OP- you are just making your claims up out of thin air... no evidence whatsoever. That makes you a TROLL.
If your friends are dumb enough to use the silk road and have it trace back to them, they are not smart enough to be criminals and will eventually go to jail one way or another.
If MTGOX and other exchanges want any chance of staying open, they have to comply with AML regulations. If you don't like doing that there are many other ways to buy and sell bitcoins.
How would you suggest I provide evidence? I'm only speculating that MtGox is in bed with the US Government. I'm not suggesting that the SR users are smart. What I'm suggesting is that MtGox, a Japanese company, is selling user information to the US Goverment. How much Bitcoin activity do you think is attributed to Tor site purchases? Why would MtGox need a photo ID, utility bill, etc?? I can sign up for any monetary exchange site with nothing more than a credit card; Paypal, Dwolla, HiPay, etc.. I have no proof other than what 3 SR users have told me directly, all of whom used MtGox to both buy and cash out. That is all. |
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As you have all become "verified members" of MtGox you must ask yourself why they would need to verify your identity with a photo ID and personal bill of some sort. They will tell you they are verifying your information to avoid fraud, which is complete bull shit. They know your name, your appearance, and your home address. To whom do you think they sell this information? MtGox is paid by the US government for all user information and transaction information. The Feds are able to track high volume transactions for illegal activity. They are paying MtGox a large sum of $ for this information. Think I sound like a paranoid crazy? I've had 3 associates who frequently use MtGox and SR receive calls from the ATF. I have no idea if there is a viable alternative, but I would highly recommend not using MtGox if you are using SR.
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Looks like you are having about the same issue with MtGox that I am and getting about the same terrible results.....Hopefully MtGox will loose many accounts and go under.....What a piece of crap site it is....
I agree, I'm convinced they stole money from me, withdrew all of my BTC. Hi MSIN We are sincerely very sorry to hear that you have been a victim of this kind of fraudulent activity. From the information we have it looks as though your private data was stolen and used to gain access to your account to change your password. You can contact us for more info. Despite your belief, Mt.Gox has not been hacked in any way and trading on Mt.Gox is still safe/secure. The way in which your account was taken over proves this point (again, you can contact us for more details). That all being said, regrettably, it is to late for us to do anything with respect to recovering your funds. Besides general security tips (strong passwords, not clicking links in emails, not opening unfamiliar attachments) to try and avoid this from happening again, our only suggestion is to buy a Yubikey. If you are not familiar a Yubikey operates as a 2-factor, one time password and thus, will make your account impervious to these types of attacks as the attacker would require both your password and the physical key to gain entry. Us asking you to buy a Yubikey may seem like salt in the wound after you've been victimized like this, however it is our sincere suggestion that you get one if you continue on as our customer or even if you decide to join a different exchange. We also hope that this experience will not turn you away from using bitcoin in the future. Stop acting like MtGox is bitcoin, this incident shows me that MtGox has no security measures and zero customer service. It hasn't turned me off to BTC, it's turned me off to MtGox. |
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A few hours ago, someone was able to get into my Mt. Gox account, change the password and change the wallet address. I have not be able to log in yet, but I assume that the a**hole that accessed my account took out my 225 btc that was in there.
Stupidly I also used the same password for a few of my pool accounts, which the hacker has since hijacked.
Has anyone else had a problem today?
Even if you haven't, be sure you're using a strong password and not using the same password among sites.
\ Hey friend, exact same thing happened to me! I lost about 270 BTC. Account email and password were changed. MtGox has done nothing about it, closed my support ticket with no resolution. I was not victim of phishing, this was a straight up hack. Probably more to come, I would recommend that people get out of MtGox asap. Hi MSIN We are sincerely very sorry to hear that you have been a victim of this kind of fraudulent activity. From the information we have it looks as though your private data was stolen and used to gain access to your account to change your password. You can contact us for more info. Despite your belief, Mt.Gox has not been hacked in any way and trading on Mt.Gox is still safe/secure. The way in which your account was taken over proves this point (again, you can contact us for more details). That all being said, regrettably, it is to late for us to do anything with respect to recovering your funds. Besides general security tips (strong passwords, not clicking links in emails, not opening unfamiliar attachments) to try and avoid this from happening again, our only suggestion is to buy a Yubikey. If you are not familiar a Yubikey operates as a 2-factor, one time password and thus, will make your account impervious to these types of attacks as the attacker would require both your password and the physical key to gain entry. Us asking you to buy a Yubikey may seem like salt in the wound after you've been victimized like this, however it is our sincere suggestion that you get one if you continue on as our customer or even if you decide to join a different exchange. We also hope that this experience will not turn you away from using bitcoin in the future. You are wrong, my password was not compromised. Anyway, if you have proof that someone gained access to my account, then why didn't you stop it, especially when the IP address was from the Ukraine? You will never become mainstream if users are required to use Yubikey and it's just a matter of time before another hack. |
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I have, had $1k stolen from my MtGox account (via BTC withdrawals). I will never use them again and I recommend others use an exchange with better security. MtGox is responsible for the great BTC crash and I can guarantee you it will happen again, and everyone will lose a shit load of money again.
