I was wondering if this is true that the website was hacked into and stole people's information?
Or if this is fake and someone trying to steal your password from PHISHING website?
What do I need to do?
It's true.
Basically, an attacker managed to gain root access to the server and a portion of the database containing users' information was compromised.
There are multiple threads about the incident in the "Meta" section (
link) which is probably a better fit for this thread rather than "Development & Technical Discussion".
There is also an official announcement by theymos which goes into more detail about the hack:
http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1067985It's advisable to change your passwords and weaker passwords are especially vulnerable. If the list of email addresses was compromised/is leaked, then you might see more spam coming into your inbox as well.
