Title: So are my coins in my Instawallet wallet gone? Post by: johnniewalker on April 01, 2013, 10:43:59 PM Didn't keep a ton in there, but a little worried.
Title: Re: So are my coins in my Instawallet wallet gone? Post by: thebaron on April 01, 2013, 10:45:17 PM Probably. Since it's just a wallet that's viewable and useable by anyone if you have the right URL.
Title: Re: So are my coins in my Instawallet wallet gone? Post by: johnniewalker on April 01, 2013, 11:52:59 PM So what do you think-the "security breach" they're talking about means... hackers have emptied every account on there?
Title: Re: So are my coins in my Instawallet wallet gone? Post by: thebaron on April 02, 2013, 12:17:31 AM I hope. Zero authentication whatsoever is stupid and it was just a matter of time until someone came in and cleaned up.
Title: Re: So are my coins in my Instawallet wallet gone? Post by: d5000 on April 02, 2013, 12:20:32 AM There is another thread about this problem with more information (but no official post from the Instawallet/Paymium people):
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=164143.0 At another Paymium website which is down for maintenance with the same message, http://bitcoin-central.net, there is an announcement that at "Bitcoin-Central" and "Paytunia" all accounts are safe (but no mention of "Instawallet") |