I didn't receive any payment. Can you please check? Ty

Account in question:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=803663


Looks like calpsy2 is saying he made a post in this thread and the OP of that thread (BeastBTC) hacked his account and edited the post and changed it to a vouch for his service.

Calpsy2 If that is true then that means BeastBTC probably has the password to your account, as he didn't get in via email or security question, so change that password anywhere else you use it.

I looked through your posts and it doesn't look like you posted a Bitcoin address. Did you ever PM someone one? if you did there is a small chance you can claim your account back by sending theymos a signed message from the address and telling him which PM the address is in. If you didn't then low chance of you getting the account back.

BeastBTC was selling combo's here https://archive.is/VzUj5 so he probably has a leaked database from some bitcoin site and got your password from that.

Try look for a seller on https://localbitcoins.com or in the currency exchange section of the forum. But be careful not to get scammed.

Once enough people report you (for anything, not just having a fake name), then you will be asked to provide Facebook your ID. It has happened to me countless times. It is a Facebook policy that you use your real legal name. https://www.facebook.com/help/112146705538576

If you're having trouble entering a name, change your country, language to one that uses that name and then change it back afterwards. That works most of the time.



Well for one, all of this is in vain as FB accounts are still farmed/bought/sold. And the other is facebook is a RL social media as you call it, very different situation to bitcointalk where a lot of people are anonymous and an identity could change hands without many noticing. People would notice if you sold your FB account right?

That message is verifying for me. Not sure why minifrij is having problems. But it's true that you shouldn't have put in the extra spaces and characters.

Post the signed message here so that others can verify. That way you can stop the account from scamming someone.

Yes tapes are still a thing because they are the cheapest per GB at $0.01/GB and have lower error rates than drives and generally last longer. http://www.overlandstorage.com/blog/?p=323

Main reason is some tapes cannot be overwritten, so its not possible for ransomware to encrypt your backups. That happens quite a lot http://www.sbsfaq.com/?p=4046

Problem is having the scammers ID hasn't proved useful on lending sites like BTCJam. On BTCJam many scammers used their own ID, but they could also use stolen ID's. It would only create a false sense of security and probably lead to more people getting scammed.

It's working now, but wasn't working earlier. I checked it from my PC as well, not just isup.me

I don't know man. A lot of credible people have made accusations against him http://jacobappelbaum.net/ those are only a few, since the story got big more people have spoken out.

As long as the ransomware doesn't encrypt the backups too.

If you are backing up "to the cloud", to a server or to a networked drive, then goodbye backups. And almost every large organization is primarily relying on one of those for backups.

Yes. Your important files are encrypted and the only way to decrypt them is using the password.

Can you provide more details, screenshots of messages?

From what I've seen they will usually let someone evade their ban after some time has past and they follow the rules. It depends on why the person was banned and how badly they pissed off the staff member that banned them. The account that was banned won't be unbanned though.

Check your sites logs/analytics and see if you can spot lots of claims from the same or similar IP's or from proxies.

Do you still have access to this Bitcoin address?
16RCB5ykfMGDRoiYkRp6DGzPwaU3G7hQrQ

You posted it here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145506.msg3193783#msg3193783

AES-256 along with most modern crypto will probably break slowly. A weakness will be found in some part of it and software using it will transition to another algo long before it is fully cracked.

From what I understand, people who leave accurate trust on others are the ones that will get added to DefaultTrust. It has nothing to do with how trustworthy you are.

They could just write a tweet or make a post here, but I get the feeling the recent spouts of downtime are unplanned.

Ransomware will encrypt the backups too if it can. If the backups are stored on a server or network drive they are toast. Best way is to backup using tapes, which few organizations do in the age of the cloud.