Vircurex AND BTC-E in DDOS? - page 2.

paultramarine

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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on April 05, 2013, 12:53:23 PM

Vircurex has a thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=49383.new#new

They announced they were down and having datacenter trouble. So it should be nothing to worry about. Just persistant DDOS.

BTC-E dev says they didn't say anything about Vircurex hacked, so thats just FUD.

I ain't trollin - i saw the statement from btc-e support that vircurex was a hack myself. But I'm glad it was wrong.

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Vircurex has a thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=49383.new#new

They announced they were down and having datacenter trouble. So it should be nothing to worry about. Just persistant DDOS.

BTC-E dev says they didn't say anything about Vircurex hacked, so thats just FUD.

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Quote from: No_2 on April 05, 2013, 12:49:50 PM

Any update on confirming if Vircurex was hacked?

+1??

legend

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I offered them DDoS protection that would suit their needs a few days ago but they declined.

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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on April 05, 2013, 12:43:46 PM

Quote from: mr_random on April 05, 2013, 12:42:34 PM

Quote from: paultramarine on April 05, 2013, 12:39:58 PM

Yes, i notice new DDOS protection on BTC-e even just yesterday.

I was on btc-e chat jsut before it went down. btc-e support had just said that vircurex was HACKED, not DDOS.

Are you sure about that, there was someone spamming btc-e was hacked but I didn't see anyone from support say that Undecided

Yeah, how would support even know if Vircurex was hacked?

Both russian exchange operators, so maybe in contact with eachother? that's what i figured.
Or btc-e could just dislike vircurex of course.

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Any update on confirming if Vircurex was hacked?

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well, I got to say BTC-E is real resilient when it comes to dealing with DDOS. Couple of seconds and they're back in business. Props to the people at btc-e.

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Quote from: mr_random on April 05, 2013, 12:42:34 PM

Quote from: paultramarine on April 05, 2013, 12:39:58 PM

Yes, i notice new DDOS protection on BTC-e even just yesterday.

I was on btc-e chat jsut before it went down. btc-e support had just said that vircurex was HACKED, not DDOS.

Are you sure about that, there was someone spamming btc-e was hacked but I didn't see anyone from support say that Undecided

Yeah, how would support even know if Vircurex was hacked?

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Quote from: paultramarine on April 05, 2013, 12:39:58 PM

Yes, i notice new DDOS protection on BTC-e even just yesterday.

I was on btc-e chat jsut before it went down. btc-e support had just said that vircurex was HACKED, not DDOS.

Are you sure about that, there was someone spamming btc-e was hacked but I didn't see anyone from support say that Undecided

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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on April 05, 2013, 12:37:27 PM

Quote from: mr_random on April 05, 2013, 12:36:25 PM

They need to increase their defense budget. btc-e.com makes hundreds of k profit per month from taking 2% of each side of the trade, so it baffles me how they can't afford to defend against these attacks. Same for mtgox x 10.

I don't think your right about that actually. They are def making money, and BTC-E has put a lot of time and effort into DDOS protection, even MtGox has, but the DDOSers are still at it.

Yeah i know they are def making money, that's whole point of my post. Spend some of those profits on better DDOS protection. Do the math on how much is traded on these exchanges per month, with that much profit I would expect less of these downtimes.

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Ozcoin doesn't seem to be responding, either.

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yes it is really bad i was mining on litecoinpool.org and it when down did not realize for 7 hours that is a waste of time and e forte

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Quote from: paultramarine on April 05, 2013, 12:39:58 PM

Yes, i notice new DDOS protection on BTC-e even just yesterday.

I was on btc-e chat jsut before it went down. btc-e support had just said that vircurex was HACKED, not DDOS.

really? OUCH>

paultramarine

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Yes, i notice new DDOS protection on BTC-e even just yesterday.

I was on btc-e chat jsut before it went down. btc-e support had just said that vircurex was HACKED, not DDOS.

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Quote from: mr_random on April 05, 2013, 12:36:25 PM

They need to increase their defense budget. btc-e.com makes hundreds of k profit per month from taking 2% of each side of the trade, so it baffles me how they can't afford to defend against these attacks. Same for mtgox x 10.

I don't think your right about that actually. They are def making money, and BTC-E has put a lot of time and effort into DDOS protection, even MtGox has, but the DDOSers are still at it.

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Quote from: crazy_rabbit on April 05, 2013, 12:31:34 PM

Wow, these DDOS types are really persistant. It seriously sucks though- DDOS is becoming a real problem for our nascent economy.

It does suck but it also means altcoins are worth enough for someone with competing interests to spend time and energy attacking.... quite flattering if you think about it

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They need to increase their defense budget. btc-e.com makes hundreds of k profit per month from taking 2% of each side of the trade, so it baffles me how they can't afford to defend against these attacks. Same for mtgox x 10.

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I think it's a sign that we need more crypto exchanges. There's certainly enough room in the market for more of them. It'll be harder to DDOS 100 exchanges than 3 or 4 of them.

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Many LTC pools are still experiencing issues as well... The price is staying very stable, at least.

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