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September 07, 2016, 09:00:22 AM
#47
I just changed mine.  Not taking any chances around this place--you see all the hackers and the scammers around, and you know it isn't a good neighborhood.  Mr. Rogers is hanging from a light pole with racist grafitti written in red ink across his chest. 

I have not yet visited the dark markets, and probably won't.  How much are accounts going for?  I don't quite understand how all of that works.

The last time I checked, it was $10 per account, and the listing said they were compromised accounts. They had 300k+ sales which is on the really high end (In contrast, a tab of really potent acid would have 2-3k sales which is also high)

$10 for a hacked account :O

i bet 90% of those accounts are either dead accounts like a newbie who created a throwaway account to ask a question here with a 123 password or if it is not they have already changed their password.

and just to be safer you can change it now too, and set a strong long password with enough random characters.

ahahah, I never thought that someone could take account in this forum. Because I see that bitcointalk has a very good performance and reliable. It was proven with the update and also never complaints against bitcointalk about the site down or in ddos or hacking exposed. So it is just a person's luck in guessing passwords
legendary
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September 07, 2016, 08:57:19 AM
#46
I just changed mine.  Not taking any chances around this place--you see all the hackers and the scammers around, and you know it isn't a good neighborhood.  Mr. Rogers is hanging from a light pole with racist grafitti written in red ink across his chest. 

I have not yet visited the dark markets, and probably won't.  How much are accounts going for?  I don't quite understand how all of that works.

The last time I checked, it was $10 per account, and the listing said they were compromised accounts. They had 300k+ sales which is on the really high end (In contrast, a tab of really potent acid would have 2-3k sales which is also high)

$10 for a hacked account :O

i bet 90% of those accounts are either dead accounts like a newbie who created a throwaway account to ask a question here with a 123 password or if it is not they have already changed their password.

and just to be safer you can change it now too, and set a strong long password with enough random characters.
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September 07, 2016, 08:21:20 AM
#45
I just changed mine.  Not taking any chances around this place--you see all the hackers and the scammers around, and you know it isn't a good neighborhood.  Mr. Rogers is hanging from a light pole with racist grafitti written in red ink across his chest. 

I have not yet visited the dark markets, and probably won't.  How much are accounts going for?  I don't quite understand how all of that works.

The last time I checked, it was $10 per account, and the listing said they were compromised accounts. They had 300k+ sales which is on the really high end (In contrast, a tab of really potent acid would have 2-3k sales which is also high)
legendary
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September 07, 2016, 08:20:59 AM
#44
https://www.hackread.com/hacked-bitcointalk-forum-database-on-dark-web/
should i be worried about it and change my password or thats just some kind of a bs?
i think you are right because when i tried to acess the bitcoin froum site in my mobile browser then it was sometime opening and some time server error time out showing .
i think the admin of this forum were busy in the work of fixing the problem of data hack or other think si that it was happened tp acess this forum . it was all about 2-3hours ago


Same, i was trying to access this forum but  it could took longer times to load and it shows error and i saw this thread knowing that is been DDos  ans saying that our   account details have been compromised and  been sold to dark net which is  somehow  quite disturbing for me.
man,i guess if you can't access the forum or it's showing error "nginx" or the site just become too slow it's because of the forum just got too many traffic or i say it too crowded,and it's just a common thing on the popular site having this kind of problem

i don't know what that nginx is but it is probably some teouble with the database and the fact that it can't be accessed sometimes. and it can have many different types of problems from a server crash to overload and even DDoS which is happening in the last two days according to Theymos here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.16159103
although i don't know why OP has brought this old news about the database hack up, it is so old!
well if theymos just stated that there's DDOS,so nothing to be worried about,it's just remind me few months ago that there's warning to changing password due to database leaked,so i conclude that the problem that occur to this forum for few days just a common problem so i think it'll be alright
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September 07, 2016, 08:11:02 AM
#43
Hmmm... if this was true the admins woud put some notification about it and warn usres to change the password. At least I think they would. If this really happened and no one hasn't told us anything that is a huge problem. If it's a joke, it's not funny one.
legendary
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September 07, 2016, 07:45:12 AM
#42
https://www.hackread.com/hacked-bitcointalk-forum-database-on-dark-web/
should i be worried about it and change my password or thats just some kind of a bs?
i think you are right because when i tried to acess the bitcoin froum site in my mobile browser then it was sometime opening and some time server error time out showing .
i think the admin of this forum were busy in the work of fixing the problem of data hack or other think si that it was happened tp acess this forum . it was all about 2-3hours ago


