Topic: Somthing Wrong With Poloniex? (Read 1227 times)
Any news. i am still getting the same error message.
They haven't lost money this time around. Third time's the charm 
They are fixing it. Don't worry, they have said our money is safe,
Compromised at hosting. That sucks.
Kudos to the Poloneix dev for the quick reaction. Looks like he has learned from the past two hacks.
Kudos to the Poloneix dev for the quick reaction. Looks like he has learned from the past two hacks.
that has happened in crypto before i seen that on another exchange that got hacked
that was located in Ontario Canada i think, story posted at Coindesk while back..
get good hosting
that was located in Ontario Canada i think, story posted at Coindesk while back..
get good hosting
Better yet try the actual Poloniex thread. The one above is about an old subject. All coins are safe, nothing has been stolen at this time. Site is down to take precautionary measures because someone did try to hack the site.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annexchange-poloniex-crypto-exchange-with-btcnxt-420836
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annexchange-poloniex-crypto-exchange-with-btcnxt-420836
Thanks for the suggestion. Here's the money post:
All funds are safe. Poloniex does use cold wallets.
What happened was an attacker used social engineering to gain root access to a wallet server. This was made possible by absolutely jaw-dropping negligence on the part of the hosting provider. Fortunately, I caught the attempt in time and was able to shut down the server before anything was taken. All BTC has been moved into cold storage, and then next step is to set up a new server with a different provider.
Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.
I appreciate everyone's patience while I take proper security measures before bringing the exchange back online.
What happened was an attacker used social engineering to gain root access to a wallet server. This was made possible by absolutely jaw-dropping negligence on the part of the hosting provider. Fortunately, I caught the attempt in time and was able to shut down the server before anything was taken. All BTC has been moved into cold storage, and then next step is to set up a new server with a different provider.
Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.
I appreciate everyone's patience while I take proper security measures before bringing the exchange back online.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6515293
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Thread here is bumped constantly, you might wanna check that out.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=499580.740
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=499580.740
Better yet try the actual Poloniex thread. The one above is about an old subject. All coins are safe, nothing has been stolen at this time. Site is down to take precautionary measures because someone did try to hack the site.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/annexchange-poloniex-crypto-exchange-with-btcnxt-420836
Thread here is bumped constantly, you might wanna check that out.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=499580.740
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=499580.740
Down for me for hours now!
I've been trying to access Poloniex for the last few hours, but all I get is "This page can’t be displayed" In other words, Club 404.
Does anyone know if anything's wrong? "Down For Everyone Or Just Me" assured me that it ain't just me.
Does anyone know if anything's wrong? "Down For Everyone Or Just Me" assured me that it ain't just me.
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