So before I begin, the machine I am referring to is on a corporate level network. Hardware firewall, software firewall and endpoint protection with ADVANCED configuration has been implemented. I trade daily on this machine, and only two functions are ever used. Google Chrome with two windows- Coinbase, and Poloniex. Second, is my hardware wallet of choice. This machine receives updates only, and all other HTTP/S traffic from anything not listed above is blocked.
Yesterday: 210PM EST- I'm watching "Alive" the Standing Rock documentary while doing some mid-day trades during a dip. I place a trade and then send myself ALL OF MY BTC, amounting to about .52 BTC. Minutes later, I watched as my machine's mouse was taken over and someone was trying to control the withdraw function. Weirdly enough, this was just a ruse because in all actuality (verified by RAT .log file) they were already logged in on another machine with a cloned IP and ACTUALLY withdrawing the coins there. My mouse movement overrode the RAT user's, so when I exited out of Chrome I thought I was safe. An hour later I got an email that my wallet balance was 0 and asking if I'd like my normal auto top-up to take place. They had taken it all.
I never leave my funds in CB, and always move to my hardware wallet when done. I was waiting for my trade to come back and then move all back into my wallet.
Coinbase support is non-existent. During my inquiry, I found 6 other reports of the EXACT SAME ACTION taking place as we speak. After tracking things down, the final bounce point was in Russia, and the RAT was the RAT.IMMINENT (named after its appdata/IMMINENT folder creation) variant which is sent through emails etc. Things that have never taken place on the computer. More interestingly, I had a verified log which showed ALL CONNECTIONS I/O being blocked that were not to coinbase or poloniex, except for my wallet TX's.
Just wanted to get the warning out there! And if this helps someone, maybe they'll feel nice enough to help donate and get somewhere back towards where I was before.
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