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21  Other / Meta / Re: MY ACCOUNT GOT HACKED on: May 25, 2015, 09:11:31 PM
OMG WHAT IS GOING ON?Huh
22  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: mt gox claims on: May 25, 2015, 09:03:08 PM
Please send an email to support@mtgox.com - we will need to do additional verification to process your claim.
23  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Hacker Double-Spends...On A Starbucks Card! on: May 25, 2015, 09:01:55 PM
Poor guy... he'll never see the light of day.
24  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: So I guess MtGox isn't even trying anymore ... on: July 15, 2012, 12:45:22 AM
it wouldve been nice to get a headsup that polish sepa is delayed due to aml.
not nice having to chase after my euros.
i had hoped being a trusted member would increase the speed of this, since its clear where the money is going to...?

We will have to check your exact withdrawal (Was it a withdrawal?). SEPA are normally and still are very smooth. Did you open a ticket?
25  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Exchanges: Transparency Sheets on: July 15, 2012, 12:34:22 AM
Most of the information you are "Missing" are available on our website : Address, Telephone Number, API, Fee Rates, Company Reg, Products, Deposit Methods...

It is not because nobody update the Wiki that these information are not available or does not exist!!!

As for Transparency, well here you are https://mtgox.com/press_release_20120201.html. Sure this is not perfect but we are still waiting others to do at least the same.
26  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: [POLL] Should MT. GOX Have an independent audit? on: July 14, 2012, 06:18:58 AM
Mt.Gox won't do it.  They refuse.  

You really like reporting false claims in order to discredit us.

We never been against it and we have been thinking about it sine a long time. Now the problem here is that you have your mind wrapped around the US and have apparently a lot of difficulties to understand that we are not a US company and that we are based in Japan with different set of rules. Also since we are working on a global scale, such audit will be EXTREMELY difficult, long and expensive, a cost that goes FAR beyond what you are used to deal with on your local scale.

Now, WE HAVE BEEN AUDITED in Japan by a JAPANESE COMPANY and we already provide you with the LINK of the Japanese company that audited us (link available on this forum). This audit was for us a FRIST step, and we are moving as fast as we can on this matter. Bottom line : it will come at some point.
Another aspect that have already been discuss here on the forum : in Japan (Remember we are based in Japan) our accounting is done by a third and neutral party that is required to alert the authorities of any wrong doing.

Also we have publish early this year quite a lot of information about our company (these informations are still available on our website) something that NO ONE forced us to do and that NO OTHER BITCOIN Companies have ever yet done (And I am not including Exchange). Sure we are late for our 2nd edition and I m frankly the first frustrated about it, but IT WILL COME.
27  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 14, 2012, 12:58:59 AM
Which is BS since you can be a level 47 verified and you all will sit on a wire transfer for weeks. Especially a larger transfer.

No BS here. As I said before and as Mark explained, we cannot discuss these details here, however I strongly advise you to read the 20 (pages) of this thread.

PS. We are on your side not against you.
28  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 14, 2012, 12:46:56 AM
Once again, someone with a US IP succeed to get Bitcoinica's account credential which did not trigger any alarms since they were fully identified. Since Bitconica's account was a verified account the owner of this account asked (This happened when Zhou was still controlling Bitconica) to have his limits lifted to the maximum possible, giving the possibility to the thief to move Bitcoinica's assets to another external account (External to MtGox).

-- EDIT --

We would like to stress that Mt.Gox Verified Bitconica as a Company and NOT as an Individual.


it would not be plausible for mt. gox to not know about the change in ownership in april.

did mt. gox really allow this new company to use an account at mt. gox that did not belong to them (i.e., use an account that was verfied under a different name)?

after the change in ownership, there should have been a new account created (and verified) by the new owner.  because the old company didn't have any other source of income, deposits to the old company's account should have dropped towards zero.  

the kyc of aml/kyc is to know the source of the funds the customer is depositing.  mt. gox wouldn't know the source of funds if the verified owner of the account sold the business and has no other business.  these further deposits to "the bitcoinica account" should not have been made available for transfer or withdrawal until the source of the funds could be verified as truly belonging to the previously verified owner of the account.

