The same thing is coming to the wonderful BTC world. 
Topic: MT.Gox account hacked-Account wasnt hacked Mt.gox froze it for suspicious activ (Read 5256 times)
June 19, 2011, 11:16:00 AM
Haha. That reminds me of PayPal freezing accounts. The same thing is coming to the wonderful BTC world.
The same thing is coming to the wonderful BTC world. June 19, 2011, 10:41:34 AM
Nice, so all someone has to do to mess with people is,
1) Hack someone's account
2) Send the coins to random wallets
3) Watch as people have their accounts frozen for no apparent reason
1) Hack someone's account
2) Send the coins to random wallets
3) Watch as people have their accounts frozen for no apparent reason
No, it's even worse.
1) Hack Account.
2) Cash out at Mt. Gox.
3) Some sucker's account get screwed because Mt. Gox is trying to (
)Nobody is going to hack an account and hold on to the bitcoins when they can convert them to cash after a short delay... Mt. Gox locking accounts is stupid and damaging to it's function as an exchange.
June 19, 2011, 05:01:57 AM
Nice, so all someone has to do to mess with people is,
1) Hack someone's account
2) Send the coins to random wallets
3) Watch as people have their accounts frozen for no apparent reason
1) Hack someone's account
2) Send the coins to random wallets
3) Watch as people have their accounts frozen for no apparent reason
June 18, 2011, 09:43:03 PM
Man I knew my pc wasn't hacked turn out to be that MT.Gox froze my account because it contained suspicious coins, where was from a hacked wallet.dat
June 18, 2011, 08:49:36 PM
Seems like noone believes me..Anyway I am not getting anything out of this, just telling you so you could avoid getting hacked.
It's not a matter of not believing you, you just haven't given any reason for us to believe it was Mt Gox that was compromised. You need to re-evaluate the situation and consider that the breach may have occurred on your computer or due to your security practices. Your computer could still be compromised and you need to address this. Going by what you've written this is much more likely than Mt Gox having been compromised.
I wasn't aware that there were other recent reports of this happening at Mt Gox by the way. I still think that you should do a full audit of your system though.
Ok... so can you change the title instead of being such a sensationalist attention whore?
June 18, 2011, 08:48:06 PM
Seems like noone believes me..Anyway I am not getting anything out of this, just telling you so you could avoid getting hacked.
It's not a matter of not believing you, you just haven't given any reason for us to believe it was Mt Gox that was compromised. You need to re-evaluate the situation and consider that the breach may have occurred on your computer or due to your security practices. Your computer could still be compromised and you need to address this. Going by what you've written this is much more likely than Mt Gox having been compromised.
I wasn't aware that there were other recent reports of this happening at Mt Gox by the way. I still think that you should do a full audit of your system though.
June 18, 2011, 08:24:44 PM
Seems like noone believes me..Anyway I am not getting anything out of this, just telling you so you could avoid getting hacked.
It's not a matter of not believing you, you just haven't given any reason for us to believe it was Mt Gox that was compromised. You need to re-evaluate the situation and consider that the breach may have occurred on your computer or due to your security practices. Your computer could still be compromised and you need to address this. Going by what you've written this is much more likely than Mt Gox having been compromised.
I wasn't aware that there were other recent reports of this happening at Mt Gox by the way. I still think that you should do a full audit of your system though.
June 18, 2011, 08:13:05 PM
Seems like noone believes me..Anyway I am not getting anything out of this, just telling you so you could avoid getting hacked.
Thanks for your advice June 18, 2011, 08:05:42 PM
he also suggested to run to BTC... which is a pretty dead market.
Oh, snap!
June 18, 2011, 08:02:34 PM
he also suggested to run to BTC... which is a pretty dead market.
June 18, 2011, 08:01:35 PM
Seems like noone believes me..Anyway I am not getting anything out of this, just telling you so you could avoid getting hacked.
It's not a matter of not believing you, you just haven't given any reason for us to believe it was Mt Gox that was compromised. You need to re-evaluate the situation and consider that the breach may have occurred on your computer or due to your security practices. Your computer could still be compromised and you need to address this. Going by what you've written this is much more likely than Mt Gox having been compromised.
June 18, 2011, 07:58:59 PM
What browser are you using?
Are you using the same username and password for bitcoin.org and mt. gox?
Browser: Firefox 3.6.17Are you using the same username and password for bitcoin.org and mt. gox?
Yes the username is the same, passwords are different..
