No I don't use services like LastPass. And unfortunately I did not had 2FA enabled. I was not using my MtGox account until very recently when I began selling my Bitcoins.

There is one new reason to stop using MtGox.

When I woke up on Wednesday morning there were emails from MtGox in my inbox: emails saying there had been trades on my account (I had no open orders), emails saying that there had been withdrawals, non-BTC redeemable codes deprecation notices and one last email saying that my password had been reset.

My password was very secure, I NEVER told anyone my password, I was not using this password on any other website, I have never been on a phishing website or on websites like mtgox-chat, there is no key-logger on my computer, my OS is Linux, etc.
I am quite security-aware and I never had a problem with any of my account being hacked. I also checked the activity on my Gmail account and there were no suspicious connection.
I could not understand what happened the issue is almost certainly on MtGox side.

So I tried the password recovery procedure and it was not working. I then sent an email to the support explaining everything. I also sent a message on Twitter.

I had not a single answer for two days nor could I connect to my account. These were two very painful days. This morning I finally received a message from the support saying they cannot do anything and I will not be refunded.

I am not familiar with non-BTC redeemable codes but it means the hacker is transferring some funds to an other MtGox account, right? I cannot understand why they are saying they cannot do anything. Beside the password recovery procedure is still NOT working. I still do not know if there is anything left on my account.

I had been selling Bitcoins for a couple of weeks and there were around 20,000€ and 63 bitcoins on my account. I received 6 withdrawals emails and 4 non-BTC redeemable codes deprecation notices.
According to the emails, the hacker bought 100 BTC then sold 70 BTC then bought 70 BTC. The trades were done at around 180€ per Bitcoin.
My account had a "Verified" status. Anyone know what are the withdrawal limits? I hope there is something left on my account...

Of course I sent an other message to the support but they are so slow to answer. I will keep you updated...

In the meantime be very careful with your MtGox accounts. If you do not have a Yubikey you should move your money NOW.

There was an article about bitcoin being the traders new toy some months ago.

Are transactions slower when there is a lot of transactions going on at the same time?

Interesting topic.

Now.

Looks very nice!