: Use the "Backup Wallet" feature in Bitcoin Core to save copies to an offline, secure location like an encrypted USB drive.
Organizations dealing with cryptocurrency should run automated scans to check for exposed private key material. Tools like Shodan and Censys can alert you to open directories.
In most jurisdictions, accessing a file that is inadvertently public is not hacking (since no security measure was bypassed). However, is unequivocally theft. Courts have consistently ruled that digital assets are property, and unauthorized transfer constitutes wire fraud, computer fraud, or larceny.
Limitations / caveats
Files labeled wallet.dat can be renamed executables or trojans designed to steal your crypto.
: Use the "Backup Wallet" feature in Bitcoin Core to save copies to an offline, secure location like an encrypted USB drive.
Organizations dealing with cryptocurrency should run automated scans to check for exposed private key material. Tools like Shodan and Censys can alert you to open directories.
In most jurisdictions, accessing a file that is inadvertently public is not hacking (since no security measure was bypassed). However, is unequivocally theft. Courts have consistently ruled that digital assets are property, and unauthorized transfer constitutes wire fraud, computer fraud, or larceny.
Limitations / caveats
Files labeled wallet.dat can be renamed executables or trojans designed to steal your crypto.