it looks like there were multiple changes in ownership.  first was xwaylab (delaware), then [opaque change well known] then the bitcoinica lp of new zealand.

bitcoinica lp should not have been allowed to deposit to and withdaw funds from an account where the verified owner is anything other than bitcoinica lp.

here is some history:

  • On 2012/01/30 Bitcoin Consultancy became Bitcoinica Consultancy Ltd. (*1)
  • On 2012/03/22 Bitcoinica Consultancy Ltd became the General Partner of the newly formed Bitcoinica Limited Partnership (*2)
  • On 2012/03/27 Bitcoin Consultancy was retained to perform a comprehensive security audit. (*3)
  • On 2012/04/24 Bitcoin Consultancy took over ownership and daily operations of Bitcoinica from Zhou (*4)
  • On 2012/05/11 Bitcoinica was hacked due to a root password reset via a compromised email server (belonging to a member of Bitcoin Consultancy). (*5)

References:
1) http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/3715077
2) http://www.business.govt.nz/fsp/app/ui/fsp/version/searchSummaryCompanyFSP/FSP207625/4.do?noReturn=true
3) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=81045.msg919130#msg919130 (Tihan's post)
4) http://bitcoinmedia.com/first-licensed-advanced-trading-platform-for-bitcoin/ (written by Donald, CEO of Bitcoin Consultancy)
5) http://bitcoinica.com (post-mortem)

Your analysis is not only wrong but straight up defamation.

Bitcoin Consultancy LTD is a UK Limited company which is neither owned nor owns any other company.
Intersango LTD is a UK Limited company which is neither owned nor owns any other company.
Bitcoinica LP is a New Zealand Limited Partnership.
Core Credit LTD is a New Zealand Limited Company and the General Partner of Bitcoinica LP.
Core Credit LTD was renamed to Bitcoinica Consultancy LTD significantly after the events occurred.

disclaimer: i am not a lawyer

We cannot of course give such details here on a public forum, but I can tell you that we have been VERY caution when this particular change of ownership happen. We of course use the advise of our Lawyer and act accordingly. We did not let this change or ownership happen until we were fully satisfied with the document that were send over to us.
29  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 14, 2012, 12:39:46 AM

As far as Mt.Gox is concerned and as Genjix explained, we did not suffer any breach or any hack, all other account are safe and the thief only targeted Bitconica's account. Mark (MagicalTux) has been in contact with many Bitcoin players since this announcement and offered any help we can give, but unfortunately all funds (USD & BTC) are no longer within our reach.

Once again, someone with a US IP succeed to get Bitcoinica's account credential which did not trigger any alarms since they were fully identified. Since Bitconica's account was a verified account the owner of this account asked (This happened when Zhou was still controlling Bitconica) to have his limits lifted to the maximum possible, giving the possibility to the thief to move Bitcoinica's assets to another external account (External to MtGox).

Despite our effort on securing Mt.Gox and protecting everyone's asset I would like to remind everyone that it is also your responsibility to secure your account with a very strong password and use either a Yubikey or Google Auth (You can even use both at the same time).

Mt.Gox

-- EDIT --

We would like to stress that Mt.Gox Verified Bitconica as a Company and NOT as an Individual.
to what (bank-)account was the usd sent to? ie. where can we find the guy, and beat him?

We wish things could be so simple, unfortunately they are not! But if you read a little further we explain that we know how and where the money goes and we will give all these details to the appropriate authorities to get this done right. Despite what some want to believe we are at Mt.Gox extremely furious about this situation a lot of good people and very close friends lost a LOT of money. We have of course nothing to do with what happen and will help the community has much as we can on this matter.
30  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 14, 2012, 12:28:31 AM
How did someone initiate a $40 000 transfer without AML warning bells going off at Mt Gox since they use this excuse if you usually try it with anything close to $10 000 or in combinations that are close to that ? One doesnt just transfer $40 000 out of Mordor.

