. Only stupid greedy people will fall on a victim to it. Anyway, just now when i visit the website saw everything is under control. 
Topic: bitcoin.org hacked. (Read 702 times)
Lol.... They should try something different. It's an old scam model . Only stupid greedy people will fall on a victim to it. Anyway, just now when i visit the website saw everything is under control.
. Only stupid greedy people will fall on a victim to it. Anyway, just now when i visit the website saw everything is under control. 
It’s still surprises me that the site still has not made an official announcement stating that everything is under control, leaving people to speculate as to whether the site is still in jeopardy or clean as a whistle.
Going over Cøbras’s tweets, he does mention that:
Going over Cøbras’s tweets, he does mention that:
<...> By the way I want to know what is the new Bitcoin website?
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The site was hacked and the stupidest thing was that greedy people sent them more than 17,000 dollars expecting double profits.
By the way I want to know what is the new Bitcoin website?
By the way I want to know what is the new Bitcoin website?
ok site is hacked.. i wish they did not upload links to malicious bitcoin wallets
Honestly speaking, I don't care if this site is hacked or not. In 2018, any website, app, or bot that promises to double our bitcoin is clearly a scam in my opinion.Because at the time, bitcoin doubler sire and telegram bot were extremely popular.They doubled users' money in 24 hours, 48, 72, 96, even 1 week. That was a super scammy hype. Lots of people have been scammed by them. Well, in that case, I am one of them. I got payments twice, but then I lost everything. Well, it was a bad moment. But that time, I got a lesson that there is no one who will give you money for free. If someone offers, then stay away from him. Because he has come to loot you. By the way, thanks for the warning. And you say one thing, which I agree with: SCAM IS SCAM.
Everyone should SHA-256 checkcums and PGP signatures against anything they have downloaded since the hack happened, otherwise you may have installed compromised wallets which generate addresses that belong to the attacker. Anything is possible if you are able to successfully make a man-in-the-middle attack giving you access to the servers to upload any malware you want.
I think Bitcoin.org team has restorer the access because I just visit the site and there was no doubling scheme. They should make thier security more tight so such hacks does not happen in future.
I can also confirm that I can go visit all subpages of the website without my antivirus going off or without any missing page errors popping up. I din't see the scam/doubling scheme before when I visited the site but some pages definitely weren't avaiable.
Everyone should SHA-256 checkcums and PGP signatures against anything they have downloaded since the hack happened, otherwise you may have installed compromised wallets which generate addresses that belong to the attacker. Anything is possible if you are able to successfully make a man-in-the-middle attack giving you access to the servers to upload any malware you want.
I think Bitcoin.org team has restorer the access because I just visit the site and there was no doubling scheme. They should make thier security more tight so such hacks does not happen in future.
I barely ever use that site, i have no need for it. I think i went once to download the whitepaper or something, or to do a quick glimpse at other wallets available. As for your question, about where to learn about Bitcoin, the answer is obvious: Bitcointalk 
You see, actual newbies will sadly land into bitcoin.com, if they aren't savvy enough to distinguish a legit site from a deface, they are even less to notice .com to .org
You see, actual newbies will sadly land into bitcoin.com, if they aren't savvy enough to distinguish a legit site from a deface, they are even less to notice .com to .org
Yes,,, I know how it works and I know it is not often used, but still everyone must have seen it at least once and used it to see the whitepaper, google still brings it up as an early hit on search results.
Bitcointalk is where people learn about Bitcoin at a second or even third stage, but I guess the scene and search results have changed since I last knew as a newbie in 2016-2017
the start page pops up offering a bitcoin doubler. I believe the site has been compromised.
This is an old scam strategy, but I know that there are people who still fall for it. I just checked that bitcoin.org website and it seems that it has been fixed. This is the same strategy that was used by those hackers that hacked Twitter accounts of Well known influencers and celebrities. Even before then they have been making use of this same strategy, so it's something old and I believe that by now a lot of people must have known that it is a scam and would also avoid it. No legit business or investment will tell you to invest money for them to double it for you, it doesn't work that way In any legit business.
Everyone should SHA-256 checkcums and PGP signatures against anything they have downloaded since the hack happened, otherwise you may have installed compromised wallets which generate addresses that belong to the attacker. Anything is possible if you are able to successfully make a man-in-the-middle attack giving you access to the servers to upload any malware you want.
