Has there been any word on if anyone will get coins back from pooljunkie?
So cryptopools is down. Though I would explain the funnyness of it.
1.They come back up and push that they back on track and ready to go.
2. The stop payouts because of possible brute force attacks (this means noone can withdraw ANY coins)
3. Site goes down, obviously there efforts to stop the brute force failed miserably.
4. Whoever did get to hack them got the chance to steal every single coin mined because the pool STOPPED PAYOUTS.
So either the pool is extremely wealthy at this moment, or with there stopping of withdrawals, have made some hacker very wealthy.
Indeed they were compromised somehow, because when I logged in the Payment address I had was different than the one for my wallet, in fact it was two address that stole from my account there. They stole est. 0.00000502, however cryptopools managers were able to get me 0.00000402 of that back.
In fact it was I who called attention to the thefts. It was either call attention to it or continue letting some ass-hat steal peoples coins.
I have a feeling the multiple DDoS attacks on several of the pool ops are actually attempts to compromise the pools to get in and steal coins, change deposit addresses, etc. I would keep an eye on any mining accounts on any pools you have that are mining 42.
Admin from
http://42.dedicatedpool.com here.
The attacks on dedicatedpool.com were 6 pronged. There were UDP floods, TCP syn, DDoS, layer-7 http GET.. anything you can think of they threw at us. We have upgraded our attack threshold and are continuing to improve our defenses.
When a site is DDoS'd the attackers can't access the site either.
Honestly the DDoS'd are more of an attempt by people who want to steal hash rates. The hackers are working separately just using user lists and passwords attempting to hack accounts - I don't think they are related - they have different motives.
The best thing you can do to defend yourself against hacks of your user accounts is to use a password manger such as "Password Safe" . It is opensource and highly recommended. Use a different password and pin on each website - laziness leads to sadness when dealing with money.
The best way you can discourage DDoS attacks is not to flip to another pool when one gets DDoS'd. They are counting on the fact that you will take your hash elsewhere. Fortunately at dedicatedpool.com we have a very loyal userbase that will stick it out through good times and the bad. We are so lucky.
http://42.dedicatedpool.comRyan, dedicatedpool.com support/admin
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