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[Retard]

There are some very clever hackers hiding on this forum and in bitcoin-world in general. You need to stay on your toes at all times.

[JohnnyBTCSeed]

[nutildah]

There are some very clever hackers hiding on this forum and in bitcoin-world in general. You need to stay on your toes at all times.

Yeah, especially around members that haven't posted in 3 years and then post 20 posts in 1 day, like you.

[redsn0w]

There are some very clever hackers hiding on this forum and in bitcoin-world in general. You need to stay on your toes at all times.

You can always leave and also the OP can always leave . However, yes this time due a social engineering attack... really impressive how it was easy.

[nutildah]

There are some very clever hackers hiding on this forum and in bitcoin-world in general. You need to stay on your toes at all times.

You can always leave and also the OP can always leave . However, yes this time due a social engineering attack... really impressive how it was easy.

Actually Theymos already said it wasn't a social engineering attack, they just havent said what it was yet.

[Nowi]

Ignore this if you want to read something interesting. I only want to say thank you to owners of BT. There were some downs but you did repair it, and if someone is angry of you, why ? You can't protect forum of 100% and we should know that you are doing it well as you can.

[monbux]

Well, it's impossible to be completely secure from an attack... they admins ARE human.  My concern is how easily the hackers were able to get in.

[dogie]

Well, it's impossible to be completely secure from an attack... they admins ARE human.  My concern is how easily the hackers were able to get in.

How do you know it was easy? How do you know that this was the first attempt?

[ACCTseller]

Well, it's impossible to be completely secure from an attack... they admins ARE human.  My concern is how easily the hackers were able to get in.

How do you know it was easy? How do you know that this was the first attempt?

I would hope that previous social engineering attacks would have been reported both internally (within the company) and to theymos. This would have allowed both to take additional precautions to prevent this kind of attack.

It is however possible that getting KVM access was attempted multiple times.

[Athertle]

You have to realize that hackers hate BCT. They've been hacked and had long downtimes quite a lot in the history.

[nutildah]

Ignore this if you want to read something interesting. I only want to say thank you to owners of BT. There were some downs but you did repair it, and if someone is angry of you, why ? You can't protect forum of 100% and we should know that you are doing it well as you can.

Dude, they're making money hand over nutsack. You don't have to thank them for anything. They should be thanking us.

[SaltySpitoon]

You have to realize that hackers hate BCT. They've been hacked and had long downtimes quite a lot in the history.

Yeah, Bitcointalk is one of the larger forums in the world, I don't know the actual statistic, but I'm sure it gets a lot more attempted attacks than is publicly known. I dont think the forum's track record is all that bad though, two or three hacks come to mind in 5 years. Some DDOS too, but you can't really prevent that.

Dude, they're making money hand over nutsack. You don't have to thank them for anything. They should be thanking us.

Heh, what do you think that money that is made hand over nutsack is used for? Creating new forum software, security bounties, etc.

[nutildah]

Heh, what do you think that money that is made hand over nutsack is used for? Creating new forum software, security bounties, etc.

And your salaries, is it not?

[SaltySpitoon]

Heh, what do you think that money that is made hand over nutsack is used for? Creating new forum software, security bounties, etc.

And your salaries, is it not?

The Staff and Admins split somewhere around 10-15% of monthly advertising revenues. Donators funds have never been touched. Mod payments aren't considered salaries, they are considered tips as they aren't guaranteed, and for the time spent moderating, staff members are far better off getting a minimum wage job at a McDonalds. It is however a nice gesture, and a result of the forums not really needing any more money (the same reason donations are no longer solicited).

[vm1990]

There are some very clever hackers hiding on this forum and in bitcoin-world in general. You need to stay on your toes at all times.

You can always leave and also the OP can always leave . However, yes this time due a social engineering attack... really impressive how it was easy.

Actually Theymos already said it wasn't a social engineering attack, they just havent said what it was yet.

im betting theymos's password is "theymos is AWESOME" but seriously the amount this forum has earned for him you think hed keep on his toes about stuff. ddos attacks and hacking.

[pissedoff]

There are some very clever hackers hiding on this forum and in bitcoin-world in general. You need to stay on your toes at all times.

You can always leave and also the OP can always leave . However, yes this time due a social engineering attack... really impressive how it was easy.

Actually Theymos already said it wasn't a social engineering attack, they just havent said what it was yet.

im betting theymos's password is "theymos is AWESOME" but seriously the amount this forum has earned for him you think hed keep on his toes about stuff. ddos attacks and hacking.

what would you suggest for preventing both? I'm sure theymos would be very grateful if you could lend your ideas. he might have money to invest but it doesn't grant him unlimited knowledge. its nt as simple as you make it sound. many multi million websites have been exploited and ddos

[vm1990]

Heh, what do you think that money that is made hand over nutsack is used for? Creating new forum software, security bounties, etc.

And your salaries, is it not?

The Staff and Admins split somewhere around 10-15% of monthly advertising revenues. Donators funds have never been touched. Mod payments aren't considered salaries, they are considered tips as they aren't guaranteed, and for the time spent moderating, staff members are far better off getting a minimum wage job at a McDonalds. It is however a nice gesture, and a result of the forums not really needing any more money (the same reason donations are no longer solicited).

not going to say much but donations and stuff are there to support and fix issues in time of need. i dont know maybe everyones passwords getting stolen is a time of need. dont know why theymos sits on a large stack of BTCBTCBTC maybe he wants his own island or something. as for mod payments i dont want to upset you but recently its not the hardest job   but you still do a good job please dont shout qt me

[nutildah]

Donators funds have never been touched.

How do the donators feel about that? I guess its better knowing they're still somewhere than not knowing what was done with them.

[vm1990]

There are some very clever hackers hiding on this forum and in bitcoin-world in general. You need to stay on your toes at all times.

You can always leave and also the OP can always leave . However, yes this time due a social engineering attack... really impressive how it was easy.

Actually Theymos already said it wasn't a social engineering attack, they just havent said what it was yet.

im betting theymos's password is "theymos is AWESOME" but seriously the amount this forum has earned for him you think hed keep on his toes about stuff. ddos attacks and hacking.

what would you suggest for preventing both? I'm sure theymos would be very grateful if you could lend your ideas. he might have money to invest but it doesn't grant him unlimited knowledge. its nt as simple as you make it sound. many multi million websites have been exploited and ddos

iv actually been through ddoss suggestions on here in the past. dont know if they didnt like my idea or was just ignored. id set up a few cheap vps load balancers. set software can only respond to certain requests so it filters out damaging traffic to the main website. i know ddos attacks are getting bigger and more complex but so are defenses. and in fairness this isnt a massive site so dosnt attract the worst ddos or hackers mostly because its a forum and little info/money to be gained from it. i do however respect the fact passwords where atleast encrypted... see  alot bigger sites fall at that point