Redditor’s hacked Bitcoin is a lesson on the hidden dangers of paper wallets By Cointelegraph

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A Reddit user has become the latest example of why crypto users should be more careful when using wallet generators — after the user lost a few thousand dollars worth of (BTC) from their “secure” paper wallet.

On July 24, a Redditor by the name /jdmcnair posted on the r/Bitcoin subreddit, asking for an explanation on how a hacker could have been able to steal over $3,000 worth of Bitcoin from their supposedly secure paper wallet — which was even generated on an offline computer.

The Redditor’s Bitcoin wallet address shows an outgoing transaction of 0.12 BTC. Source: Blockchain.com