>Mt. Gox login is back
In other news: I have a bear trap that is back and ready for anyone to stick their hand in.
Mt. Gox login is back
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Re: Mt. Gox login is back
#32They took off the two factor auth which was previously required to get into my account.
They also removed deposits and withdrawals (sorry for being snarky... I do understand you probably feel violated again now that your balance information is available to anyone who had half of the security info that used to protect it)
But, there is no further danger that your login will be used to steal funds from your account.
Re: Mt. Gox login is back
#33I have low hopes for retrieving my 0.00770912 BTC that were in there (I really don't know why I even had that much in there, but upon logging on... it seems I may have). But at the same time, I didn't see this page coming. I wonder why its there? What would one do with this knowledge except feel uncomfortable?
The smart money is on at least one person whose job description is Serious Business and was in a position of authority said "Wait, you owe people hundreds of millions of dollars... and that fact is only recorded by you, on a system which is currently inaccessible to the creditors? And they don't have paper statements or anything? OK, that gets fixed. TODAY. No, your reason for not doing it is not a reason not to do i…
Now that I think of it... if you had used this as an "investment", could you take it as a loss on your taxes?
UPDATE: Checked with accountant, he's checking into it more, but very likely that you could take it as a casualty/theft loss for 2014. Will update more later.
Re: Mt. Gox login is back
#34I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole. The Gox code and DB where accessed, who's to say some hackers aren't recording your password and now your email is compromised too?