Bitfinex?! What the hell!?

[Catmony]

I forgot to add something.

The dude in the Turkish forum got his both Poloniex and Bittrex accounts hacked. That makes the situation even more dramatic and dangerous.

While Polo locked the account immediately (because of reaching from an unknown ip probably), his bittrex account is gone along with his 0.5 bitcoin.

I repeat, he had his 2FA on, while this was happening.

I also have some funds in polo and bittrex, this situation looks quite scary to me too. I will now withdraw all my holdings from them.

I have already stopped using this bitfinex, they are not a good trading platform. How anyone can trust them again after they got hacked for more than once. They seem not serious about security of user's fund.

[pooya87]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1886002.0;topicseen

Here is another issue happened in the Turkish forum. Also hacked while his 2FA is on but the exchange is Bittrex this time. Somebody managed to exploit the 2FA system it seems. That means we are all in danger now with the exchanges.

You can google translate the page, he says he is robbed while his 2FA was functioning. This not gon b gud.

well that dude is telling some very questionable stuff!
for example as someone who is using bittrex (you can also double check this) i assure you that if you reset your password through Email (what that dude is claiming has happened) your account will be locked for a minimum of 24 hours: https://bittrex.com/Account/PasswordReset in other words him saying his bittrex account is not locked but polo is, is a total bullshit.
and to add to that, he lost his Email address and his account password was reset through it. the hacker still can not access the account without 2FA

TLDR: it is not a 2FA hack, his Email was hacked, then accounts passwords were reset through Email and both of his accounts were locked down.

[nemgun]

Well,

I'm starting to make really big worries about bitfinex. I want to say from the very first moment that I am a person who is having a obsesion on security, 2fa and stuff.  On fridays I'm trading at least 10-15 btc on bitfinex and now I am worried. There is anyone on this forum who had same problems?

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One really has to be an idiot to trust a less credible site like bitfinex which has proven their security/inside jobs in the past.Everything else is secondary including your problems.If they can pretend to have been hacked before,this is pretty much expected.Be happy you didn't lose any bitcoins yet.Even if you do,don't be surprised because they warned ya in the most simplest way possible.

After the hack and the refund from bnktothefutur i though they would be more cautious with their user's accounts. Apparently not.
I was just amused by Coinables who told in one of his videos that he was aware of the problem, and told them to fix it. Guess the answer.

If you want to know how to select an exchange, just open your console and check the network traffic in that exchange, when you enter a password and submit it (login) if you see a line starting with GET, just leave it.
This is why Bitfinex has been hacked (Poloniex uses GET requests), the guy simply exploited one of the basic security breaches.
Every website developer will tell you to NEVER user GET requests to handle users passwords or credencials, and to filter them, and to use special tags.

[JanpriX]

My friend withdrew all of his funds from Bitfinex because of what's happening with them this past days. He is new to crypto and knows that if some exchange is having that kind of problem, it would be best to get away from it. We always have a choice to select our exchange and when we are noticing that somethings not right with it, most often than not, the right decision is to get out of it and move on to another exchange.

[crazyivan]

Damn, this is serious issue. Did you have your funds there at the moment of this access which you find dubious? If yes, how come they re still untouched?

[coin.trader]

I installed linux, windows it seems it is rigged at least w10 last updates. Avoid it!!

[iDice_io]

Bitfinex has always come through, so we mostly trust them to come through again. Their problems seem to be rapidly increasing recently though. The hack wasn't very long ago.

[bitjoin]

Bitfinex has always come through, so we mostly trust them to come through again. Their problems seem to be rapidly increasing recently though. The hack wasn't very long ago.

The spread is down to $88 today vs stamp. I want to keep an eye on this number as a clue to the health of whats going on. Looks like the arbers are arbing to some degree at least.

[LeGaulois]

 I do not understand why the entire planet continues to deal with institutions that are governed by a State which makes very difficult.Especially if it is to make simple transfers. Never trust all these platforms. Yet the so-called report on the hack of 120000 bitcoin of last year. Almost a year after we still have anything. The best thing to do is to keep your bitcoin on a wallet hardware

[goinmerry]

I installed linux, windows it seems it is rigged at least w10 last updates. Avoid it!!

It has nothing to do with the operating system and I see no connections to that.

You are experiencing an unauthorized login issues. In first encountered of that case, it's an obvious thing to release all your funds now at that exchange if it' still available. Your lucky if it's still there. Continous issues might lead for your funds to be depleted. After transferring those, make a new account now. If still you want to use the email associated with that account then send some support. But for me, don't use Bitfinex now. They are the only exchanges in the past months who experiences lots of breached security issues.

[noodle_dam]

There was something in the news about their tawianese bank blocked their bank accounts and is causing havok.
Could this be the reason maybe for you having issues with the site and doing anything you were able to on the account before a few days ago?

[Decoded]

I really wouldn't use bitfinex. Their Bitcoin price is usually like $50 above most other edchabges which isn't good, and they've been through alot recently. They were hacked, they released some really crappy tokens, and their bank accounts were closed. I'd love to a different exchange asap.

[Skarner21]

Bitcoin price in bitfinex is more high price than the other price like in
BTC-e like other said they are already experience of hack their own website before that i think its not a good way to trust them back because they can do it again..  much better to go in legit site where you can be safe.. like in Poloniex..

[JeffBrad12]

I'm starting to make really big worries about bitfinex. I want to say from the very first moment that I am a person who is having a obsesion on security, 2fa and stuff.  On fridays I'm trading at least 10-15 btc on bitfinex and now I am worried. There is anyone on this forum who had same problems?

Just migrating to another site which can give you better security such as kraken.
And try to identifying your browser, do you put any change for your browsers such as vpn or something. That means someone is able to log-in into your account because all of your screenshot said the successfully log on to your account.

So, what's happen with your amount?

I really wouldn't use bitfinex. Their Bitcoin price is usually like $50 above most other edchabges which isn't good, and they've been through alot recently. They were hacked, they released some really crappy tokens, and their bank accounts were closed. I'd love to a different exchange asap.

I don't see anything related to the op's problem.