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October 09, 2013, 05:46:56 AM
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It's the simplest explanation to account for the *timing* of the hack. Well, there was also the other possibility I mentioned - non-gov hackers pissed off at the forum's role in bringing down DPR.

Your logic is making my head hurt.

The simplest - and as it happens, the actual - explanation for the timing of the attack is "for the lulz".  You really think that someone pissed off about "the forum's role in bringing down DPR" (the forum didn't need to play a role - he made his email address public and law enforcement could have easily obtained access to his gmail account and confirmed he used it to register his account that way) would go to the trouble of making an animated flash intrusion with music? 

If someone was blaming the forum for helping bring down DPR, wouldn't they be likely to do something malicious if they gained access, like trashing the database and erasing everyone's accounts?

All I can say is that this is Bitcoin. I don't believe it until I see six confirmations.
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October 09, 2013, 12:50:25 PM
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I'd be curious to know how many people in this thread are absolutely, beyond a doubt convinced that the US did 9/11. Not in the "they created the geopolotical situation that blah blah blah", actual ideas about Tomahawks, controlled demolitions and all that jazz.
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October 09, 2013, 12:52:25 PM
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The government doesn't need to hack the forums. They can have access to everything they need at any given time. Unless sufficiently strong encryption is used of course ....
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October 09, 2013, 01:47:12 PM
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But what if the intent of the hack was to disrupt the bitcoin community rather than to gather information?

Why?

Do you seriously think anyone in power gives a damn what is being posted here?
It is completely irrelevant. They have more important things to do.

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October 09, 2013, 01:49:50 PM
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But what if the intent of the hack was to disrupt the bitcoin community rather than to gather information?

Why?

Do you seriously think anyone in power gives a damn what is being posted here?
It is completely irrelevant. They have more important things to do.


What could be more important than the bitcointalk dot org forums?
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October 09, 2013, 02:18:31 PM
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But what if the intent of the hack was to disrupt the bitcoin community rather than to gather information?

Why?

Do you seriously think anyone in power gives a damn what is being posted here?
It is completely irrelevant. They have more important things to do.


What could be more important than the bitcointalk dot org forums?

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