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Re:MtGox down by ChuckMcM on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @03:59PM (#5488642)
I wonder if it is being ddos'd in an effort to move/convert the 43K bitcoins that allegedly went missing from Instawallet? I'm trying to figure out if there is an advantage to be gained by having them offline for that or not.
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Re:MtGox down by ajross on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @04:17PM (#5488750)
Or they took the site down intentionally to make the laundering of the same coins more difficult. Who knows?
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Re:MtGox down by ChuckMcM on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @04:18PM (#5488756)
Somebody knows, I hope they post a link to that here at some point.
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Re:MtGox down by waterlesscloud on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @04:01PM (#5488654)
They got ddos'd last week too. I think they're mostly just a big shiny target.
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Re:MtGox down by impostervt on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @04:19PM (#5488758)
For..extortion?

"Give us a lot of bitcoins or we'll take your site down"?

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Re:MtGox down by homosaur on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @04:45PM (#5488952)
That's what happens to all the gambling sites
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