Hi MSIN We are sincerely very sorry to hear that you have been a victim of this kind of fraudulent activity. From the information we have it looks as though your private data was stolen and used to gain access to your account to change your password. You can contact us for more info. Despite your belief, Mt.Gox has not been hacked in any way and trading on Mt.Gox is still safe/secure. The way in which your account was taken over proves this point (again, you can contact us for more details). That all being said, regrettably, it is to late for us to do anything with respect to recovering your funds. Besides general security tips (strong passwords, not clicking links in emails, not opening unfamiliar attachments) to try and avoid this from happening again, our only suggestion is to buy a Yubikey. If you are not familiar a Yubikey operates as a 2-factor, one time password and thus, will make your account impervious to these types of attacks as the attacker would require both your password and the physical key to gain entry. Us asking you to buy a Yubikey may seem like salt in the wound after you've been victimized like this, however it is our sincere suggestion that you get one if you continue on as our customer or even if you decide to join a different exchange. We also hope that this experience will not turn you away from using bitcoin in the future. Haha, okay, thanks for the tips! You will be hacked again, it's just a matter of time before it happens and you cause another BTC crash. |
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Well, you are lucky that you got anything back. I had my account hacked (about a week ago) all of my $ traded to BTC, and withdrawn. Lost about $1k. The hacker changed my account email address and password, all without any confirmation to my original email account. I found out because I received an email stating there was a withdrawal from my account, I immediately replied asking that my account be frozen and that I did not authorize the trade. I couldn't log in to my account nor could I recover my password (since my email was changed). Anyway, they closed my several support tickets and refuse to help me in any way.
Hi MSIN We are sincerely very sorry to hear that you have been a victim of this kind of fraudulent activity. From the information we have it looks as though your private data was stolen and used to gain access to your account to change your password. You can contact us for more info. Despite your belief, Mt.Gox has not been hacked in any way and trading on Mt.Gox is still safe/secure. The way in which your account was taken over proves this point (again, you can contact us for more details). That all being said, regrettably, it is to late for us to do anything with respect to recovering your funds. Besides general security tips (strong passwords, not clicking links in emails, not opening unfamiliar attachments) to try and avoid this from happening again, our only suggestion is to buy a Yubikey. If you are not familiar a Yubikey operates as a 2-factor, one time password and thus, will make your account impervious to these types of attacks as the attacker would require both your password and the physical key to gain entry. Us asking you to buy a Yubikey may seem like salt in the wound after you've been victimized like this, however it is our sincere suggestion that you get one if you continue on as our customer or even if you decide to join a different exchange. We also hope that this experience will not turn you away from using bitcoin in the future. Wow, this is the most customer service I've ever seen from you. It's amazing how much effort you put forth to keeping your name clean but won't do shit when you're security is compromised. The first thing you should do is remove, "Please contact us as soon as possible by replying to this email if you did not request this withdrawal." from your withdrawal notice, because I did reply, and you didn't do a thing to help me. |
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The withdrawals definitely work, some hacker just withdrew all of my BTC's!!
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Looks like you are having about the same issue with MtGox that I am and getting about the same terrible results.....Hopefully MtGox will loose many accounts and go under.....What a piece of crap site it is....
I agree, I'm convinced they stole money from me, withdrew all of my BTC. |
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A few hours ago, someone was able to get into my Mt. Gox account, change the password and change the wallet address. I have not be able to log in yet, but I assume that the a**hole that accessed my account took out my 225 btc that was in there.