Same, i was trying to access this forum but  it could took longer times to load and it shows error and i saw this thread knowing that is been DDos  ans saying that our   account details have been compromised and  been sold to dark net which is  somehow  quite disturbing for me.
man,i guess if you can't access the forum or it's showing error "nginx" or the site just become too slow it's because of the forum just got too many traffic or i say it too crowded,and it's just a common thing on the popular site having this kind of problem

i don't know what that nginx is but it is probably some teouble with the database and the fact that it can't be accessed sometimes. and it can have many different types of problems from a server crash to overload and even DDoS which is happening in the last two days according to Theymos here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.16159103
although i don't know why OP has brought this old news about the database hack up, it is so old!
legendary
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September 07, 2016, 07:36:36 AM
#41
https://www.hackread.com/hacked-bitcointalk-forum-database-on-dark-web/
should i be worried about it and change my password or thats just some kind of a bs?
i think you are right because when i tried to acess the bitcoin froum site in my mobile browser then it was sometime opening and some time server error time out showing .
i think the admin of this forum were busy in the work of fixing the problem of data hack or other think si that it was happened tp acess this forum . it was all about 2-3hours ago


Same, i was trying to access this forum but  it could took longer times to load and it shows error and i saw this thread knowing that is been DDos  ans saying that our   account details have been compromised and  been sold to dark net which is  somehow  quite disturbing for me.
man,i guess if you can't access the forum or it's showing error "nginx" or the site just become too slow it's because of the forum just got too many traffic or i say it too crowded,and it's just a common thing on the popular site having this kind of problem
legendary
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September 07, 2016, 07:31:57 AM
#40
https://www.hackread.com/hacked-bitcointalk-forum-database-on-dark-web/
should i be worried about it and change my password or thats just some kind of a bs?
i think you are right because when i tried to acess the bitcoin froum site in my mobile browser then it was sometime opening and some time server error time out showing .
i think the admin of this forum were busy in the work of fixing the problem of data hack or other think si that it was happened tp acess this forum . it was all about 2-3hours ago


Same, i was trying to access this forum but  it could took longer times to load and it shows error and i saw this thread knowing that is been DDos  ans saying that our   account details have been compromised and  been sold to dark net which is  somehow  quite disturbing for me.
legendary
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September 07, 2016, 07:11:11 AM
#39
Even though this hack event was a year old, it came into different hacker related site after someone tried to sell those data in darknet recently.
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All passwords are encrypted, to break down in numbers; there are 469,540 passwords that are encrypted with the SHA-256 algorithm and 44,868 passwords encrypted with SMF password encryption.
I have read somewhere SHA-256 encrypted password are hard to decrypt isn't it? However using strong password like combination of words and number with special character is wise decision with ocassional change of password and using different password for different sites.
Okay, the encrypted form is can reducing the panic situation is happening at this time, but yesterday bitcoin talk is attacked by DDoS and hacker is wanna be infiltrated in them again for stolen the database but that is failing.

please don't create panic by saying something you don't have any information about.

DDoS is not a hack and it has nothing to do with the leak, it is a type of attack (denial of service) which will make the website not accessible because it is flooding the bandwidth and taking up all the resources.

educate yourself before saying random stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
Thanks for your link sir, really helpful for me, but I brought by the situation like the another people's said. and appearing some topic is discussing the leaked of bitcoin database yesterday.
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September 07, 2016, 06:45:23 AM
#38
https://www.hackread.com/hacked-bitcointalk-forum-database-on-dark-web/
should i be worried about it and change my password or thats just some kind of a bs?

There was a DDos attack against the forum today, so bitcointalk was offline for maybe half an hour.

Why the hackers hate us so much? Sad

I will have to change my password.






Yeah, the DDOS attack was caused by this very thread, hackers EGO got offended about the fact that someone said, "they can not sale it, it is useless since the DB is encrypted". script kids. 

BTW they won't stop until Friday.
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September 07, 2016, 02:53:38 AM
#37
https://www.hackread.com/hacked-bitcointalk-forum-database-on-dark-web/
should i be worried about it and change my password or thats just some kind of a bs?

There was a DDos attack against the forum today, so bitcointalk was offline for maybe half an hour.

Why the hackers hate us so much? Sad

I will have to change my password.



newbie
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September 07, 2016, 01:47:56 AM
#36
Has bitcointalk admin confirmed this? They should remind us to modify the password if the database.
legendary
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September 07, 2016, 01:32:39 AM
#35
That's the way, using strong passwords and changing the password with or without any hack periodically...

Why bitcointalk don't use a 2FA? It would be nice for security
Because it is forum based on old software in times when no one even heard about 2FA?
And new forum software which will probably use 2FA functionality is in development for couple years already.
So there is very little reason to waste time and effort to update current version of Forum with new features.

2FA is unnecessary to a forum, we use 2FA on cash or crypto coin related accounts, such as trading site accounts, dark market place site accounts.

If the database of bitcointalk is leaked, 2FA wouldn't work because our passwords are compromised. Hackers can try your passwords on other bitcoin sites, try to steal our money. They know analyze the passwords using social engineering knowledge.
2FA would work even if your password is compromised. Even if the hacker has your password they would be stopped by needing your SIM card to get past the 2FA layer of security. That's why the sequence is username/email, password, 2FA and not username/email, 2FA, password.

