Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised

Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by codesuela on Friday July 13, 2012 @10:49AM (#4240016)

I would've thought that no one would keep using Bitconica after their first major breach but here I am, shocked by the fact that people still kept trusting them with their Bitcoins

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by waterlesscloud on Friday July 13, 2012 @10:55AM (#4240048)

Yeah, I just don't get how this is possible. The first time, sure, people just get caught off guard. But after that?

Send your bitcoins to me, people. I'll never give them back, but at least you'll know where they are.

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by kiba on Friday July 13, 2012 @11:11AM (#4240107)

Nobody is using bitcoinica. Everyone is seeking refunds.

Edit: Bitcoinica is still in the process of refunding everyone from the last breach when this happens.

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by muyuu on Friday July 13, 2012 @11:20AM (#4240158)

That's worth pointing out.

The site has been offline for months, lots of people are simply caught waiting for a refund.

So basically there's nothing they can do now, if Bitcoinica's operation gets hacked again (their MtGox account this time).

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by xSwag on Friday July 13, 2012 @10:52AM (#4240032)

I've lost count of how many times they have been breached. Why don't they get independent pen testers and get them to test their system? Surely paying a pen tester $5k is much better than the amount of negative publicity you get when you lose $350K

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by mmcnickle on Friday July 13, 2012 @10:58AM (#4240059)

Three times apparently (from the forum):

  Feb ~ 200k USD
  May ~ 91k USD
  Today ~ 300k USD

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by kokey on Friday July 13, 2012 @11:18AM (#4240140)

Someone is going to buy a lot of drugs.

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by throwaway1 on Friday July 13, 2012 @11:25AM (#4240178)

Please go back to reddit.

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by georgemcbay on Friday July 13, 2012 @02:12PM (#4241032)

"Surely paying a pen tester $5k is much better than the amount of negative publicity you get when you lose $350K"

Depends upon who you're "losing" the $350k to.

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Re:Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised by rmc on Friday July 13, 2012 @03:01PM (#4241298)

Surely paying a pen tester $5k

Can you get a pen tester for $5k? I'd have thought they could command higher rates

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