btc-e.com - a Bitcoin exchange whose funds were partially seized, along with its domain name, by US authorities is now back online at
https://btc-e.nz, reportedly offering users to withdraw half of the funds they had and also crediting its users with tokens for the missing funds.
Very surprising. They are only offering a 55% refund though, which is quite a low amount. But at least that is better than nothing because that was what i thought was most likely to happen with customer funds. Kudos to them for at least attempting to reimburse everyone.
I've heard some people complain about phishing emails, please only follow their official twitter account and go by whatever it says there(or their bitcointalk forum handle). Because if you click on a phishing link and the hacker gets your account details they can withdraw all your funds as there is no verification in place.
BTW, anyone got their withdrawal? Is the majority holding onto their claim to claim their balance in full or are they claiming now?