{"id":4828,"date":"2017-10-24T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2017-10-24T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:20:29","slug":"bitcoin-wallet-hacked-by-using-information-broadcast-in-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/2017\/10\/24\/bitcoin-wallet-hacked-by-using-information-broadcast-in-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Wallet &#8220;hacked&#8221; by using information broadcast in interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/medium.freecodecamp.org\/lets-enhance-how-we-found-rogerkver-s-1000-wallet-obfuscated-private-key-8514e74a5433<\/p>\n<p>This article is a demonstration of why you should always be very careful when sharing any information publicly. The authors of this article detailed a process of image correction and QR code &#8220;hacking&#8221; to figure out information on Roger Ver&#8217;s bitcoin wallet that was displayed during an interview he gave on a French TV show. Through the use of some very clever thinking and software work, they were able to figure out Roger&#8217;s private key. The victim, Roger Ver, actually put this information up knowingly and offered the wallet to anyone who could figure it out. Even so, it is a difficult process, as the authors detail the steps:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"postList\">\n<li id=\"5124\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--p\">Information gathering<\/li>\n<li id=\"8e62\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Let\u2019s enhance! Image Analysis<\/li>\n<li id=\"7f59\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">QR code standard part 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"3499\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">QR code reconstruction<\/li>\n<li id=\"6b34\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">QR code standard part 2<\/li>\n<li id=\"fdc2\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">QR code decoding<\/li>\n<li id=\"eabc\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li\">Error Correction Code<\/li>\n<li id=\"cf28\" class=\"graf graf--li graf-after--li graf--trailing\">Python &amp; Brute force<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/1200\/1*8kWT7sPCk3qu-fimhbLxAg.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/medium.freecodecamp.org\/lets-enhance-how-we-found-rogerkver-s-1000-wallet-obfuscated-private-key-8514e74a5433 This article is a demonstration of why you should always be very careful when sharing any information publicly. The authors of this article detailed a process of image correction and QR code &#8220;hacking&#8221; to figure out information on Roger Ver&#8217;s bitcoin wallet that was displayed during an interview he gave on a French TV [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15895,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[722304],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-week-08-it-services-quality","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15895"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4829,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions\/4829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall17\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}