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February 25, 2014, 09:45:58 AM |
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<html>
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<title>MtGox.com</title>
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The grue lurks in the darkest places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale.
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Kluge
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February 25, 2014, 09:50:10 AM |
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Huh. Confirmed. Idunno many words which start with "acq." Acquisition comes to mind. (Oh - maybe just acquisition of gox.com)
<html>
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<title>MtGox.com</title>
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MtGox PR is stellar.
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February 25, 2014, 09:51:04 AM |
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MrPiggles
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February 25, 2014, 09:55:04 AM |
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MtGox expects to be Acquitted of any wrongdoing.
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Kluge
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February 25, 2014, 10:08:38 AM |
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Oh. Maybe Gox has found some new acquaintances they'd like to introduce. Maybe Browbeat, Floggem & Harassem. ...Horribly long word... good to keep in mind for Scrabble, now that it's mentioned. (quaint->acquaint->acquaintance->acquaintances->acquaintanceship->acquaintanceships  ) |
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February 25, 2014, 10:12:14 AM |
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i think this might have been done purposely to deceive in to thinking gox is coming back.
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February 25, 2014, 10:19:49 AM |
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i think this might have been done purposely to deceive in to thinking gox is coming back.
Yes, though this thread has been entertaining, this is not what I'm seeing for HTML source. |
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MrPiggles
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February 25, 2014, 10:23:33 AM |
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i think this might have been done purposely to deceive in to thinking gox is coming back.
Yes, though this thread has been entertaining, this is not what I'm seeing for HTML source. I'm seeing it. Makes no sense though. |
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Kluge
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February 25, 2014, 10:24:27 AM |
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i think this might have been done purposely to deceive in to thinking gox is coming back.
Yes, though this thread has been entertaining, this is not what I'm seeing for HTML source. In all seriousness, there's a fair chance your web requests are being redirected by malware or a malicious DNS server if you're not seeing that. What are you seeing? It has the SSL certification icon when you connect? (my troll hat's genuinely off) |
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February 25, 2014, 10:27:28 AM |
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i think this might have been done purposely to deceive in to thinking gox is coming back.
Could have been a good tactic to steal more money, if they left the market open.... |
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V4Vendettas
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February 25, 2014, 10:30:51 AM |
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Yea I also see it.
So either Gox is up for sale or its waiting to make an announcement about a new owner.
Or its sick joke as he waddles away laughing his ass off.
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st4nl3y
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February 25, 2014, 10:37:44 AM |
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fatfuck is probably just buying some more time with this source so he can get off quietly and avoid angry customers. I hope i am wrong tho
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HumanFractal
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February 25, 2014, 10:56:14 AM |
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i think this might have been done purposely to deceive in to thinking gox is coming back.
Yes, though this thread has been entertaining, this is not what I'm seeing for HTML source. In all seriousness, there's a fair chance your web requests are being redirected by malware or a malicious DNS server if you're not seeing that. What are you seeing? It has the SSL certification icon when you connect? (my troll hat's genuinely off) Haha! You caused me to have a good freak out there, but I've figured out what's going on. The first clue was that this was only happening to me in Chrome. (I have Chrome in super locked down mode with cookies and javascript disabled by default) This is what I was seeing: <html><head><title>MtGox.com loading</title></head><body><p>Please wait...</p><script>function xdec(data){var o="[bunch of random text]=";var o1,o2,o3,h1,h2,h3,h4,bits,i=0,ac=0,dec="",tmp_arr=[];if(!data){return data}data+='';do{h1=o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));h2=o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));h3=o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));h4=o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));bits=h1<<18|h2<<12|h3<<6|h4;o1=bits>>16&0xff;o2=bits>>8&0xff;o3=bits&0xff;if(h3==64){tmp_arr[ac++]=String.fromCharCode(o1)}else if(h4==64){tmp_arr[ac++]=String.fromCharCode(o1,o2)}else{tmp_arr[ac++]=String.fromCharCode(o1,o2,o3)}}while(i<data.length);dec=tmp_arr.join('');return dec};document.cookie=xdec('[More Random Text]').replace(String.fromCharCode(0),'').split('').reverse().join(''); location.href='/';</script></body></html> So you see, they set a cookie before refreshing the page. End panic mode. Seriously though, thanks for the heads up. Everything checks out SSL and DNS-wise. Correct me if I'm wrong, but DNS attacks couldn't actually forge data under SSL, could they? (Unless of course Gox's server keys were compromised) |
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Kluge
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February 25, 2014, 11:16:38 AM |
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i think this might have been done purposely to deceive in to thinking gox is coming back.