Stupidly I also used the same password for a few of my pool accounts, which the hacker has since hijacked.
Has anyone else had a problem today?
Even if you haven't, be sure you're using a strong password and not using the same password among sites.
\ Hey friend, exact same thing happened to me! I lost about 270 BTC. Account email and password were changed. MtGox has done nothing about it, closed my support ticket with no resolution. I was not victim of phishing, this was a straight up hack. Probably more to come, I would recommend that people get out of MtGox asap. |
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MtGox will also allow your account to be hacked and steal your money!
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I have, had $1k stolen from my MtGox account (via BTC withdrawals). I will never use them again and I recommend others use an exchange with better security. MtGox is responsible for the great BTC crash and I can guarantee you it will happen again, and everyone will lose a shit load of money again.
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Well, you are lucky that you got anything back. I had my account hacked (about a week ago) all of my $ traded to BTC, and withdrawn. Lost about $1k. The hacker changed my account email address and password, all without any confirmation to my original email account. I found out because I received an email stating there was a withdrawal from my account, I immediately replied asking that my account be frozen and that I did not authorize the trade. I couldn't log in to my account nor could I recover my password (since my email was changed). Anyway, they closed my several support tickets and refuse to help me in any way.
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Totally agree with this, my MtGox account was hacked, my password and email were changed, and my bitcoins are now gone, about 300. Nothing from MtGox, they don't give a shit. When I received the account withdrawal email, I immediately told them to freeze my account, they didn't.
When did this happen? Did you use the same password on multiple systems? Did you use a crappy short password? I'm not trying to 'blame the victim' here - but in most cases it does seem to turn out that the user was using woefully inadequate passwords, or that the security breach was on the user's side, so please let us know if you have any information on how your 'account was hacked'. Also - there is a daily withdrawal limit in place on most mtgox accounts.. are you saying that all 300 or so disappeared at once - or that this happened over a period of time? How much followup have you done with mtgox support? I see you've made another thread regarding this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54711.0Please reply there. Mostly its a problem with short passwords, i suggest you use alphanumeric + symbols with up to 15-20 characters. Ex *(')P@$sw0Rd*_#!++> My password wasn't crazy long or anything but there is no way in hell it was guessed or brute forced. |
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It's because the #1 BTC exchange, MTgox, is complete shit and will be hacked again.
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I think the overall point I'm trying to make is that BTC will never be mainstream if the #1 exchange has so many security holes, and money just disappears. Plus, the customer service at MTGox is complete shit.
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@msin
Did you have browser windows/tabs from other websites open in the same time as when you were logged in to Mt Gox?
I always make sure to open Mt Gox in a new Incognito Chromium Window, which basically creates an independent and private browsing session that I use just for Mt Gox. Otherwise, I think you can have an attack from a rogue website looking for things like a Mt Gox cookie for your current session.
You know, I really don't remember, I could have had additional windows open. I'll definitely keep that in mind. |
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AFAIK, MtGox is the only one offering the Yubikey option (someone correct me if I'm wrong, or if any other exchange has two factor authentication).
Both TradeHill and CampBX have free 2 factor authentication with an SMS/phone call to your cellphone. Thanks, I'll probably be using TradeHill from now on. |
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They should go the route of a pin requirement for any actions. The thing that really bothers me is that you can change your account email within MtGox without any confirmation whatsoever. That's what really screwed my over, I was unable to put a stop to any actions.
confirmed - that really seems like an invitation to be goxxed. why the heck would they do that? also I would like to see an option for an email confirmation for all withdrawals Couldn't agree more, my email was allowed to be changed once the hacker was in my account, then they could do whatever they wanted. So lame. |
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Did you click a link in an "Mt Gox" email? Or basically, were you phished?
They have been warning about phishing emails for months.
Nope, I wasn't phished, that's what's so frustrating, my account was just hacked and MtGox didn't do anything to stop it. |
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Msin, what email service did you use?
If email companies have access to so many details about your account then they can actually request password change first then get into your account do whatever they want and then delete certain incoming emails to make it look like it was an attacker.
We need to start thinking about decentralized email service!
I use Gmail, but it has nothing to do with my emai, it's my MtGox account that was hacked. Still nothing from MtGox, they refuse to respond to me. |
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