LolzSecurity(?) takes over mtgox IRC channel #mtgox and announces

allinvain

legendary

Activity: 3080

Merit: 1083

Quote from: zer0 on June 22, 2011, 07:58:47 PM

lulzsec imposters
there are tons of them

you can email them and ask if it was them, they will respond like they always do if it's not on their twitter/site it wasn't them
privacybox.de/lulzsec

there are patriotic clowns masquerading as hackers doing stupid shit in lulzsec name to discredit them, bitcoin and everything else. i suggest you start looking at the jester's twitter this is right up his alley to gain ops on an IRC channel then issue a bunch of threats under somebody else's name. he's also probably responsible for DDOS'ing bitcoin exchanges for uncle sam

Do you think it likely that jester is hacking bitcoiners for uncle sam?

zer0

sr. member

Activity: 350

Merit: 250

lulzsec imposters
there are tons of them

you can email them and ask if it was them, they will respond like they always do if it's not on their twitter/site it wasn't them
privacybox.de/lulzsec

there are patriotic clowns masquerading as hackers doing stupid shit in lulzsec name to discredit them, bitcoin and everything else. i suggest you start looking at the jester's twitter this is right up his alley to gain ops on an IRC channel then issue a bunch of threats under somebody else's name. he's also probably responsible for DDOS'ing bitcoin exchanges for uncle sam

bitcoinminer

sr. member

Activity: 322

Merit: 252

I think it's awesome that the people responsible for millions of dollars in transactions, and handling encryption keys, can't seem to figure out how IRC works.

Thank you Lulz, for not only making this an entertaining post, but for also letting me know people still go on IRC. Haven't been on since about 1997 or so myself, back in the America Online free trial CD days.

£

newbie

Activity: 14

Merit: 1

Quote from: NghtRppr on June 22, 2011, 05:41:55 PM

Hmm, I wonder if hacking is compatible with Libertarianism. Any thoughts?

It's a difficult one, certainly, I suppose it subscribes to a loose doctrine of self-determination.

BinaryMage

hero member

Activity: 560

Merit: 500

Ad astra.

Quote from: LudwigDG on June 22, 2011, 05:51:34 PM

Yea well this data damaged the community a lot cause money, value was stolen. Previous Lulz hacks didn't have this effect.

The hacks that took down CCP (EVE), Minecraft, and League of Legends didn't damage the community? I don't know what news sources you read, but they must not agree with mine.

Anyway, Lulzsec, I think, is unlikely to cause serious harm to the Bitcoin economy, though I have no doubt they could if they wanted. They take donations in Bitcoin, and generate quite a bit of revenue that way, so if they took out Bitcoin, or at least destabilized it, it would hurt them a lot. They're just having fun.

alexbasasa

newbie

Activity: 16

Merit: 0

Quote from: dodgrr on June 22, 2011, 06:02:14 PM

seems like they'd want to drive the value up, not create a fear that would result in bitcoins losing value Huh

I'd probably say that their attack (if it was in fact them) was a good thing for BitCoin in the long run. It's not really helpful to have the value rise if people don't take security seriously, and if the economy becomes heavily centralized. If in the future there are lots of small exchanges, with good security, the value of BTC's will go up, but this is in a time frame of years, not weeks

AtlasONo

hero member

Activity: 551

Merit: 500

OMG someone registered an unregistered channel!! Roll Eyes

£

newbie

Activity: 14

Merit: 1

Quote from: airdata on June 22, 2011, 04:29:47 PM

*popcorn ready*

*leans over his shoulder in the dark of a new thread and lifts airdata's popcorn*

TiagoTiago

hero member

Activity: 616

Merit: 500

Firstbits.com/1fg4i :)

I think their position is, if people don't fix the security holes, they will penetrate and make a mess to prove it needs fixing

Mousepotato

hero member

Activity: 896

Merit: 1000

Seal Cub Clubbing Club

wait.. people still use internet chat rooms?

fujiwara

newbie

Activity: 38

Merit: 0

Quote from: LudwigDG on June 22, 2011, 05:51:34 PM

Quote from: fujiwara on June 22, 2011, 05:31:31 PM

hilarious, whether it's for real or faked: they did it for the lulz! Tongue

Yea well this data damaged the community a lot cause money, value was stolen. Previous Lulz hacks didn't have this effect.

I meant the takover of the IRC chan, not the things that happened on sunday. Lulzsec was my first guess, but as you're saying, it doesn't make too much sense regarding their "daily business".

dodgrr

member

Activity: 70

Merit: 10

seems like they'd want to drive the value up, not create a fear that would result in bitcoins losing value Huh

Grant

full member

Activity: 210

Merit: 100

For some reason i doubt this was LulzSec.

LulzSec has financial interest in keeping Bitcoin stable. What was said by the TOR client by the name "LulzSecurity" in that channel seems to contradict their own interest. I shall never say never, but it just doesn't seem to be productive from their point of view, afterall they are a for-profit hacking co. (that lives off donations)

LudwigDG

newbie

Activity: 28

Merit: 0

Quote from: fujiwara on June 22, 2011, 05:31:31 PM

hilarious, whether it's for real or faked: they did it for the lulz! Tongue

Yea well this data damaged the community a lot cause money, value was stolen. Previous Lulz hacks didn't have this effect.

Freakin

full member

Activity: 154

Merit: 100

uh, BFD?

My first thought was "who cares, it's just an IRC chan"

NghtRppr

sr. member

Activity: 504

Merit: 252

Elder Crypto God

Hmm, I wonder if hacking is compatible with Libertarianism. Any thoughts?

BCEmporium

legendary

Activity: 1218

Merit: 1000

Tasty Champa

member

Activity: 84

Merit: 10

gave me lulzbumps

fujiwara

newbie

Activity: 38

Merit: 0

hilarious, whether it's for real or faked: they did it for the lulz! Tongue

Chick

member

Activity: 70

Merit: 10

It's LulzSecurity, not Lolz.

Get it right. Grin

Topic: LolzSecurity(?) takes over mtgox IRC channel #mtgox and announces (Read 7060 times)