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Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by nabla9 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:19AM (#15072635)
It's just scam if attackers are insiders.
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Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by jethro_tell on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @02:08PM (#15074962)
who says they aren't? Seems like a pretty simple trick.
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Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by quoquoquo on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @12:55PM (#15074220)
same password and it's such an easy feat for an insider.

Especially when the aim is to get press attention.

It's cleverly machiavellian. It accomplishes so much for the ICO founders with little to no recourse.

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