2FA blocks a ton of things, and as long as your company doesn;t give out a copy of your SIM card to anyone who calls them asking for it, you should be fine for the most part.
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September 07, 2016, 01:31:54 AM
#34
https://www.hackread.com/hacked-bitcointalk-forum-database-on-dark-web/
should i be worried about it and change my password or thats just some kind of a bs?
i think you are right because when i tried to acess the bitcoin froum site in my mobile browser then it was sometime opening and some time server error time out showing .
i think the admin of this forum were busy in the work of fixing the problem of data hack or other think si that it was happened tp acess this forum . it was all about 2-3hours ago
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September 07, 2016, 01:27:33 AM
#33
That's the way, using strong passwords and changing the password with or without any hack periodically...

Why bitcointalk don't use a 2FA? It would be nice for security
Because it is forum based on old software in times when no one even heard about 2FA?
And new forum software which will probably use 2FA functionality is in development for couple years already.
So there is very little reason to waste time and effort to update current version of Forum with new features.

2FA is unnecessary to a forum, we use 2FA on cash or crypto coin related accounts, such as trading site accounts, dark market place site accounts.

If the database of bitcointalk is leaked, 2FA wouldn't work because our passwords are compromised. Hackers can try your passwords on other bitcoin sites, try to steal our money. They know analyze the passwords using social engineering knowledge.
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September 07, 2016, 01:19:54 AM
#32
https://www.hackread.com/hacked-bitcointalk-forum-database-on-dark-web/
should i be worried about it and change my password or thats just some kind of a bs?

If you are really worried about this then perhaps you should change it every month.

Well I kind of do that every month with my e-mails so that it will be safe and I kind of got used to it also.
Specially when you are using computers in different areas. Base on their comments this happened a year ago so no need to dig a buried article.
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September 07, 2016, 01:12:04 AM
#31
Even though this hack event was a year old, it came into different hacker related site after someone tried to sell those data in darknet recently.
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All passwords are encrypted, to break down in numbers; there are 469,540 passwords that are encrypted with the SHA-256 algorithm and 44,868 passwords encrypted with SMF password encryption.
I have read somewhere SHA-256 encrypted password are hard to decrypt isn't it? However using strong password like combination of words and number with special character is wise decision with ocassional change of password and using different password for different sites.
Okay, the encrypted form is can reducing the panic situation is happening at this time, but yesterday bitcoin talk is attacked by DDoS and hacker is wanna be infiltrated in them again for stolen the database but that is failing.

please don't create panic by saying something you don't have any information about.

DDoS is not a hack and it has nothing to do with the leak, it is a type of attack (denial of service) which will make the website not accessible because it is flooding the bandwidth and taking up all the resources.

educate yourself before saying random stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
To be honest people who think that DDoS'ing is a form of hacking piss me off a lot. There is a huge difference between a DDoS (something literally anyone can do with basically no effort) and legit hacking which is far more involved and actually something that is pretty neat. DDoS script kiddies just piss me off for the most part.

Aside from that though, a DDoS on the site means nothing, and the database it basically pretty tight so there isn't a lot that can be done right now unless they're decrypting all of it as we speak, and that should be (relatively) thwarted by changing your password.
legendary
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September 07, 2016, 01:07:35 AM
#30
Even though this hack event was a year old, it came into different hacker related site after someone tried to sell those data in darknet recently.
Quote
All passwords are encrypted, to break down in numbers; there are 469,540 passwords that are encrypted with the SHA-256 algorithm and 44,868 passwords encrypted with SMF password encryption.
I have read somewhere SHA-256 encrypted password are hard to decrypt isn't it? However using strong password like combination of words and number with special character is wise decision with ocassional change of password and using different password for different sites.
Okay, the encrypted form is can reducing the panic situation is happening at this time, but yesterday bitcoin talk is attacked by DDoS and hacker is wanna be infiltrated in them again for stolen the database but that is failing.

please don't create panic by saying something you don't have any information about.

DDoS is not a hack and it has nothing to do with the leak, it is a type of attack (denial of service) which will make the website not accessible because it is flooding the bandwidth and taking up all the resources.

educate yourself before saying random stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
legendary
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September 06, 2016, 08:49:36 PM
#29
Even though this hack event was a year old, it came into different hacker related site after someone tried to sell those data in darknet recently.
Quote
All passwords are encrypted, to break down in numbers; there are 469,540 passwords that are encrypted with the SHA-256 algorithm and 44,868 passwords encrypted with SMF password encryption.
I have read somewhere SHA-256 encrypted password are hard to decrypt isn't it? However using strong password like combination of words and number with special character is wise decision with ocassional change of password and using different password for different sites.
Okay, the encrypted form is can reducing the panic situation is happening at this time, but yesterday bitcoin talk is attacked by DDoS and hacker is wanna be infiltrated in them again for stolen the database but that is failing.
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September 06, 2016, 07:41:10 PM
#28
I just changed mine.  Not taking any chances around this place--you see all the hackers and the scammers around, and you know it isn't a good neighborhood.  Mr. Rogers is hanging from a light pole with racist grafitti written in red ink across his chest. 

I have not yet visited the dark markets, and probably won't.  How much are accounts going for?  I don't quite understand how all of that works.
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