Official BITMINE CoinCraft series 28nm ASIC miners thread

[akumaburn]

It doesn´t neccesarilly mean that the data was leaked from bitmine, it could just be an email spoofing, virus spreading attack.

The headers are real.. it is most likely from bitmine.

Someone managed to hack their mail server.

I wouldn't say that the *e-mails* containing the virus were from Bitmine. I would rather say that they were from some T-Mobile USA customer through SMTP.com But I would definitely say that the *data* (i.e. addresses, possibly more) were leaked from Bitmine servers in some way.

By the way, Bitmine support has just acknowledged the virus by e-mail response to me ("we are investigating")

Code:

Received: from [172.56.17.187] ([172.56.17.187:15292] helo=172.56.39.143)
	by sl-mta06.smtp.com (envelope-from <no-reply@bitmine.ch>)
	(ecelerity 3.5.5.39309 r(Platform:3.5.5.0)) with ESMTPA
	id 2F/2C-09833-339CCE35; Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:35:32 +0000

Code:

$ whois 172.56.17.187

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml
#


#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 172.56.17.187"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=172.56.17.187?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&ext=netref2
#

NetRange:       172.32.0.0 - 172.63.255.255
CIDR:           172.32.0.0/11
OriginAS:       AS21928
NetName:        TMO9
NetHandle:      NET-172-32-0-0-1
Parent:         NET-172-0-0-0-0
NetType:        Direct Allocation
RegDate:        2012-09-18
Updated:        2012-09-18
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-172-32-0-0-1

OrgName:        T-Mobile USA, Inc.
OrgId:          TMOBI
Address:        12920 SE 38th Street
City:           Bellevue
StateProv:      WA
PostalCode:     98006
Country:        US
RegDate:        2003-01-02
Updated:        2012-07-13
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/TMOBI

OrgTechHandle: DNSAD11-ARIN
OrgTechName:   DNS Administrators
OrgTechPhone:  +1-888-662-4662
OrgTechEmail:  ARINtechcontact@t-mobile.com
OrgTechRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/DNSAD11-ARIN

OrgAbuseHandle: DNSAD11-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   DNS Administrators
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-888-662-4662
OrgAbuseEmail:  ARINtechcontact@t-mobile.com
OrgAbuseRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/DNSAD11-ARIN


#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml
#

Note: the attack *could* have been mitigated by Bitmine if they had implemented strict SPF DNS records on bitmine.ch

I don't think you can find out who sent this just by looking at the "by sl-mta06.smtp.com" tag.

Some mail servers strip those tags and replace them with their own..

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[Wolke]

BITMINE, what about your CLOUD MINING
Did you forget that it starts TODAY 15/8/2014

in two week 

[Helium7878]

I got the creepy jar file too.  By far, the biggest mistake I've made in the past year was dealing with this company.  Still haven't got my refund requested April 4th.

[Dino50]

If they wont start the cloud mining this week its 100 % confirm that we will never see our money back (because then it was a scam again).

[RoboRob67]

I got the virus mail as well yesterday... Luckily deleted it directly!

[Collider]

in two week  

Do you mean in two weeks (TM BFL)?

@nhminer
That would only decrease the likelyhood of bitmine returning customer funds, so why would you even mention this?

Once a company owes you money, you should help the company succeed...

[Wolke]

in two week  

Do you mean in two weeks (TM BFL)?

@nhminer
That would only decrease the likelyhood of bitmine returning customer funds, so why would you even mention this?

Once a company owes you money, you should help the company succeed...

i mean "in two weeks" -> an after that -> i mean "in two weeks"

i think you know what i mean...   


did anybody got an statement from them about the virus ?

i'm very unhappy about that virus !!!

[Collider]

It isn´t their virus.

There was a similar email attack with bitmaintech email, so yeah.

Most likely the email adress was collected from another bitcoin related site.

[nhminer]

i mean "in two weeks" -> an after that -> i mean "in two weeks"

i think you know what i mean...   


did anybody got an statement from them about the virus ?

i'm very unhappy about that virus !!!

There was a statement on their website

[nhminer]

in two week  

Do you mean in two weeks (TM BFL)?

@nhminer
That would only decrease the likelyhood of bitmine returning customer funds, so why would you even mention this?

Once a company owes you money, you should help the company succeed...

Good point, it was late and I was in an ornery mood. I've deleted the post

[Dino50]

Did the cloud hashing start today lol?

[crocko]

No news about cloud mining on the official website, only apologize about the virus from email: sorry folks, but this virus "eat" all your refund ! 

[Collider]

Shouldn´t there be some people who traded their refund money +10% for these cloudhashing contracts?

If so, it is probably positive news to see nobody complaining.

[ddalex]

Shouldn´t there be some people who traded their refund money +10% for these cloudhashing contracts?
If so, it is probably positive news to see nobody complaining.

No, it's not positive news. I traded for these cloudy contracts,
received this:

Antonio (Bitmine AG) Jul 01 14:46

Dear Mr. X,
Your transformation can be seen now on your order Y. From that moment contains your Z Cloud mining hosting plans.
I have already canceled the order A so you have 1 order, the Y to observe your new order of Cloud mining.
Please let me know if you need more information regarding your order.

so I ask now:
BITMINE, what about your CLOUD MINING
Did you forget that it starts 15/8/2014

[Gaglam]

haha, bitmine f**ks you so hard. 

[bidoh]

has their cloud mining started yet? are they limited to whatever pool they mine with?

[Dino50]

...and the bitmine scam goes on and on!

[Finnminer]

has their cloud mining started yet?

Of course it hasn't. Did anyone actually believe it would start on the 15th?

They promised to send me info about it before it starts. Haven't received anything yet. And I got no reply when I emailed them on Friday and asked about it. So basically business as usual at Bitmine.

[Helium7878]

Bitmine hasn't offloaded their risks?

Bitmine changed the terms of sale without asking their customers.

Before (when everyone bought their units):

Q: I changed my mind, can I request a refund for my order?

A: YES, if the order wasn’t shipped yet, you are eligible for a full refund based on our Order Refunds Policy. Please contact our support team to ask for a refund. Also, kindly note that if you cancel your order, you will loose your position in the order queue.

now:

Q: I changed my mind, can I request a refund for my order?

A: YES, if the order isn’t in production yet, you are eligible for a full refund based on our Order Refunds Policy. Please contact our support team to ask for a refund. Also, kindly note that if you cancel your order, you will loose your position in the order queue.

They changed all 3 batches to "production" to avoid refunds. This is cleary an onesided breach of the contract. I asked them for refund, if they won't refund me I will file a case because of commercial fraud at my local police station. I recommend everyone to do the same if they won't refund. I already saved their old FAQ page for evidence. Just send me a PM if you need it too.

Do not take their upgrading offer. Twice the hashrate of an avalon means 200 GH/s in October! They have their bitfury chips in an october batch! Compare Bitmines price to a Bitfury Full Kit from bitfurystrikesback for e.g.

This has been going on for over a year now.  It's starting to look like a scam, again in March they took money that could have been used on refunds and put it towards their next project... which also late.

Has anyone in North America received a refund from them?

[Finnminer]

Just got an email from them claiming that the cloud mining started on Friday.