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Title: Bitstamp hack address(es) still being sent btc's lol Post by: Xiaoxiao on January 18, 2015, 07:07:03 PM I read somewhere (and this was several days ago) that the bitstamp hacked addresses were still being sent btc's (50k worth) at that time. So what is being done about that? Imagine you have saved a bitstamp old address and sent 20 btc's there only to find out it doesn't belong to bitstamp anymore.
Is bitstamp compensating it or what is going on right now? It's gotta be a lot more than 50k now, i'm sure there's people still sending to old addresses. Title: Re: Bitstamp hack address(es) still being sent btc's lol Post by: Xiaoxiao on January 18, 2015, 07:19:26 PM I read somewhere (and this was several days ago) that the bitstamp hacked addresses were still being sent btc's (50k worth) at that time. So what is being done about that? Imagine you have saved a bitstamp old address and sent 20 btc's there only to find out it doesn't belong to bitstamp anymore. Is bitstamp compensating it or what is going on right now? It's gotta be a lot more than 50k now, i'm sure there's people still sending to old addresses. NO, it doesn't work like that, this address belongs to the hacker and the hacker only: https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf Coins are still going into it because the hacker is still sending coins into it, these coins could be hacked from bitstamp(if people still send coins to bitstamp's old wallet) or hacked from somewhere else(almost every day someone has to lose some coins,that's why we say bitcoin is not secure and less by less people decide to use bitcoin) I know that, but is bitstamp going to compensate all the users that don't know about this that have sent money to the hacker? Title: Re: Bitstamp hack address(es) still being sent btc's lol Post by: redsn0w on January 18, 2015, 07:21:24 PM I read somewhere (and this was several days ago) that the bitstamp hacked addresses were still being sent btc's (50k worth) at that time. So what is being done about that? Imagine you have saved a bitstamp old address and sent 20 btc's there only to find out it doesn't belong to bitstamp anymore. Is bitstamp compensating it or what is going on right now? It's gotta be a lot more than 50k now, i'm sure there's people still sending to old addresses. NO, it doesn't work like that, this address belongs to the hacker and the hacker only: https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf Coins are still going into it because the hacker is still sending coins into it, these coins could be hacked from bitstamp(if people still send coins to bitstamp's old wallet) or hacked from somewhere else(almost every day someone has to lose some coins,that's why we say bitcoin is not secure and less by less people decide to use bitcoin) I know that, but is bitstamp going to compensate all the users that don't know about this that have sent money to the hacker? A lot of users think it was a fault in the RNG, so maybe that addresses are not of "bitstamp" but maybe of other users or exchanges. I don't know , but most probable : yes. Title: Re: Bitstamp hack address(es) still being sent btc's lol Post by: ronald98 on January 18, 2015, 07:23:57 PM This had me worried because there have been 1,054 bitcoins sent to it since the hacker withdrew the bulk of the funds.
However, it's mostly due to three transactions where 699, 86, and 75 bitcoins were sent to it. The other ~200 bitcoins were from small deposits. A twitter user complained he had an arrangement for someone to send bitcoins to his bitstamp address which he could not cancel. I expect others may have been in his position, and there must still be people who have not heard about the hack. https://blockchain.info/address/1L2JsXHPMYuAa9ugvHGLwkdstCPUDemNCf Title: Re: Bitstamp hack address(es) still being sent btc's lol Post by: redsn0w on January 18, 2015, 07:24:49 PM Here some articles about the "possible" weak RGN /the same situation of the blockchain.info/ :
- https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-exchange-bitstamp-withdrawals-deposits-stopped-possible-rng-attack/ - http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/possible-rng-attack-forces-bitstamp-to-suspend-bitcoin-transactions/ - http://newsbtc.com/2015/01/05/bitcoin-exchange-bitstamp-stops-services-rng-attack-suspected/ - http://www.thepaypers.com/cryptocurrencies-bitcoin-virtual-currencies/bitstamp-halts-customer-operations-on-alleged-rng-attack/757978-39 |