Topic: Hacked Linode & coins stolen to 1NRy8GbX56MymBhDYM... - page 8. (Read 62186 times)

This is by far one of the scariest things about the process.  Considering Slush and the Faucet were compromised at roughly the same time, it points to the flaw being in Linode's administrative control panel.  A -very- scary situation, considering Linode is one of the largest VPS providers around.

I'm still waiting what they'll find, but expect they'll try to hide any issue on their side and they will definitely reject to pay 3000 BTC for this attack :-/.

WTF http://blockchain.info/address/0c767fd66d57a601838213fe5da3b20681a85db4

99K Bitcoins? 1 hoop away from the 25k transaction? holly SH************************

Remind me why linode should pay you back for your own fuck up? If you're too lazy to search around and to then use a respectable host with reasonable security measures then its your own problem if you lose your own money. It's no different to if I change my gold into fiat dollars, put it into a government backed bank who then goes bust.

http://blockchain.info/tx-index/2893660/d9804de366aa4c2a01565c3a3c8aa2ea20baafc276dc875f80b9044841205333

Help?

right... anyone trying to follow the bits?

funny I was wondering the very same thing. I don't get why anyone would steal bitcoin since when you go to "cash out" it could conceivably be red-flagged - then again they could do small amounts  BUT STILL what thief wants to sit there and do $50 cash out at a time ? can anyone explain this?

Interesting. There's remaining question - how attacker found that exactly those eight accounts are running bitcoin services without scanning whole database? It just confirms my opinion that they compared linode database with list of IPs with running bitcoind, but technically they had access to all linode boxes, if they wanted.

What's that transaction? Who got jacked out of 25k BTC?

Looks like Linode has issued a status update:

Shit, this guy knows his stuff. Check out the transaction size of the 25k transaction:
http://blockchain.info/tx-index/2893660/d9804de366aa4c2a01565c3a3c8aa2ea20baafc276dc875f80b9044841205333
Size:   1337 (bytes)

I guarantee that isn't a coincidence.

Regardless, I find it hard to believe that a hacker who supposedly has access to all of the Linodes uses that ability to hijack a few bitcoins.

Regardless, I find it hard to believe that a hacker who supposedly has access to all of the Linodes uses that ability to hijack a few bitcoins.

Manager Security Incident

Ensuring the security of our platform is our top priority. We maintain a strong security policy and aim to communicate openly should it ever be compromised. Thus, we are posting to describe a recent incident affecting the Linode Manager.

Here are the facts:

This morning, an intruder accessed a web-based Linode customer service portal. Suspicious events prompted an immediate investigation and the compromised credentials used by this intruder were then restricted.  All activity via the web portal is logged, and an exhaustive audit has provided the following:

All activity by the intruder was limited to a total of eight customers, all of which had references to "bitcoin".  The intruder proceeded to compromise those Linode Manager accounts, with the apparent goal of finding and transferring any bitcoins.  Those customers affected have been notified.  If you have not received a notification then your account is unaffected.  Again, only eight accounts were affected.

The portal does not have access to credit card information or Linode Manager user passwords.  Only those eight accounts were viewed or manipulated -- no other accounts were viewed or accessed.

Security is our number one priority and has been for over eight years. We depend on and value the trust our customers have placed in us. Now, more than ever, we remain committed to ensuring the safety and security of our customers' accounts, and will be reviewing our policies and procedures to prevent this from ever recurring.