AML as nothing to do with warning. AML is just here to make sure you are who you say you are, and then once a person on here in this case a company prove they are who they say they are they become Trusted or Verified. Once you have a Verified Account or a Trusted account your limits are not lifted, you or in this case the representative of the company need to contact us and ask us to lift their account limits.

AML has once again nothing to do with that. Now Mt.Gox offers many withdrawal methods, and the thief use the one(s) that fit his/her/their needs in that matter.
31  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 14, 2012, 12:07:14 AM
I use lastpass but man the passwords i use now for mtgox and all other websites I have been changing to 40 character plus passwords.

My YUBIKEY CAN NOT ARRIVE FAST ENOUGH!

Wish a regular YUBIKEY would work with MtGox though Sad

Hey TUX! Any chance of getting a MtGox Yubikey free or at least allowing us to use our own? Sad

Please use Google Auth for the moment, we will see with Mark what can be done regarding people that already own a Yubikey.
32  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 13, 2012, 02:16:09 PM

Bitcoins ok, but how 40k dollars disappear? how withdrawn? I do not know how mtgox codes work, but you can not really know where are redeemed? Other options dwolla? OKPAY? Bitinstant? LR? I really can't believe that you can move dollars without knowing where, how and to whom.


We know how and where the USD moved, but unfortunately those funds are not under our control anymore.

Well, no shit they're not under your control, but you do know to whose account they moved, right?

I understand your frustation and I would love to give you all details, unfortunately I cannot do this at this time and place. I will definitively give you all more details when I will be allowed to.
As you can understand the situation is rather delicate and we, Mt.Gox, would not want to jeopardize any possible investigation by giving such details at this point.

Ok, fine.  But such details do exist, yes?  I'm not asking you to disclose that information here.  I just want to confirm that you can track where the USD went.

As I said we know how and where the USD moved, so yes.
33  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 13, 2012, 01:57:43 PM

Bitcoins ok, but how 40k dollars disappear? how withdrawn? I do not know how mtgox codes work, but you can not really know where are redeemed? Other options dwolla? OKPAY? Bitinstant? LR? I really can't believe that you can move dollars without knowing where, how and to whom.


We know how and where the USD moved, but unfortunately those funds are not under our control anymore.

Well, no shit they're not under your control, but you do know to whose account they moved, right?

I understand your frustation and I would love to give you all details, unfortunately I cannot do this at this time and place. I will definitively give you all more details when I will be allowed to.
As you can understand the situation is rather delicate and we, Mt.Gox, would not want to jeopardize any possible investigation by giving such details at this point.
34  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 13, 2012, 01:45:17 PM

Bitcoins ok, but how 40k dollars disappear? how withdrawn? I do not know how mtgox codes work, but you can not really know where are redeemed? Other options dwolla? OKPAY? Bitinstant? LR? I really can't believe that you can move dollars without knowing where, how and to whom.


We know how and where the USD moved, but unfortunately those funds are not under our control anymore.
35  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 13, 2012, 01:21:42 PM
Once again, someone with a US IP succeed to get Bitcoinica's account credential which did not trigger any alarms since they were fully identified. Since Bitconica's account was a verified account the owner of this account asked (This happened when Zhou was still controlling Bitconica) to have his limits lifted to the maximum possible, giving the possibility to the thief to move Bitcoinica's assets to another external account (External to MtGox).

Thanks for the update. Can you please clarify when the theft occurred?

Unfortunately I am no longer at the office (10:21pm), and I do not have access to such data outside of the office.
36  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 13, 2012, 01:13:25 PM
Hi everyone

We are once again very sorry to hear what's happening to many of you and that once again Bitconica has been the victim of a theft.

As far as Mt.Gox is concerned and as Genjix explained, we did not suffer any breach or any hack, all other account are safe and the thief only targeted Bitconica's account. Mark (MagicalTux) has been in contact with many Bitcoin players since this announcement and offered any help we can give, but unfortunately all funds (USD & BTC) are no longer within our reach.

