How many hacked polo accounts does it take for them to make 2fa mandatory? - page 2.

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Quote from: Peanutbutterpolka on June 27, 2017, 04:05:43 PM

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Quote from: McWorse on June 27, 2017, 03:53:39 PM

How many deaths in traffic does it take for you to fasten your seatbelt?

I completely agree.
This is the choice of everyone. And to force, does not make sense.

Says the hacker.. Roll Eyes

Seriously, no 2fa, you might as well give the hacker your monies up front. Polo knows accounts keep getting hacked. They do nothing. Their complacency has opened them up to a lawsuit

They wont do nothing even if they did make some investigations i will see that this thing would be a hard thing for them. This is the sole purpose of 2fa and as a user of the site and as a sensible person we would really use up this thing to secure our accounts and the funds inside it because if you dont set this up you are really making a hole into your account that can someone could able to bypass and stole funds inside of it. We should really be responsible and this is the main concern here.

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At the end of may there was a polo ddos attack, the official story was too many new users. That is the time my account was hacked.

I really feel that the attacker got a list of non 2fa accounts and just started going alphabetical. This other user had the exact same thing happen, A full fucking month later. Coincidence that both accounts started with an A?

Doubt it.

Polo was and is still compromised.

Quote from: Peanutbutterpolka on June 30, 2017, 01:33:20 PM

My working theory is that the attackers hacked polo, got a list of non 2fa, then went manually through them alphabetical.

The hacker has been able to do this for atleast a month and a half.

The hacker drained my account nearly exactly like yours by setting counter trades.

Yes polo should be able to track this, have they made any effort to call in authorities? I doubt it.

Hence, I believe they should be opened to a lawsuit.

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Quote from: Peanutbutterpolka on June 28, 2017, 04:08:07 PM

In my case ,at the end of May, I booted fresh from a livelinux CD and used a new email address. The only thing I did different was I had to contact their help desk.
So I'm not sure how my account was compromised then.

Also my compromised account started with an A, so I assume hacker got access to polo database an went alphabetical.

Op did you previously contact the polo help desk for anything.
Also what letter did your account begin with?

My Account started with A as well (we may be on to something here)!! but not, I did not contact their help desk at all before that,
Did you see any unauthorized activity on your account?

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Quote from: btcmaker21 on June 30, 2017, 10:24:16 AM

everyone should do his best to protect your money soo i think it should be up to you if u use 2FA the exchange cant nothing really do about unsecure computers .... the "unsecure" thing is the user of the Computer Tongue

Like what when I ran around warning people about GOX or Crypts or RawX or?

OR how I did on the previous page?

You see investards..
You are well aware of the risks but proceed anyway.
You know better but shove your face in the ROI's beehive regardless.

If all the exchanges run the same way and all pretty much have the same complaints what'd you do?

Spoiler..

You leave dumb fucks. Cheesy

.. Then you all chant well huh how am I supposed to make Bitcoin profits then?

The answer?
You Don't.

So who is guessing 24 char long random passwords?
Where are they getting the account names from?
Who could do it and get away with it over & over?

Easy questions guys Roll Eyes

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i think not just in polo that we should do the best for our self because when we decide to make an account into every site, we need to make sure that our account is safe from the attacker. so if we are made an account in polo, then we need to activate 2fa before something bad is happen and we are only regret it because of that.

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everyone should do his best to protect your money soo i think it should be up to you if u use 2FA the exchange cant nothing really do about unsecure computers .... the "unsecure" thing is the user of the Computer Tongue

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Quote from: Mallyx on June 30, 2017, 09:25:37 AM

No 2fa is like hiding your life savings under your bed.
It's safe, until a thief come.

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No 2fa is like hiding your life savings under your bed.
It's safe, until a thief come.

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Quote from: silvermetal on June 30, 2017, 01:04:07 AM

Quote from: Hueristic on June 29, 2017, 08:07:55 PM

YUP, real idiot here been around here for years and never been hacked. Yup real dumbass. If your a retard your gonna lose your money know matter what. I'd explain that in more detail but I doubt you could grasp it.

If your vocabulary reflects who you are in reality; aggressive and suspicious then I understand that in this crypto world you have never lost a penny. I am happy for you, and hope you can say that after a few years as well.

But not everybody is like you, there are also a lot naive and faithful people who should be protected by making 2fa mandatory and by proper education/information.

Currently in this wild west of crypto it is steal or get robbed.

I don't want a nanny state everywhere I go that is all. I believe in Darwinism and don't think everyone should be forced to do things they don't feel they need to save a few morons (not saying every hacked is a moron just making a general statement). We are Adults that can make our own decisions. Whats right for a few is not always right for all. There is headgear in all Our futures if the insurance companies have their way. How do you like having traffic stopped both ways for a school bus and a16 year old kid jumps out and gets in there car and drives away? I say if they are that dumb by that age they should not breed.

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Quote from: Peanutbutterpolka on June 28, 2017, 12:48:30 AM

In case any of you were wondering. I boot from a live linux cd before any exchange activity or email and reboot inbetween steps.

And just randomly the account gets hit right after contacting customer support.

I still have the qora in my account, that is evidence of a crime. If they delete it they are destroying evidence.

Polo also made and kept the transaction fees from the theft.

Thats pretty fucked up to make money off of a theft.

I don't believe you. Why not just use 2FA instead of this nonsense then? Unless you use a unique, otherwise unused email, with a unique password, it's a useless excercise.

