Mt. Gox Has Been Hacked by People Trying to Find Out What Happened?
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#2In case my server goes, here is the text:
Right now in ##mtgox-chat someone named nanashi____ claims to be speaking for a group of hackers who have gotten into Mt Gox in an attempt to figure out what happened. Nanashi says they have a DB dump and are looking at what to do with it. Nanashi gave these links:
A conversation in Japanese with Karpeles and a Banker (http://picosong.com/Y7di/) Some Mt Gox Code (http://pastebin.com/W8B3CGiN)
Nanashi also posted personal information on those employed by Mt Gox including phone numbers and addresses. Nanashi says the group plans on releasing more info. Nanashi also said they group plans on not releasing the huge store of passport scans they found… Hopefully this group has the public’s best interests at heart.
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#3> Nanashi also said they group plans on not releasing the huge store of passport scans they found… Hopefully this group has the public’s best interests at heart.
Good lord. Lose all your bitcoins AND your identity. Mt. Gox can't go away fast enough!
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#4Reposting what I commented in the other thread since the post was deleted.
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I just saw this also in ##mtgox-chat.
What legitimized this was the fact there was a portion where MtGox connected to Eligius's servers to broadcast free transactions.
Eligius and MtGox had a partnership where MtGox provided free hosting for their pool in return for their acceptance of MtGox's transactions with no charge.
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#5In case my server goes, here is the text: Right now in ##mtgox-chat someone named nanashi____ claims to be speaking for a group of hackers who have gotten into Mt Gox in an attempt to figure out what happened. Nanashi says they have a DB dump and are looking at what to do with it. Nanashi gave these links: A conversation in Japanese with Karpeles and a Banker ( http://picosong.com/Y7di/ ) Some Mt Gox Code ( http://pa…
They have passport scans?
I'm impressed by how hard MtGox is fucking up.
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#6In case my server goes, here is the text: Right now in ##mtgox-chat someone named nanashi____ claims to be speaking for a group of hackers who have gotten into Mt Gox in an attempt to figure out what happened. Nanashi says they have a DB dump and are looking at what to do with it. Nanashi gave these links: A conversation in Japanese with Karpeles and a Banker ( http://picosong.com/Y7di/ ) Some Mt Gox Code ( http://pa…
They have passport scans? I'm impressed by how hard MtGox is fucking up.
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#7Could these hacking incidents against Mt Gox have been the work of the NSA? It is extremely unlikely to be Karpeles because hurting Mt Gox would send the price of Bitcoin tumbling, so he would be stealing from himself.
It could be other staff that worked for him or maybe just organized crime, sure. But who really has a motive to destroy faith in cryptocurrencies by hurting trust in the exchanges that make it appealing to use by everyday people? Mostly the American government, which does not want to see any competitor to the dollar as a global international reserve currency. I'm not saying Bitcoin was going to take that spot, but when Bitcoin suddenly gets popular internationally and even the Central Bank of China is talking about it, there is definitely a looming threat that exists for the dollar.
We know the NSA has managed to attack all kinds of routers, firewalls, and servers. We know they conduct acts of sabotage against so called enemies, and we know they have the expertise needed to exploit the weaknesses in the system. Now obviously this is just speculation, but I think simple theft doesn't make sense if you know you won't be able to dump a large amount of stolen Bitcoin without being noticed, and without also losing a lot of money from the panic you created in other investors.
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#8Wow, that's a lot of my personal data leaked in these last months. My email and encrypted password in the adobe breach, my user id and part of my mobile number via SnapChat, and now hackers potentially have scans of my passport courtesy of Mt. Gox.
I'm probably forgetting about some leaks, and who knows how many security breaches were never discovered. The internet is not a safe place.
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#9Why do they have passport scan?
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#10The Reddit thread on this has a bunch of links to paste bins being posted....
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1zeurx/alleged_mtgo...