Topic: Public STATEMENT Regarding Bitcoinica account hack at MtGox - page 4. (Read 72856 times)

I just read through all of this and missed if there was a follow-up to this post?

$ zgrep -i steve_bobs *
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:07:02 -!- phantomcircuit is now known as steve_bobs
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:23 < steve_bobs> still aren't
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:23 < steve_bobs> they're a bank in europe
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:24 < steve_bobs> in the us they're a payment processor or something
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:24 < steve_bobs> iz, you sure that's what actually happened? seemed to have been something different from that
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:25 < steve_bobs> innocent, dialcoin
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:25 < steve_bobs> iz, yeah that's not what that says
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:26 < steve_bobs> pretty sure
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:26 < steve_bobs> that's an api key
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:26 < steve_bobs> not a password
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:43 < steve_bobs> helo, it's actually impossible
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:43 < steve_bobs> the risk to the insurer would be so high that they would never accept the contract
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:43 < kiba> steve_bobs: why would it be impossible? you know something that I don't?
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:21:44 < steve_bobs> if your premiums would be more than about 5% annually of the maximum liability of the insurance typically they will simply deny your application
#bitcoin-2012-07-13.log:22:37 < steve_bobs> ;;bc,blocks
#bitcoin-2012-07-14.log:02:39 < steve_bobs> HORRAY CHEAP OLIVE OIL
#bitcoin-2012-07-14.log:22:34 -!- steve_bobs [[email protected]] has quit [Remote host closed the connection]
#bitcoin-dev-2012-07-13.log:07:02 -!- phantomcircuit is now known as steve_bobs
#bitcoin-dev-2012-07-13.log:17:15 < steve_bobs> gavinandresen, how would that work for an exchange though?
#bitcoin-dev-2012-07-13.log:17:16 < gavinandresen> steve_bobs: I don't think it would work for an exchange, they'll have to be a MSB
#bitcoin-dev-2012-07-14.log:22:34 -!- steve_bobs [[email protected]] has quit [Remote host closed the connection]
#bitcoin-otc-2012-07-13.log:07:02 -!- phantomcircuit is now known as steve_bobs
#bitcoin-otc-2012-07-14.log:22:34 -!- steve_bobs [[email protected]] has quit [Remote host closed the connection]

@Rolo  you're not the only one wondering the same thing..

July 26, 2012, 06:50:18 PM
It's a shame that this lynch mob is forming based on shoddy evidence presented in an internet forum. I guess that is just the way justice works in the modern world, much like the lynch mobs going after George Zimmerman.  Zhou Tong clearly posted that his email account was hacked.  He has been the victims of hackers before and they are obviously trying to escape justice by framing their victim. It's a shame people are willing to become so manipulated instead of trying to continue to seek out the true criminals.  

July 26, 2012, 06:53:50 PM
I hope everyone can comment with more reasoning and less assumptions. I'm trying my best to calm down and attempt to get more information about the hacker, because he also used my email for a credit card fraud case. It's possible to discover something at that direction.

I have also listed a few people who know this secret email of mine. And I'm going to question them one by one tonight.

I'm definitely on the side of Bitcoinica customers and I believe that if the real hacker really had ties with me personally like what MagicalTux said, I may be able to recover majority of the amount back if the hacker can be warned. This issue is very serious and if I'm the hacker, I would definitely return the full amount back to reduce the criminal punishment.

The hacker seems to be a Chinese because he used Chinese punctuations in his English messages in the Aurumxchange ticket.

I will provide any information needed to the police once Bitcoinica files a police report.

July 26, 2012, 06:57:24 PM
Thank you for handling this situation so well, you are a true professional and a model for this community.

No, I meant what I typed.

so freenode would not allow +op for 12 minutes without being authenticated? aye, i was suggesting phantom was logged in and then someone else may have bumped him off. was just an idea. I do not even know what you are trying to prove or figure out...

I can make it look like I am any fucking IP i want on IRC. I was under the impression they checked your true mac address and not just went by what was shown in the chat.  my finger info would read *Sadpandatech([email protected])

I thought the hacker was Steve Jobs?  not Steve-bobs??

Still seems very odd that he would pick the same 'throw away' nick as the 3rd hacker though....

First of all it isn't mac address (i think you meant IP address).
Second FreeNode servers would not all him to be logged in that long without authenticating.
Third he used that IP more than once.  See my previous post: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1056652 which has a history of this.

Or maybe he was tired of being contacted by dozens of people and decided to go under a different nick temporarily?

Not been on IRC in years but wouldn't this;
[00:49] * ChanServ sets mode: +o phantomcircuit
[01:01] * phantomcircuit sets mode: -o phantomcircuit
[01:01] * phantomcircuit is now known as steve_bobs

indicate that someone logged in with the spoofed ident of phantiom and was de-oped because their mac id did not truely match?  Just seems odd he would de-op himself otherwise..

Not been on IRC in years but wouldn't this;
[00:49] * ChanServ sets mode: +o phantomcircuit
[01:01] * phantomcircuit sets mode: -o phantomcircuit
[01:01] * phantomcircuit is now known as steve_bobs

indicate that someone logged in with the spoofed ident of phantiom and was de-oped because their mac id did not truely match?  Just seems odd he would de-op himself otherwise..

+1 and fully agree

That he's owned that domain since almost 10 years back.

I don't know.  I just want my coins back.  At this point I couldn't care less if it was ZT or Burt Reynolds.  But I would tip my cap to Burt Reynolds.

Yes. He was quite pissed off at me in particular. I raised questions very early on after signing into this forum the first time - why the fuck do people trust this guy who has been known to hack competitors' sites?

phantomcircuit is one of the least trustworthy people I know in bitcoin. He is a calculating, deceitful, and dishonest person. Getting him to tell the truth is nearly impossible. I find it highly suspect that he left after the last hack. I found it highly suspect that the first hack happened not long after he had access to bitcoinica.

But, now ZT's bullshit story of the "friend" calls that motive into question. I have to wonder if there aren't MULTIPLE parties looting bitcoinica.

It has been my opinion since the hack, that the hack that closed bitcoinica was premeditated and intended to cover up the significant losses of customer funds due to "bad hedges" (or, more likely, looting already in progress)

What I am pretty damn sure of at this point: I have lost my $500 and position to an inside job.

What exactly are they trying to match up that uyou are saynig does not?

Are you a wizard?