Index-of-bitcoin-wallet-dat ((better)) Instant

Conversely, someone who obtains this file gains full, irreversible control over your funds.

A hobbyist set up a Bitcoin node on a Raspberry Pi at home and opened port 80 for a weather dashboard. They stored the .bitcoin folder under the web root for easy access. Within 72 hours, a botnet discovered the open directory, downloaded wallet.dat , and cracked the weak 8-character password in 4 hours. $12,000 lost. Index-of-bitcoin-wallet-dat