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Someone has put online an unencrypted backup of his 25kBTC wallet??
Well, if that is not an epic fail, I don't know what is.
Topic: 2012-09-05 pcworld.com - BitCoin Exchange Loses $250,0000 After Unencrypted Keys (Read 865 times)
September 05, 2012, 10:39:11 AM
September 05, 2012, 04:31:42 AM
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BitCoin Exchange Loses $250,0000 After Unencrypted Keys Stolen
Jeremy Kirk
2012-09-05
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/261894/bitcoin_exchange_loses_2500000_after_unencrypted_keys_stolen.html#tk.rss_news
Hackers stole about US$250,000 from BitFloor, a BitCoin exchange, on Monday, and it does not have the money to reimburse account holders, according to the website's founder.
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The cryptography wrapped around BitCoins is designed to make it nearly impossible to derive the private keys needed to gain possession of the secret number. But in the case of BitFloor, hackers found the keys.
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Jeremy Kirk
2012-09-05
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/261894/bitcoin_exchange_loses_2500000_after_unencrypted_keys_stolen.html#tk.rss_news
Hackers stole about US$250,000 from BitFloor, a BitCoin exchange, on Monday, and it does not have the money to reimburse account holders, according to the website's founder.
...
The cryptography wrapped around BitCoins is designed to make it nearly impossible to derive the private keys needed to gain possession of the secret number. But in the case of BitFloor, hackers found the keys.
...
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