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Re:The “Stolen” Mt. Gox Data Contained Malware That Robbed U... by smileyborg on Friday March 14, 2014 @07:00PM (#7402583)
I assume the people most likely to download the Mt. Gox data dump were ones who lost coins held by Mt. Gox. So this malware is likely preying on people who are already victims. Pretty cruel.
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Re:The “Stolen” Mt. Gox Data Contained Malware That Robbed U... by Lerc on Friday March 14, 2014 @07:52PM (#7402776)
I received a phishing spam that was advertising a 'Scam victim's compensation fund'.

From a scammer point of view, it is a pretty clever way to select targets.

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Re:The “Stolen” Mt. Gox Data Contained Malware That Robbed U... by rayiner on Friday March 14, 2014 @07:37PM (#7402735)
Seems to me like they just did a good job identifying easy targets.
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Re:The “Stolen” Mt. Gox Data Contained Malware That Robbed U... by mwilcox on Friday March 14, 2014 @07:06PM (#7402617)
Plenty of people had accounts & personal info at Mt Gox but didn't have any money there.
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Re:The “Stolen” Mt. Gox Data Contained Malware That Robbed U... by duskwuff on Friday March 14, 2014 @07:37PM (#7402737)
"Didn't lose any money in the MtGox closure? Don't worry! We can fix that!"
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Re:The “Stolen” Mt. Gox Data Contained Malware That Robbed U... by kzrdude on Friday March 14, 2014 @09:00PM (#7402961)
The indefensible part is bitcoin wallet software storing the keys unencrypted.
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Re:The “Stolen” Mt. Gox Data Contained Malware That Robbed U... by google-serf on Friday March 14, 2014 @09:42PM (#7403108)
Supposedly it's off by default because loss of key is of a higher probability than theft. The software has supported encrypted wallets for years...
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