Code:
You could try to download the files again using different sources, then compare the files.
If I was you, I'd immediately disconnect the pc from the net (might got trojaned somehow), boot it up using a live cd (like ubuntu on cd or a usb stick) and copy my wallet out. Then I'd send all my coins to a new guaranteed unleaked wallet (like one created using the booted live cd).
Important: make a backup of the new wallet before you send any coins to it. Always make sure restoring your backup wallet works before deleting the old wallet.
About "you're not infected as your virus scanner doesn't find anything": that doesn't mean anything. Virus scanners hardly find trojans if they're not already known.
edit: How safe/long was your mtgox password? Can you tell it? You can't use it anymore anyways now.
Most important: did you use the same password somewhere else?
I don't think I am compromised I have been using the internet for 15 years only hacked once, I use a firewall the requires authentication from me for opening new ports or connecting any software to the internet.And my password is alphanumerical password more than 9 characters (its a random password)
and yes i use it for other site that are accounts with money too and wasn't compromised.
and I did setup and email on mtgox, yes its possible that I didn't set one but everything is possible right (aka. mtgox compromised)?
You just don't want to believe it
June 18, 2011, 07:50:55 PM
Email on mtgox is optional, its possible you never entered one
June 18, 2011, 07:42:19 PM
we believe you, need more info.
June 18, 2011, 07:41:53 PM
You could try to download the files again using different sources, then compare the files.
If I was you, I'd immediately disconnect the pc from the net (might got trojaned somehow), boot it up using a live cd (like ubuntu on cd or a usb stick) and copy my wallet out. Then I'd send all my coins to a new guaranteed unleaked wallet (like one created using the booted live cd).
Important: make a backup of the new wallet before you send any coins to it. Always make sure restoring your backup wallet works before deleting the old wallet.
About "you're not infected as your virus scanner doesn't find anything": that doesn't mean anything. Virus scanners hardly find trojans if they're not already known.
edit: How safe/long was your mtgox password? Can you tell it? You can't use it anymore anyways now.
Most important: did you use the same password somewhere else?
If I was you, I'd immediately disconnect the pc from the net (might got trojaned somehow), boot it up using a live cd (like ubuntu on cd or a usb stick) and copy my wallet out. Then I'd send all my coins to a new guaranteed unleaked wallet (like one created using the booted live cd).
Important: make a backup of the new wallet before you send any coins to it. Always make sure restoring your backup wallet works before deleting the old wallet.
About "you're not infected as your virus scanner doesn't find anything": that doesn't mean anything. Virus scanners hardly find trojans if they're not already known.
edit: How safe/long was your mtgox password? Can you tell it? You can't use it anymore anyways now.
Most important: did you use the same password somewhere else?
June 18, 2011, 07:40:05 PM
What browser are you using?
Are you using the same username and password for bitcoin.org and mt. gox?
Are you using the same username and password for bitcoin.org and mt. gox?
June 18, 2011, 07:23:20 PM
I just installed skype yday (autoupdate) and xchat from their official site.
I only use bitcoin ver 0.3.2 from http://www.bitcoin.org/
,poclbm_py2exe_20110428 got it from a thread here.
and namecoind from thread here.
Seems like noone believes me..Anyway I am not getting anything out of this, just telling you so you could avoid getting hacked.
I only use bitcoin ver 0.3.2 from http://www.bitcoin.org/
,poclbm_py2exe_20110428 got it from a thread here.
and namecoind from thread here.
Seems like noone believes me..Anyway I am not getting anything out of this, just telling you so you could avoid getting hacked.
June 18, 2011, 07:18:06 PM
What bitcoin related programms do you use? Is there anything new you recently installed?
June 18, 2011, 07:13:57 PM
June 18, 2011, 07:12:29 PM
i try to reset my account using username or email it says (Sorry No email on file for this user. or Enter in your User Name or Email.)
I can't log back in after I returned home...(after 1 hour)
I know the password very well, and no my pc wasn't compromised.I have avira on all the time and scanned for viruses and spyware right now and there is nothing..
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18858.msg238389#msg238389
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18858.msg239230#msg239230
exactly similar problems.
I can't log back in after I returned home...(after 1 hour)
I know the password very well, and no my pc wasn't compromised.I have avira on all the time and scanned for viruses and spyware right now and there is nothing..
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18858.msg238389#msg238389
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18858.msg239230#msg239230
exactly similar problems.
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