Yes, though this thread has been entertaining, this is not what I'm seeing for HTML source. In all seriousness, there's a fair chance your web requests are being redirected by malware or a malicious DNS server if you're not seeing that. What are you seeing? It has the SSL certification icon when you connect? (my troll hat's genuinely off) Haha! You caused me to have a good freak out there, but I've figured out what's going on. The first clue was that this was only happening to me in Chrome. (I have Chrome in super locked down mode with cookies and javascript disabled by default) This is what I was seeing: <html><head><title>MtGox.com loading</title></head><body><p>Please wait...</p><script>function xdec(data){var o="[bunch of random text]=";var o1,o2,o3,h1,h2,h3,h4,bits,i=0,ac=0,dec="",tmp_arr=[];if(!data){return data}data+='';do{h1=o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));h2=o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));h3=o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));h4=o.indexOf(data.charAt(i++));bits=h1<<18|h2<<12|h3<<6|h4;o1=bits>>16&0xff;o2=bits>>8&0xff;o3=bits&0xff;if(h3==64){tmp_arr[ac++]=String.fromCharCode(o1)}else if(h4==64){tmp_arr[ac++]=String.fromCharCode(o1,o2)}else{tmp_arr[ac++]=String.fromCharCode(o1,o2,o3)}}while(i<data.length);dec=tmp_arr.join('');return dec};document.cookie=xdec('[More Random Text]').replace(String.fromCharCode(0),'').split('').reverse().join(''); location.href='/';</script></body></html> So you see, they set a cookie before refreshing the page. End panic mode. Seriously though, thanks for the heads up. Everything checks out SSL and DNS-wise. Correct me if I'm wrong, but DNS attacks couldn't actually forge data under SSL, could they? (Unless of course Gox's server keys were compromised) Oh, I see - the loading screen. Yeah, I got that, too - didn't even think about it. At first, I thought it might be me, so I checked with a VM machine using Firefox instead of Chrome "with some urgency."  Heh, sorry about the scare.  DNS attack shouldn't be able to adequately forge SSL certificate in most reasonable scenarios (though it's happened outside cert keys just being stolen/compromised - google comodo attack, allegedly done by a single guy). DNS attacker who was really specific (targeting crypto users, maybe) would probably just self-sign certificates for fake crypto websites and hope you click through the browser warnings (so to answer your question - no - or at least "no, I don't think so."). Idunno SSL cert mechanics well enough to fully answer you, though. |
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February 25, 2014, 11:25:28 AM |
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Oh, I see - the loading screen. Yeah, I got that, too - didn't even think about it. At first, I thought it might be me, so I checked with a VM machine using Firefox instead of Chrome "with some urgency." Heh, sorry about the scare. DNS attack shouldn't be able to adequately forge SSL certificate in most reasonable scenarios (though it's happened outside cert keys just being stolen/compromised - google comodo attack, allegedly done by a single guy). DNS attacker who was really specific (targeting crypto users, maybe) would probably just self-sign certificates for fake crypto websites and hope you click through the browser warnings (so to answer your question - no - or at least "no, I don't think so."). Idunno SSL cert mechanics well enough to fully answer you, though. Yeah, I'm fairly certain they would need the keys to forge data... Unless you run Safari or iOS  http://www.macworld.com/article/2099987/what-you-need-to-know-about-apples-ssl-bug.htmlThough I wouldn't completely write off the possibility that Gox had their keys stolen- at least this panic has a happy ending not requiring me to reinstall any of my machines yet again. |
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February 25, 2014, 11:35:19 AM |
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fatfuck is probably just buying some more time with this source so he can get off quietly and avoid angry customers. I hope i am wrong tho
Yes. Forget about what these people coming out with the instant public messages are saying. It is an industry wide problem, its not gox's problem or the customer's problem. Its the entire industry fucking up badly. Bitcoin is at stake as much as its customer funds on gox. Not the price of it, not whether you can speculate on it ,or what's low and what's high, sure that's still fine, but only if you can trust ANYONE in this community. |
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Klestin
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February 25, 2014, 01:39:12 PM |
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From their facebook page: We are in a process of being acquired, at the current time I am not in the position to give you further information. I can only reassure you, that your funds are securely kept in our cold storage.
An official statement is to be released tomorrow. |
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MrPiggles
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February 25, 2014, 01:53:57 PM |
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From their facebook page: We are in a process of being acquired, at the current time I am not in the position to give you further information. I can only reassure you, that your funds are securely kept in our cold storage.
An official statement is to be released tomorrow. The last post on fb by mtgox is december 2013 |
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February 25, 2014, 02:16:03 PM |
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