Someone posted about this in one of my bitcoin group chats last night. I of course ran the public address on the blockexplorer and saw that they had "taken" about .4 bitcoins from people. Personally I wonder if they might have sent a few fake transactions themselves in order to try and trick people in to believing that others were actually sending in bitcoins. Who knows though.
That's a lot of bitcoin but I doubt that all those came from the scam because why is it exact then? If it did all came from their scams then it's sad that people are still falling for the oldest scam in the book. 
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Someone posted about this in one of my bitcoin group chats last night. I of course ran the public address on the blockexplorer and saw that they had "taken" about .4 bitcoins from people. Personally I wonder if they might have sent a few fake transactions themselves in order to try and trick people in to believing that others were actually sending in bitcoins. Who knows though.
Ah yes a good old fashioned doubler scam. This is a typical deface, with the deface being the scam itself. Its sad that so many people are foolish to send their money to such obvious scammers.
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
It takes a minimal level of understanding that .org meant non-profit organization and .com is the opposite, a commercial site. But even those old customs seem to be fading away so. In the end, the only place with some trust is here, and this may be attacked as well so you have to be wary, the internet is never a safe place.
Wow,,, I used to think such people actually did not exist but now I found one. So you actually use bitcointalk and use Bitcoin and yet never used Bitcoin.org in your life ever? How did you learn about Bitcoin and what was your source? People have argued with me soon Bitcoin.org will never even be known and I thought that is ridiculous.
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
It takes a minimal level of understanding that .org meant non-profit organization and .com is the opposite, a commercial site. But even those old customs seem to be fading away so. In the end, the only place with some trust is here, and this may be attacked as well so you have to be wary, the internet is never a safe place.
But let be sincerely with ourselves why some people stood so low and dense to keep sending btc to scammer because some people want double btc in return how can that be possible, we just just have to be careful because those hacker are ready to steal all your investment.
Because they're not as smart as you and that was their first encounter of this kind of thing, not to mention that they're also probably desperate and greedy that they always want to try out things that's going to make them quick cash even if it's too good to be true.
But let be sincerely with ourselves why some people stood so low and dense to keep sending btc to scammer because some people want double btc in return how can that be possible, we just just have to be careful because those hacker are ready to steal all your investment.
Wow,,, I used to think such people actually did not exist but now I found one. So you actually use bitcointalk and use Bitcoin and yet never used Bitcoin.org in your life ever? How did you learn about Bitcoin and what was your source? People have argued with me soon Bitcoin.org will never even be known and I thought that is ridiculous.
The domain Bitcoin.org is still the top result on Google (and other) search engines. Until that changes, it will remain relevant to the Bitcoin space. I'm not really sure how many visitors there are per day, but I am guessing quite a few.
Bitcoin.org is owned by Cobra, his twitter is https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/
There will probably be something in the github repo. I opened an issue when I noticed this, so at least that will be closed when this is resolved:
Looks like Cobra is aware: https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/1440903346991337472
There will probably be something in the github repo. I opened an issue when I noticed this, so at least that will be closed when this is resolved:
Looks like Cobra is aware: https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/1440903346991337472
Thank you. I actually forgot all about Cobra
Damn.I'm glad I've never used bitcoin.org in my life before.
We have to track all the outgoing transactions of this scammers wallet.Perhaps this is the only way to catch the scammer,unless he tries to use a Bitcoin mixer.Why he isn't moving the BTC away from this wallet?
We have to track all the outgoing transactions of this scammers wallet.Perhaps this is the only way to catch the scammer,unless he tries to use a Bitcoin mixer.Why he isn't moving the BTC away from this wallet?
Wow,,, I used to think such people actually did not exist but now I found one. So you actually use bitcointalk and use Bitcoin and yet never used Bitcoin.org in your life ever? How did you learn about Bitcoin and what was your source? People have argued with me soon Bitcoin.org will never even be known and I thought that is ridiculous.
When I visit "bitcoin.org" I get redirected to "https://bitcoin.org/de/" which seems to be working fine.
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As of now, I also can confirm that the site is working as expected, and I do too got redirected to the /en/ language page. There are still no announcements and information about the site is up and about the true causes of the hack, @Cøbra said it was DNS hijacking but let's see if there are any further information about it. ~
When I visit "bitcoin.org" I get redirected to "https://bitcoin.org/de/" which seems to be working fine.
I can only vaguely remember using the site some months ago but there's definitely no pop up asking me for bitcoins or claming to double my coins or whatever.
I can only vaguely remember using the site some months ago but there's definitely no pop up asking me for bitcoins or claming to double my coins or whatever.
I have never used bitcoin.org before, and I am somehow glad that I did not, especially this time. Upon checking the site, I also get redirected to the same link and is working fine for me as well. And no message popping up that asks to send bitcoin and a promise of bonus.
When I visit "bitcoin.org" I get redirected to "https://bitcoin.org/de/" which seems to be working fine.
I can only vaguely remember using the site some months ago but there's definitely no pop up asking me for bitcoins or claming to double my coins or whatever.
I can only vaguely remember using the site some months ago but there's definitely no pop up asking me for bitcoins or claming to double my coins or whatever.
I think that Cøbra started using using Cloudflare few months ago on his bitcoin.org website and hack happened after that because of some DNS flaws.
