(s)) deal with the events? Were services shut down? Were announcements made? Were groups formed?

== Ultimate Outcome ==
What was the end result? Was any investigation done? Were any individuals prosecuted? Was there a lawsuit? Was any tracing done?

== Total Amount Recovered ==
There do not appear to have been any funds recovered in this case.

What funds were recovered? What funds were reimbursed for those affected users?

== Ongoing Developments ==
What parts of this case are still remaining to be concluded?
== Individual Prevention Policies ==
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== Platform Prevention Policies ==
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== Regulatory Prevention Policies ==
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== References ==
<references><ref name="redditold-10644">[https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/gr73wu/i_lost_1200_in_100_seconds/ I lost $1,200 in 100 seconds : CryptoCurrency] (Sep 15, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="etherscan-10645">[https://etherscan.io/address/0x1b3e1786c3f8524ca0f3175b0b37bcc1bee5a6d5 Address 0x1b3e1786c3f8524ca0f3175b0b37bcc1bee5a6d5 | Etherscan] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref>

<ref name="ethereumstackexchange-10646">[https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/83718/how-to-retrieve-erc20-from-a-hacked-address-monitored-by-a-bot gas - How to retrieve ERC20 from a hacked address monitored by a bot? - Ethereum Stack Exchange] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref>

<ref name="etherscan-10647">[https://etherscan.io/tx/0x77f26bd0696492f69d20ac37cda8b5a8e587789c2ea469a00611df451eeb3459 Ethereum Transaction Hash (Txhash) Details | Etherscan] (Apr 3, 2023)</ref></references>