You know, one of my life goals has always been to (peacefully) take ownership of bitcoin.org from Cobra and counter-sue that tick CSW and his nChain cronies to reverse that ridiculous bitcoin.org judgment [I know a network of bullet-proof, pricey hosting providers so that these kinds of break-ins won't happen].
But you know, I'm not that rich yet. 5 figures is definitely not enough to approach anywhere near the bitcoin.org domain valuation. Let alone lawsuits, hooligans, hackers, etc.
That's crazy, I don't see why how they could be allowed to put a bitcoin doubler on the site when crypto transactions are already banned in China.
But you know, I'm not that rich yet. 5 figures is definitely not enough to approach anywhere near the bitcoin.org domain valuation. Let alone lawsuits, hooligans, hackers, etc.
did China Internet Army do it？
That's crazy, I don't see why how they could be allowed to put a bitcoin doubler on the site when crypto transactions are already banned in China.
did China Internet Army do it？
It's definitely hacked and I think they've been working hard to get up to this point. To those influencers and people who have some massive group, they need to make a big announcement to minimize and for the newbie investors to avoid getting their crypto assets scam by this team of crooks. I'm sure the money that was sent to the scammer wallet is from their other members so that people won't hesitate to send their BTC first.
For a lot of people bitcoin.org is the first website they visit when googling bitcoin or trying to get in on it.
These people don‘t know big influencers yet and those that do, won‘t fall for such a scam.
It's definitely hacked and I think they've been working hard to get up to this point. To those influencers and people who have some massive group, they need to make a big announcement to minimize and for the newbie investors to avoid getting their crypto assets scam by this team of crooks. I'm sure the money that was sent to the scammer wallet is from their other members so that people won't hesitate to send their BTC first.
Guys! Is it safe now? I saw the scam double pop-up is disappeared.
The site appears to be indeed compromised. The information should be disseminated on various social media platforms so that people warn that the official website of Bitcoin has been hacked.
Although doubling your money is clearly an offer from scammers, people always think this is a trustworthy site and they still trust it. And I feel lucky that I haven't used bitcoin.org before.
Although doubling your money is clearly an offer from scammers, people always think this is a trustworthy site and they still trust it. And I feel lucky that I haven't used bitcoin.org before.
I have stopped using the site after Roger Ver and his friends started to use the site to push the agenda that "BCash is the real Bitcoin" ....and since then never even visited it. (When something is toxic, you simply remove it like cancer from your life)
We should keep a close eye on all those old sites that are being neglected, to make sure that it is not being used to exploit people like this. Who is managing the site now......since Roger Ver has gone into hiding? (Just a joke guys...... calm down)
We should keep a close eye on all those old sites that are being neglected, to make sure that it is not being used to exploit people like this. Who is managing the site now......since Roger Ver has gone into hiding? (Just a joke guys...... calm down)
Bitcoin.org is an open source project designed to support the development of Bitcoin. News like this can shake the community a bit, but it's important to note that this will not affect the Bitcoin network, which will continue to function normally. Bitcoin-related third-party websites or services are not directly connected to the Internet. Due to the proof-of-work mechanism implemented by the network, it is not possible to “crack” the blockchain and attempt to crack the system. Also, Bitcoin is designed to be a self-sustaining system, so even if some malicious actor tries to attack it, the network will adjust to keep it running without harm.
What I don’t get is why there is no official announcement as yet, other than that the site has been compromised, and that the events are being looked into. I say this from the point of view of the fact that the site is back up and running (and has been so for quite a few hours), and anyone who read the news, should actually be in doubt as to whether the site poses any danger at all currently. I don't mean about the doubler thingy which is no longer there, but the conceptual gap between the site being up and running and the latest status on the events.
Even I was surprise when I first got to know about it yesterday.
Looks like the site is back up and running now. It's quite astonishing to see the most trusted site bitcoin.org getting hacked like this.
It would be good to know how this site got hacked. What went wrong and how did they overcome this.
Although this information is sensitive, a little info on the cause could help us identify such threats in the future.
Looks like the site is back up and running now. It's quite astonishing to see the most trusted site bitcoin.org getting hacked like this.
It would be good to know how this site got hacked. What went wrong and how did they overcome this.
Although this information is sensitive, a little info on the cause could help us identify such threats in the future.
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