You have to have your email hacked to allow the hacker to recover your poloniex password and do the deed.

So with a safe mail, everything is ok?
Which provider is the most safe? gmail, hotmail, yahoo, gmx? What do you advise please?

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Exchanges can recommend 2FA.
Making it mandatory is plain stupid; also asking for that.

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Bittrex has been a target since a long time ago, and many people have been hacked. And now Poloniex, the largest and most trusted Exchanger. Poloniex often encourages users to change their passwords regularly to avoid hacked accounts. The use of Authy / 2fa is highly recommended before more people lose money there.

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How are the accounts getting hacked? Don't they use a hash of the password. I would think that as long as you use a strong password you would be okay. My Keepass generates a 24 random ASCII digit password. That should be more than sufficient.

2FA is a pain because you can't access your account when you travel overseas. I have to use a separate phone for each country due to phone incompatibilities, but I have never seen a 2FA account that allows for that.

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Quote from: Hueristic on June 29, 2017, 08:07:55 PM

YUP, real idiot here been around here for years and never been hacked. Yup real dumbass. If your a retard your gonna lose your money know matter what. I'd explain that in more detail but I doubt you could grasp it.

If your vocabulary reflects who you are in reality; aggressive and suspicious then I understand that in this crypto world you have never lost a penny. I am happy for you, and hope you can say that after a few years as well.

But not everybody is like you, there are also a lot naive and faithful people who should be protected by making 2fa mandatory and by proper education/information.

Currently in this wild west of crypto it is steal or get robbed.

Hueristic

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Quote from: silvermetal on June 29, 2017, 01:40:18 PM

Quote from: Hueristic on June 29, 2017, 12:55:46 PM

So you want to blame the exchange for not forcing you to use the extra security they provide and your answer to that is to force everyone else to have to use it. Fucking ridiculous, your out of your fucking mind. Go back to banks and fuck off.

Well maybe they should leave the option open for idiots like you to switch off the 2fa with the following disclaimer: At your own risk! It is a matter of time that your account will be hacked and your coins stolen.

Not everybody knows that nowadays you don't have to provide your mobile number or other private information to enable 2fa. That is why a lot of people have not enabled it. It is the task of a decent and reliable exchange to educate and inform their customers!

YUP, real idiot here been around here for years and never been hacked. Yup real dumbass. If your a retard your gonna lose your money know matter what. I'd explain that in more detail but I doubt you could grasp it.

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How about stop using crooked exchanges ?

What you think someone is guessing all those stolen passwords ?
Jeez you brats are naive and gullible Cheesy

Didn't learn from GOX, Cryptsy, Mintpal, MCXNow ?

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Quote from: Peanutbutterpolka on June 27, 2017, 03:48:59 PM

Polo continually is getting hacked. User accounts without 2fa are the target. Value in said accounts is traded out to the attackers benefit.

Polo is complacent in this. They know and do nothing. They are enabling this to happen. Most likely they are insolvent and or are in on it. Very shaddy!

Its time for a class action lawsuit.

More ppl need get on 1ex.trade!!!
Big vol this summer coming.

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Quote from: Hueristic on June 29, 2017, 12:55:46 PM

So you want to blame the exchange for not forcing you to use the extra security they provide and your answer to that is to force everyone else to have to use it. Fucking ridiculous, your out of your fucking mind. Go back to banks and fuck off.

Well maybe they should leave the option open for idiots like you to switch off the 2fa with the following disclaimer: At your own risk! It is a matter of time that your account will be hacked and your coins stolen.

Not everybody knows that nowadays you don't have to provide your mobile number or other private information to enable 2fa. That is why a lot of people have not enabled it. It is the task of a decent and reliable exchange to educate and inform their customers!

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I dont understand why some people dont use the 2fa when its just few clicks away in exchange of haigh security of their account. Personally, i activate 2fa on all necessary accounts i have.

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Quote from: Peanutbutterpolka on June 28, 2017, 09:48:54 AM

Quote from: sud on June 28, 2017, 08:48:27 AM

Some people will never learn.

Oh, Ive learned that only 2fa is really secure, until it aint.

So why is it not mandatory, the whole point of this thread.

Of course id like my litecoin back. And I want the fees polo made off my theft back.

However, I am simply arguing for 2fa to be mandatory at polo. The fact that it isn't, when this is a repeat problem effecting several people should leave them open to a lawsuit.

So you want to blame the exchange for not forcing you to use the extra security they provide and your answer to that is to force everyone else to have to use it. Fucking ridiculous, your out of your fucking mind. Go back to banks and fuck off.

Quote from: btc_zero_sum on June 28, 2017, 12:02:42 PM

Quote from: Peanutbutterpolka on June 27, 2017, 03:48:59 PM

Polo continually is getting hacked.

wrong!

it's people and their shitty computers getting hacked.

i bet you guys have wallets, login to exchanges and other valuable stuff on the same computer you use to watch porn, open any email attachments and visit other lame site that would refill your stupid windows os with malware and keyloggers

yes, start a class action and people will laugh at you Roll Eyes

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Do you have any information about how many people have been hacked, and whether or not there has been a password leak?
The fault could lie with you, we don't know that. I don't know why you don't just activate 2FA, even if it is a just in case.

I hope your password is crazy strong too. I don't keep much money at Poloniex or any other exchange, but I always use 2FA.

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