48 hours later, and still no BTC. Support is giving me the run around. This is ridiculous.

Hey, I was just too lazy to enter the "forum" part in the bitcoin forums address and went -> bitcoin.org, clicked on forums there. Seems like someone replaced the link to the forums with a link to a google search for bitcoin forums. I suggest someone with write permissions on the main page should change this back.

thank you and have a nice evening

Tighten your belts, a new wave of TH-related spam is on the way!
Just got another email... will I get emails from all TH users? Scary just think about it!  

People, my data plan doesn't support for all this spam! Please! I rather switch off my MtGox email from my BB. 

The latest in a string of hacks to Mt Gox has made me move to Trade Hill. Use this referral code to get 10% off all trade fees: TH-R13698

Sign up at Trade Hill today!

http://www.tradehill.com/?r=TH-R13698

I think the point should be made that Mt.Gox was not upfront in saying the username database had been stolen. The single account that was hacked or used is one thing but the release of 61k accounts with or without the password hash being crackable shows a real security concern with the site.

Second this is a goldmine for the IRS as the value of Bitcoins has increased and those who have been trading or hording from the first days and have made a profit must realize income is income to the IRS (US, you insert your own country) and sooner or later it will draw their attention. Now instead of them having to subpoena a server owner in some foreign country they can just subpoena Google for all those GMail accounts listed. Once they start that fishing they won't stop which makes me curious about the username order in the leaked file. If I was in the first 200 and one was to assume the order is oldest to newest and one must also assume the oldest have gained the most, well I might be double checking my tracks for emails related to profit, sales, etc.

For those with business email addresses listed I also would not assume your bosses won't get this list and if your using company resources for mining or anything else I would cover those tracts pretty fast too.

Dear Sir or Madam,


A few hours ago the Bitcoin trading website Mt Gox has been hacked. Malicious individuals have been able to obtain a database containing usernames, email address and encrypted passwords. This information has been posted publicly on the internet.

As a Bitcoin supporter I'm now sending a message to every email address contained in the hacked database. This is to warn you that your username, email address and password have been leaked. I therefore strongly advice you to change your passwords. If you have used the same password on different websites it's highly recommended to change your password on all of your accounts!

For a more secure alternative to Mt Gox, the community appears to be moving to TradeHill. So this is no reason to lose faith in Bitcoin itself. It must be seen as a warning that not every website can be trusted with your data however! Their link is http://www.tradehill.com/?r=TH-R15683 (Note: You can remove the Referral Code when registering if you want!) This is certainly not the only website where you can exchange Bitcoins, also check out http://www.thebitcoinlist.com/dp_bitcoin/bitcoin-exchange/


Sincerely,

A Bitcoin supporter
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Hi guys,

The reason your Google accounts have been required to change the password is that you appeared in a list of public MtGox accounts. We do understand that you may not have been sharing your passwords, unfortunately as they were leaked in hashed form it is hard to know which ones will be found to be sharing passwords and which won't - this will be found out by brute forcers over the next 24-48 hours.

Again, apologies for the inconvenience, we know that choosing new passwords is a pain. Requiring password rotations is not a decision we take lightly. However this is standard procedure for credentials leaks. It is to avoid accounts showing up in the black market for hacked passwords, as Gmail account access can be used to obtain access at other sites (PayPal, Facebook, etc).

thanks,

Mike
Google abuse/anti-hijack team

MacOSX -rc1 binary uploaded. 

Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not... fuck with us.

More miners does not mean more bitcoins it means the existing creation of bitcoins gets spread more finely across more people.

Yeah I get the whole private key and encryption principle. Basic cryptology. I never said anything about syncing those over the network.

So the client generates new private keys every once in a while, and that's the reason the backup can't be too old. Thanks for that info, perfectly clear to me now!

Thanks again!