I never trusted Cloudflare and my question is should Bitcointalk forum continue using Cloudflare or start using some alternative option to avoid something like this happening?
Here is Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince statement bragging how cryptocurrency exchanges are also using Cloudflare:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/13/cloudflare-ceo-says-crypto-exchanges-are-a-popular-target-for-cyber-attackers.html
PS
I really don't understand people who are still sending BTC to scammers like this
0.4 BTC gone with the wind, in scammers pocket.
I never trusted Cloudflare and my question is should Bitcointalk forum continue using Cloudflare or start using some alternative option to avoid something like this happening?
Here is Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince statement bragging how cryptocurrency exchanges are also using Cloudflare:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/13/cloudflare-ceo-says-crypto-exchanges-are-a-popular-target-for-cyber-attackers.html
With regret, I am (for now) admitting defeat on the DDoS front, and we will soon be using using Cloudflare to protect against DDoS attacks.
I especially dislike Cloudflare, which I'm almost certain is basically owned by US intelligence agencies.
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I really don't understand people who are still sending BTC to scammers like this
0.4 BTC gone with the wind, in scammers pocket.It's possible that hackers who are not really interested in the money would do that and send coins to themselves . I'm not very convinced that lots of people will send money so easily to people they don't know, unless they find it really convincing probably by thinking they are popular people who post about Bitcoin.
It's also interesting how lots of such scams happen via centralized websites
Surprising when a few hours ago I opened the site and was directed to send bitcoin to an address with the promise of getting a bonus, yes it looks like bitcoin.org has been hacked and I hope it will be fixed soon and there will be an official announcement from official social media.
It seems that even that site isn't immune to this kind of thing, the site opens up with a doubler scam, hopefully someone checks the address to see if someone has already fallen for that scam, hopefully they can fix the website.
It was hacked.
Been following a certain page named ExploitWarelabs, that are posting hack updates from different websites and as well as in deep/dark web.
Been following a certain page named ExploitWarelabs, that are posting hack updates from different websites and as well as in deep/dark web.
More people will fall for the scam thinking everything is legit, they believe the site is maintained by Satoshi Nakamoto which is false information.
Only greedy people/newbies will believe such offer, either it was posted in any reputed website. Coz people with enough knowledge can easily differentiate a legit and have a doubt even it was posted on popular twitter/facebook personality, or any popular websites. 
Yeah, I just got some minutes ago a strange error in my browser too:
At first didn't know what it means. Now I understand. Thanks OP.
Quote from: https://bitcoin.org/
Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to bitcoin.org. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).
Error code: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP
An error occurred during a connection to bitcoin.org. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).
Error code: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP
At first didn't know what it means. Now I understand. Thanks OP.
My goodness! The site appears compromised indeed. Information should be disseminated across various social media platforms so that people will be given a heads up that the official website of Bitcoin is hacked. Although double-your-money is clearly an offer from scammers, people might think this is legitimate as the site has been deemed trustworthy. They might send money to the hackers. I suspect the culprit has some connections or might be an avid supporter of CSW.
This is another sad day and one more reasons why there should be a solid and unhackable infrastructure to be provided to whole of cryptocurrency industry but this is more of a pipedream for now. The enticing offer to double one's Bitcoin is already a very popular scam and may not be victimizing those who are already here for months and years but obviously the offer can be effective to newbies as it is appealing to human's greediness. Hope nobody else can be a victim of the scam. I am expecting a full story of this soon.
More people will fall for the scam thinking everything is legit, they believe the site is maintained by Satoshi Nakamoto which is false information. Someone posted the news on Reddit and called Bitcoin.org the "Bitcoin foundation". This is how much false information is on the internet. DYOR is the best way to survive in crypto
That's correct, a few minutes ago I saw u.today reporting about it: https://u.today/breaking-bitcoinorg-hacked-by-scammers
Bitcoin.Org is one of the oldest or actually the oldest bitcoin domain, years ago, registered by Satoshi Nakamoto himself, and a few years ago after things happened with fake satoshi he made the website to remove bitcoin whitepaper from the official webpage. But, the whole point about this attack is the method they use, they are using the same method to scam people just like a few months ago some scammers were hacking the Twitter accounts of popular people and they tried to scam people by promising them high returns.
Bitcoin.Org is one of the oldest or actually the oldest bitcoin domain, years ago, registered by Satoshi Nakamoto himself, and a few years ago after things happened with fake satoshi he made the website to remove bitcoin whitepaper from the official webpage. But, the whole point about this attack is the method they use, they are using the same method to scam people just like a few months ago some scammers were hacking the Twitter accounts of popular people and they tried to scam people by promising them high returns.
Confirming still down for me also even with various VPNs,,, does anyone know if there is any other place for anyone from there to make announcements? Their Twitter has been inactive almost a year from what I can see,,, hope not too many people fell for that scam, this is really a hit in the stomach for them.
You can visit my post in Scam Accusations board to know more about the scam.Thay already scammed a huge amount from here.
Scammed : 0.40571238 BTC till now.
I just tried to visit and now showing down but I already shared details here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.58002016
It is an old trick that still works until now and maybe that will exist in the future as many new people are not aware of it.
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