warning if you use your mt. gox password on mybitcoin!

CalumMc

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Quote from: Sandoz on June 20, 2011, 02:59:54 PM

I wonder why so many people trust "online wallets", especially after the whole Sony mess.

I advise everyone to keep their bitcoins on their own computer. At least there is no one else to blame if they are stolen. You have it in your hands to protect your wallet...

i use mybitcoin for portability. I wonder if it would be possible to use appspot http://code.google.com/p/bitcoinj/

Sandoz

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I wonder why so many people trust "online wallets", especially after the whole Sony mess.

I advise everyone to keep their bitcoins on their own computer. At least there is no one else to blame if they are stolen. You have it in your hands to protect your wallet...

CalumMc

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Quote from: Astro on June 20, 2011, 01:30:40 PM

Quote from: qikaifu on June 20, 2011, 01:02:42 PM

it's mtgox and the hacker's fault. it's not theirs.

That's a pretty resourceful hacker that has the skill to force thousands of bitcoin users, against 20 years of internet security advice, to use the SAME PASSWORD on every site. I tip my hat to him.

i'm not saying it's not my fault, of course a lot of its my fault for having the same password.

Astro

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Quote from: qikaifu on June 20, 2011, 01:02:42 PM

it's mtgox and the hacker's fault. it's not theirs.

That's a pretty resourceful hacker that has the skill to force thousands of bitcoin users, against 20 years of internet security advice, to use the SAME PASSWORD on every site. I tip my hat to him.

qikaifu

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God creats math and math creats bitcoin.

Quote from: Astro on June 20, 2011, 12:57:48 PM

This has nothing to do with mybitcoin and everything to do with idiots.

You're mean.

it's mtgox and the hacker's fault. it's not theirs.

andrepcg

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thank god i had no btc in mybitcoin

Astro

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This has nothing to do with mybitcoin and everything to do with idiots.

cronopio

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Please change the title.

Should be something like Warning if you REUSE YOUR PASSWD

CalumMc

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Quote from: ?? on ??

Same thing happened to me. Very stupid of me. I caught the MtGox news a bit too late. By the time I had checked, the BTC I had with MyBitCoin had already disappeared!

I have since then changed my passwords on almost any site I can think of to something considerably more secure (and varied for each account/usage).

Thankfully I only lost 2.6 BTC. Sadly, that's still a good chunk of change for me right now. I do believe most of that was made through mining, so it's not a total loss.

Anyone willing to help a moron recover some of his lost BTC with some donations? Grin

In the extremely unlikely chance that you are, PM me!

I'm changing all my passwords to... things like ' 5%[">s)Lv[tb{

CalumMc

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I'm just going through all of my accounts on things, changing the passwords to unique random strings. I've learned my lesson here!

phillipsjk

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Let the chips fall where they may.

They were hashed, not encrypted.

If they were encrypted, the attacker only needs to break 1 passphrase to get the passwords.. Mt. gox has been criticized for not making sure all of the hashes are "strong enough" though.

But yes, your conclusions are correct.

Edit: in theory, there is a vanishingly small chance that your complex password may correspond with a much simpler password when hashed with the same salt. If you have a complex password, you may just want to generate a new one anyway.

tymothy

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Quote from: BinaryMage on June 20, 2011, 10:45:25 AM

Quote from: Bezza on June 20, 2011, 10:40:29 AM

This is common sense no need to warn people.

You'd be surprised how many people use the same account username and password for multiple accounts. Hopefully less prevalent here on the Bitcoin forums, but nonetheless, it's never a bad idea to remind people.

The passwords released were still encrypted, correct? So if you had 15+ characters in a strong password, chances are they won't be cracked anytime soon, right?

relative

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that mybitcoin is actually currently under attack using leaked mtgox passwords is something about mybitcoin

Bezza

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Quote from: BinaryMage on June 20, 2011, 10:45:25 AM

Quote from: Bezza on June 20, 2011, 10:40:29 AM

This is common sense no need to warn people.

You'd be surprised how many people use the same account username and password for multiple accounts. Hopefully less prevalent here on the Bitcoin forums, but nonetheless, it's never a bad idea to remind people.

I agree it's just the title is misleading, entered this thread believing something had happened to mybitcoin but instead it's just another person making another topic on changing passwords.

BinaryMage

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Ad astra.

Quote from: Bezza on June 20, 2011, 10:40:29 AM

This is common sense no need to warn people.

You'd be surprised how many people use the same account username and password for multiple accounts. Hopefully less prevalent here on the Bitcoin forums, but nonetheless, it's never a bad idea to remind people.

flug

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Quote from: Bezza on June 20, 2011, 10:40:29 AM

This is common sense no need to warn people.

It's good to give expression to common sense lest common sense be forgotten.

CalumMc

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Yeah, I know. just saying though

Bezza

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This is common sense no need to warn people.

CalumMc

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Hello all,

I used the same password on mtgox and mybitcoin (stupid me) and now all my bitcoin from mybitcoin is gone! Just a warning to anyone, change your password!!!

Calum

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