BEWARE!!! I GOT HACKED TODAY BY STEEWIT.COM - BUT THIS MUSICAL PHOENIX WILL RISE AGAIN...

in #steemit7 years ago (edited)

My @mrbloom account was hacked today by @good-kama - from a website link I stupidly clicked on (steewit.com) They stole what little SBD I had in my account to promote my music, and have now powered down my account! They have also spammed hundreds of posts and placed my @mrbloom account into negative reputation which, I spent hours upon hours increasing with good quality content for this thriving online community.

I'm saddened and angered by this act of sheer greed, spite, malice and unprovoked attacking of a good human being and dedicated musician which happens to be... ME! So I wish to rant about it here with my NEW account, that has been lovingly and supportively created for me by my @helpie family...


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supportivley made by @bembelmaniac a true #helpienaut


I'm creating this brief post to highlight the following:

  1. To show my disgust about dishonest nasty people - HACKERS

  2. To promote my music - TO MY FUTURE, PRESENT AND PREVIOUS FOLLOWERS AND FANS

  3. To say a HUGE thanks to my @helpie family who have lifted me up this evening and helped to create this new shiny @darrenclaxton account.
    @meno and @pechichemena a special thanks to you looney tunes!


This post has sadly come about after my @mrbloom account was hacked earlier today, and is now showing a reputation score of -1 from a respectable 50 day old account of rep 55 and rising...

All of those days I spent until the early hours of the morning, creating music to post, Open mic videos, photography and my beautiful family posts have been shit on from a great height by a HACKER called @good-kama, with absolutely no morals or understanding of how hard us Steemians work to engage with this community. They have now blacklisted my account and ruined everything I had worked hard for!


Here's where my account stands as of now:

Just look at that profile pic! A happy chappy full of life and excitement!

| 3 hours ago | Start power down of 172.928 STEEM | |
| 4 hours ago | Transfer 37.843 SBD to good-kama |



I mean, My account isn't really worth stealing is it? why do this? for such little reward?

BUT, This PHOENIX will rise again from the ashes of adversity and brush that anger into the atmosphere, to then blow away into the ether of moralistic wrongdoing!

With the help of my @helpie friends and the wonderful brother duo that is @meno and @pechichemena



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These are my Steemit family, the ones I turned to as soon as I realised that I'd been hacked and my account compromised.
@llfarms @yidneth @zipporah @atomrecordcollector
and everyone else in the @helpie camp!
And @drakos for his help too over in @discord
Their generosity and kindness will never be forgotten.
So thank you guys! I couldn't have done it without you all!
Rise Phoenix Rise....

Some kind donations from my @helpie family!


To end, I'm not looking for charity or handouts from this post, but I would ask you to share this information to avoid anyone else being hacked in this way.
Because, I fear there won't be a tribe of @helpie folk to pick you up next time...

My music is still on dsound and I'm very anxious to be able to access them again very soon, as I'm due some author pay-outs each day.
I've begun the Stolen Account Recovery process and really hope it is sorted very soon!
**I hope none of you ever need it but just in case you do, it's
HERE

Thanks to @simplymike for his in depth comment on how we both got our accounts back, and slowly repaired the damage done by the crooks!

'simplymike (54) · 13 minutes ago
My account got hacked too, last week. I received a fake comment from @kilbride (who ISN’T the hacker) and I clicked the link inside. SteemIt asked me to log in - which was nothing weird, as it had been happening all the time - so I did.Seconds later, I was locked out if my account. The SBD was gone, and the powering down had started. My reputation score went back to -1.

Once the hackers had access to my account, they used it to send out 30 of their phishing comments. This means 30 people and all their followers were put at risk because of a comment with my name on it.

The fact that your reputation score has been brought down to a negative score, is because someone over at @steemcleaners has been trying to minimize the risk by flagging all phishing comments that have been sent from your account. By flagging them, those comments become invisible to others, which minimizes the chance somebody clicks one of the phishing links.

I’m not sure how many comments were sent through your account, but there’s a big chance you can have your account ánd you reputation score back up. I managed to, however it took some work.

Once I had regained access to my account, the people over at steemcleaners advised me to edit all the comments that were sent to make them harmless. So I spent a couple of hours replacing the text of the phising comments with ‘comment deleted’.
Once I was done, they removed all flags, which brought my reputation back up.
The people who had flagged the phishing comments individually were contacted by some of my friends. Once the situation had been explained, they took back their flag too. So, now I have both my account (with all my followers) and my reputations score back to normal.

Just thought I’d let you know this, so you wouldn’t necessarily lose what you worked so hard for'

A brilliant piece of advice for us all.
Thanks again @simplymike

Thanks again for reading this post.
Stay safe and I'll see you tomorrow when my wings have spread and propelled me skywards to musical freedom!

Goodnight all.

@darrenclaxton



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So sorry to hear that! Here is a little helping hand.

Another witness (@guiltyparties) informed me what happened to your hacked account.

The community is here to help you back up.

Keep it going.

Rise up, courtesy by @yehey witness support.

Hey thanks! That's really great news!
It's all such a positive place and I feel very humbled by y the community's help!

Just curious. Are you using your ACTIVE key when you get hacked?

It is highly recommended to only use POSTING key for writing post and commenting.

I am now! I'm glad I stuck around!
My music is obviously liked by many here!
Cheers again
Darren

So sorry about this unfortunate hack, dear. But – sometimes – it's these apparently horrendous acts that reveal themselves to, in fact, be incredible gifts.

However swiftly they were able to swipe your hard-earned SBD and obliterate your 'reputation', those are just imaginary numbers, really. The true value you bring to this platform is well-known and appreciated. Just watch...you're about to experience a tsunami of heartfelt support that I guarantee will far outweigh the awfulness you've just been subjected to.

I look forward to fanning the flames as you rise from the ashes.

Up, up, up, my friend – we're all cheering you onward. <3

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Thanks for your kind gift! It means ever so much to this plankton creature!!
Beautiful words too and that ray of light conjures up mystical creatures and the PHOENIX that rises in the morning!
Massive hugs....
Darren xx

My pleasure! ;) We helpie each other – it's how we do.

You are very welcome my friend!!!

You're a diamond mate! cheers for the cool banner and making my artwork look even better!
Cheers
Darren

i told You re welcome ;)

too bad for folks that steal others efforts, but not to worry-they can't even touch you....you will outshine them all! I am sending you some support to rebuild your account....cheers

Hey! Thanks for the kind gift! I'll use it to promote my music!
Much appreciated!
Darren

Honetly that I just don't know why people like them would do such terrible things to you.. It was just downright bullying!

I have all my STEEM powered up or delegated to @MusicVoter but I will give you some big upvotes my friend.

As I said on Discord I no longer get angry at people who do this to other human beings. They will never feel the joy that one gets from helping others and the love that is returned in doing so. I could not imagine going through my whole life trying to buy happiness by ripping people off. What a sad existence that must be.

You are one of those that experience that love and you have seen it in action in the last 24 hours. How good does that feel?? How much more valuable is that than money??

You will come out of this stronger as will everyone who has supported you!!

Rock on my friend!!

Really well said! Lets pump-up- the- postive, Go DARREN the true Steemian are right behind you!

Cheers mate! you're a diamond geezer!
It's still hard to swallow! the bastards!!
Rock on!

@atomcollector you're a good human being and what you have so far done for us musicians is highly commendable mate!
Keep up your amazing work!
Cheers
Darren

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