Once again, someone with a US IP succeed to get Bitcoinica's account credential which did not trigger any alarms since they were fully identified. Since Bitconica's account was a verified account the owner of this account asked (This happened when Zhou was still controlling Bitconica) to have his limits lifted to the maximum possible, giving the possibility to the thief to move Bitcoinica's assets to another external account (External to MtGox).

Despite our effort on securing Mt.Gox and protecting everyone's asset I would like to remind everyone that it is also your responsibility to secure your account with a very strong password and use either a Yubikey or Google Auth (You can even use both at the same time).

Of course and within our capacity we at Mt.Gox are ready to give a hand in anyway we can to help Bitconica's team.

Mt.Gox

So you Verified and lifted the limits to the Max for a 17 year old boy, Bruno there goes your unanswered question about Mtgox approving minors.

Zhoutong, In my eyes you are the one to blame because this is your fault for not letting me know you was going to sell bitcoinica to intersango. You lied and sold private property trusted in your hands. Unfortunately somebody has to take responsibility for my 16,000 missing bitcoins.

Mtgox, you verify a 17 year old, is that legal to do? Please answer.

Maria.

Let's clarify the situation, Bitcoinica is not verified as an individual but as a company.
37  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoinica MtGox account compromised on: July 13, 2012, 12:55:25 PM
Hi everyone

We are once again very sorry to hear what's happening to many of you and that once again Bitconica has been the victim of a theft.

As far as Mt.Gox is concerned and as Genjix explained, we did not suffer any breach or any hack, all other account are safe and the thief only targeted Bitconica's account. Mark (MagicalTux) has been in contact with many Bitcoin players since this announcement and offered any help we can give, but unfortunately all funds (USD & BTC) are no longer within our reach.

Once again, someone with a US IP succeed to get Bitcoinica's account credential which did not trigger any alarms since they were fully identified. Since Bitconica's account was a verified account the owner of this account asked (This happened when Zhou was still controlling Bitconica) to have his limits lifted to the maximum possible, giving the possibility to the thief to move Bitcoinica's assets to another external account (External to MtGox).

Despite our effort on securing Mt.Gox and protecting everyone's asset I would like to remind everyone that it is also your responsibility to secure your account with a very strong password and use either a Yubikey or Google Auth (You can even use both at the same time).

Of course and within our capacity we at Mt.Gox are ready to give a hand in anyway we can to help Bitconica's team.

Mt.Gox

-- EDIT --

We would like to stress that Mt.Gox Verified Bitconica as a Company and NOT as an Individual.
38  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Whitelist Requests (Want out of here?) on: July 13, 2012, 04:11:28 AM
Hi the team

I just want to confirm that

MtGox_Alex
MtGox_Support_Natalie
MtGox_Natalie

ARE working for Mt.Gox

Thanks!
39  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Are USD Withdrawals From Mt Gox to Dwolla Still Taking Weeks? on: July 10, 2012, 03:23:39 AM
How soon is "the end of the tunnel," and what do we expect to see at the end of this tunnel?  Many of us need our money in less than a week - and some of us need several thousand dollars to pay our college bills very soon.  Please hurry and make reliable rapid withdrawals for U.S. customers, and respect each customer's privacy.  There has got to be a way...

You have to understand that until Dwolla do not clear the situation we, and other company dealing with Dwolla, will have some troubles dealing with them, I strongly advise you to read this to understand the situation.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=86224.msg997245#msg997245

Now what we are doing is to work on bypassing Dwolla and offering something different, cheap and fast for our users in the US, so yes the end of the tunnel and to this really uncomfortable situation is soon.
40  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Are USD Withdrawals From Mt Gox to Dwolla Still Taking Weeks? on: July 10, 2012, 03:20:05 AM
MtGox's continued use of them really puts their client's funds at risk and exposes MtGox to more operational risk.

Soon the end of the tunnel my friend.
i hope you don't mean mtgox is going to disappear

Cheesy Don't worry.
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