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May 27, 2013, 09:28:19 AM
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Angry no I did not have two-factor authentication enabled - I have been naiv
thinking that funds on Mt.Gox would be safe

yes - I have used the same password on my windows live account
maybe that is why it was easy to find out....

So even if I can find out who stole my BTC I can't do anything about it Huh

Well Mtgox is safe but you need to be secure from your end too.If someone found your password you can't blame mtgox for that but yeah their security sucks, they don't have much options to secure peoples funds.

Never use online wallets until you are damn sure that you are using a strong password /new username and your pc is really secure and clean.

In your case, probably they found bitcoin related something in your live account and tried to log on mtgox and got your bitcoins.

but main thing is, how they got password? Either your pc is infected with some malware or someone knew that you have bitcoins in mtgox account.

Btw how do you know he's from china?

People are reporting that trojans etc. are coming from Altcoin clients, and dodgy click throughs, where the API on Gox is activated to send coins to the hacker. People are also reporting that the two factor log in, is still not secure enough to deal with this threat.
Check your API's.
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May 27, 2013, 09:30:33 AM
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Sorry to hear this, another unfortunate case of this. Doesn't seem like there is any way to recover your coins either unfortunately.   


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May 27, 2013, 11:00:24 AM
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MTGox security really sucks..
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May 27, 2013, 02:39:45 PM
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Sorry to hear of this. As others have said, with any online bitcoin wallet, you really need 2 factor authentication enabled wherever possible. A password by itself, no matter how long, is not sufficient to keep your money safe. You should also have 2 factor auth on the email account associated with your exchange account. Without these kinds of measures, you are low hanging fruit.
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May 29, 2013, 07:25:44 AM
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Mine was hacked Saturday, also from China but a different IP.
I'm wondering how this happened, MtGox was always accessed using a secure computer and I had not logged in to the account for weeks. I've not taken any interest in any alt-coins or similar programs that might have held a trojan.
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