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June 16, 2011, 11:09:28 PM
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With all respect, if somebody uses your password to steal your money, it's not about service security but about user stupidity.

I'm absolutely not saying that it is not a crime or that people like that should not be tracked and so on. I just don't think it's anyhow related to how secure exchange is.

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June 16, 2011, 11:53:18 PM
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They can fix database vulns for one, and they could make password cracking a little harder.... Even dictionary attacks are easy on this site. If Someone had the balls to do it, they could steal almost a million dollars from this site easy.

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June 17, 2011, 09:30:26 AM
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there's no way they woudn't be hashing, its a entusiast built site, not a corporation one...

well, lets think about for what mtgox.com does get a small fee (0.65%)?
for a nice blue sky? or may be something else?  Grin
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June 17, 2011, 12:34:06 PM
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With all respect, if somebody uses your password to steal your money, it's not about service security but about user stupidity.

I'm absolutely not saying that it is not a crime or that people like that should not be tracked and so on. I just don't think it's anyhow related to how secure exchange is.
I'd like to know how someone could get my password. My system is clean! No viruses, Malware or anything. I even ran a packet sniffer to see, there was nothing odd at all. I agree with you, a weak password is almost an invitation in the same way a mini skirt is an invitation to rape! I have found a way around this. I no longer have any funds in MTGox.
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June 17, 2011, 01:28:01 PM
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With all respect, if somebody uses your password to steal your money, it's not about service security but about user stupidity.

I'm absolutely not saying that it is not a crime or that people like that should not be tracked and so on. I just don't think it's anyhow related to how secure exchange is.
I'd like to know how someone could get my password. My system is clean! No viruses, Malware or anything. I even ran a packet sniffer to see, there was nothing odd at all. I agree with you, a weak password is almost an invitation in the same way a mini skirt is an invitation to rape! I have found a way around this. I no longer have any funds in MTGox.

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June 17, 2011, 01:41:30 PM
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They can fix database vulns for one, and they could make password cracking a little harder.... Even dictionary attacks are easy on this site. If Someone had the balls to do it, they could steal almost a million dollars from this site easy.

If you fail at entering your password more than 10 times, your IP is blocked. Even using proxies you'd probably run out of proxies before running a basic dictionary.

I believe this makes this kind of attacks non practical.

(as for hashing, we use standard unix md5+salt, will switch to $2a$ or $5$ eventually)
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June 17, 2011, 02:59:46 PM
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They can fix database vulns for one, and they could make password cracking a little harder.... Even dictionary attacks are easy on this site. If Someone had the balls to do it, they could steal almost a million dollars from this site easy.

If you fail at entering your password more than 10 times, your IP is blocked. Even using proxies you'd probably run out of proxies before running a basic dictionary.

I believe this makes this kind of attacks non practical.

(as for hashing, we use standard unix md5+salt, will switch to $2a$ or $5$ eventually)
You forgot multithreaded attacks, dyn DNS, round robin shell cracking, and a whole lot of other ways to crack passwords.

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June 17, 2011, 03:01:43 PM
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Mt Gox security seems to be nil but the owner speaks only about user passwords as if suddenly in the last few days a huge number of Mt Gox users turned to schmucks and allowed their passwords be lost.

What is the common factor in all the thefts? Mt Gox, but I see nothing from the owner about his security. I see a number of posts by users who lost BTC but have gotten no response from the Mt Gox owner. Who says user password security is the problem? Mt Gox. There seems to be no accountability and the users are presumed to be at fault even though they are crime victims.
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June 17, 2011, 11:53:28 PM
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Yea lets stop victim blaming
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June 18, 2011, 01:15:16 AM
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I've withdrawn 1000 USD (Euro Bank Transfers) from my Mt Gox account 20 days ago and my money still hasn't arrived. I wrote them but I got only the following message:

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"Another trade is still in progress..."-- A known issue we're working to resolve
Hello,
We've been hearing reports of this and believe it is because our servers have been under heavy load. We are aware of the issue and are doing our best to resolve the problem as soon as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience or frustrations this may have caused you.
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