I made two withdrawals from jnstawallet 2 nights ago around 1am GMT. The first one did not show up but the second one did. I messages Davout about the first one not showing up and I also emailed support at instawallet. I wasn't worried as it actually happened last time I withdrew money from them too. That took 24 hours. I also thought that as it was a bank holiday there might be a delay in support.
If this money was sent should I be sure to receive this whatever happens with the rest of instawallets issues?
Topic: Instawallet/Bitcoin-Central Security Breach - page 16. (Read 85315 times)
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What page is that from?
The wording "exclusive control" is also odd to me, sounds like someone steals it (internal employee?) and they discovered and force the guy give back the key?
Sounds to me like they're just saying "we know this address hasn't been compromised, and we control it, so don't worry".
This is from https://bitcoin-central.net/.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in.
What page is that from?
The wording "exclusive control" is also odd to me, sounds like someone steals it (internal employee?) and they discovered and force the guy give back the key?
Sounds to me like they're just saying "we know this address hasn't been compromised, and we control it, so don't worry".
Signing a message with 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy would be appropriate... also, a message at a website which may be compromised doesn't guarantee much IMO.
(Nick had the same idea as me it seems...)
(Nick had the same idea as me it seems...)
Both good points. Also lol at person indignant that they're not paid for the work done googling site:instawallet.com
It's instawallet.ORG
Signing a message with 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy would be appropriate... also, a message at a website which may be compromised doesn't guarantee much IMO.
(Nick had the same idea as me it seems...)
(Nick had the same idea as me it seems...)
Both good points. Also lol at person indignant that they're not paid for the work done googling site:instawallet.com
Is it me or has the transactions been waiting 3 hours to be included in a block?
seems VERY odd. Could understand if they had been sent with no fees, but they haven't
seems VERY odd. Could understand if they had been sent with no fees, but they haven't
Someone on HN pointed out that the transfer happened an hour or two before the site went down. Can anyone confirm this? It looks like the transfer happened about an hour before *this thread* appeared, but did this thread start immediately after the site came down?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5475389
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5475389
I made the thread after I tried to access my Instawallet and couldn't. I have no idea when it went down.
Bitcoin Central has been failing to process transactions since 5PM CET (which is 6 hours ago at the moment of writing) and went to 'Down for maintenance'-mode 2 hours later. It seems the transaction was indeed done well before it went down, roughly when they stopped processing transactions on BTCentral.
Signing a message with 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy would be appropriate... also, a message at a website which may be compromised doesn't guarantee much IMO.
I hardly think a hacker would take the time to post such a message after he has looted 4 million worth of USD. I don't really see the added value. Would it serve as a convincer to miners that are currently not adding it to the blocks? I doubt miners would decide based upon a post like that - seeing as the transaction fee is so huge, the reason it hasn't been added to a block can hardly be a collective moral decision of miners.
Signing a message with 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy would be appropriate... also, a message at a website which may be compromised doesn't guarantee much IMO.
(Nick had the same idea as me it seems...)
(Nick had the same idea as me it seems...)
They should sign a message with that adress to proof it's under their exclusive control.
Someone on HN pointed out that the transfer happened an hour or two before the site went down. Can anyone confirm this? It looks like the transfer happened about an hour before *this thread* appeared, but did this thread start immediately after the site came down?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5475389
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5475389
I made the thread after I tried to access my Instawallet and couldn't. I have no idea when it went down.
Glad this one has panned out OK (or will do once that transaction actually confirms)
Strange that they're still unconfirmed.
They sure kept us in a state of panic for a while there! Glad to see it's all working out fine 
What's the site?
It's showing up on https://bitcoin-central.net/
So far it hasn't appeared on Paytunia and Instawallet yet, but as the Instawallet transaction was to the same address I can only assume that those funds are safe as well.
[Apr-1 10:30 CET] Bitcoin-Central and Paytunia update: Our customer's bitcoins and euros are safe and will not be affected by the security breach. We have taken the websites off-line for proper investigation.
The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
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The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
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What's the site?
It's showing up on https://bitcoin-central.net/
So far it hasn't appeared on Paytunia and Instawallet yet, but as the Instawallet transaction was to the same address I can only assume that those funds are safe as well.
They sure kept us in a state of panic for a while there! Glad to see it's all working out fine
What's the site?
It's showing up on https://bitcoin-central.net/
So far it hasn't appeared on Paytunia and Instawallet yet, but as the Instawallet transaction was to the same address I can only assume that those funds are safe as well.
[Apr-1 10:30 CET] Bitcoin-Central and Paytunia update: Our customer's bitcoins and euros are safe and will not be affected by the security breach. We have taken the websites off-line for proper investigation.
The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
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Deep breath ...
The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
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Deep breath ...
What's the site?
It's showing up on https://bitcoin-central.net/
So far it hasn't appeared on Paytunia and Instawallet yet, but as the Instawallet transaction was to the same address I can only assume that those funds are safe as well.
I hope so. I really do.
Glad this one has panned out OK (or will do once that transaction actually confirms)
As the value of bitcoin goes up, so does the amount (and the combined skillset) of hackers wanting to relieve people and business of coins. There is only so well prepared these companies can be, as seen by the social-engineering hack on BitInstant.
As the value of bitcoin goes up, so does the amount (and the combined skillset) of hackers wanting to relieve people and business of coins. There is only so well prepared these companies can be, as seen by the social-engineering hack on BitInstant.
either way the lesson will be "trust no one to hold your coins".
Seconded
They sure kept us in a state of panic for a while there! Glad to see it's all working out fine
What's the site?
It's showing up on https://bitcoin-central.net/
So far it hasn't appeared on Paytunia and Instawallet yet, but as the Instawallet transaction was to the same address I can only assume that those funds are safe as well.
[Apr-1 10:30 CET] Bitcoin-Central and Paytunia update: Our customer's bitcoins and euros are safe and will not be affected by the security breach. We have taken the websites off-line for proper investigation.
The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
----
Deep breath ...
The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
----
Deep breath ...
What's the site?
It's showing up on https://bitcoin-central.net/
So far it hasn't appeared on Paytunia and Instawallet yet, but as the Instawallet transaction was to the same address I can only assume that those funds are safe as well.
twolifeinexile, nahh it just means that they and only they control it. Could just as well say "it is our address".
But exclusive control sounds so much COOLER.
[Apr-1 10:30 CET] Bitcoin-Central and Paytunia update: Our customer's bitcoins and euros are safe and will not be affected by the security breach. We have taken the websites off-line for proper investigation.
The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
----
Deep breath ...
The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
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Deep breath ...
What's the site?
I locked my thread https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1717292 (about Bitcoin-Cetnral security breach) and told people to come here.
Injust, can you please change thread title to include "bitcoin central"?
Injust, can you please change thread title to include "bitcoin central"?
[Apr-1 10:30 CET] Bitcoin-Central and Paytunia update: Our customer's bitcoins and euros are safe and will not be affected by the security breach. We have taken the websites off-line for proper investigation.
The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
----
Deep breath ...
The wording "exclusive control" is also odd to me, sounds like someone steals it (internal employee?) and they discovered and force the guy give back the key? The address 1LrPYjto3hsLzWJNstghuwdrQXB96KbrCy is under our exclusive control.
We thank you for your patience and will provide updates exclusively on this page as they come in. We are committed to resuming service as soon as possible. Expect normal service to resume within 48 hours.
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Deep breath ...
Does that include instawallet?
And is this user reliable?
And is this user reliable?
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