Mintpal Voting Hack Suggests Deep Security Problems

[tx42]

The mintpal voting system has been hacked.

Several coins have mysteriously switched position over the last couple of hours, one losing 15 to 20 thousand votes.

This points to a serious security breech.

Mintpal has nothing to say on the topic.

If you have a screenshot of the voting from before the incident, please provide it!!!

[maccaspacca]

The mintpal voting system has been hacked.

Several coins have mysteriously switched position over the last couple of hours, losing 15 to 20 thousand votes.

This points to a serious security breech.

Mintpal has nothing to say on the topic.

If this can happen with voting....... what happens on the exchange itself?

[DubFX]

I'd like to get answer from mintpal too, BCTalk coin was on the 1st place with almost 8 bitcoins deposited asides from cryptometh wich has 0.22 coins deposited but they still have 23k votes and our 20k votes just randomly vanished!

[SirChiko]

I'd like to get answer from mintpal too, BCTalk coin was on the 1st place with almost 8 bitcoins deposited asides from cryptometh wich has 0.22 coins deposited but they still have 23k votes and our 20k votes just randomly vanished!

We demand justice! Get your sh1t together mintpal, can't you even manage your voting platform? This got me really angry, bct seems like fair coin.

[uki]

This is the answer I got from Mintpal:

Code:

There was 7.92 BTC in paid-votes that was sent there by mistake by one of our customers, they have verified this fact by signing a message with the originating address so the BTC & votes were removed from the coin.

Thanks
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Kind Regards,
MintPal Jason

[tx42]

This is the answer I got from Mintpal:

Code:

There was 7.92 BTC in paid-votes that was sent there by mistake by one of our customers, they have verified this fact by signing a message with the originating address so the BTC & votes were removed from the coin.

Thanks
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Kind Regards,
MintPal Jason

How do you send money to BTC address by accident?

[tx42]

If votes can be revoked at any time, then the voting system has no integrity.

[sussex]

If votes can be revoked at any time, then the voting system has no integrity.

It does seem fishy.....

How come he didn't realise that he'd sent it to the wrong address days ago and only seemed to claim it back just before voting closed?

What are the chances of erroneously sending it to a current address, particularly one that could be traced to it's owner?

[dminer69]

mintpal and the voting system is a ponzy scam.

[SirChiko]

If votes can be revoked at any time, then the voting system has no integrity.

It does seem fishy.....

How come he didn't realise that he'd sent it to the wrong address days ago and only seemed to claim it back just before voting closed?

What are the chances of erroneously sending it to a current address, particularly one that could be traced to it's owner?

It doesn't seem he sent it to other coin afterwards then...

[tx42]

If votes can be revoked at any time, then the voting system has no integrity.

It does seem fishy.....

How come he didn't realise that he'd sent it to the wrong address days ago and only seemed to claim it back just before voting closed?

What are the chances of erroneously sending it to a current address, particularly one that could be traced to it's owner?

At best, this sounds like someone who had second thoughts about this vote and cut a deal with mintpal to get the votes withdrawn.

[andyatcrux]

"Accidentally" sent? This is absurd. This is a the very least voting manipulation and Mintpal is out of their minds to give back that BTC. It could have been used to encourage CryptoMeth voters to vote hard in the race for first. Now they have a nice 6K vote lead over Information Coin. Not saying this happened, but how can Mintpal decide on this at the 11th hour? The money was in there for days. You don't just accidentally send 7 BTC to the wrong address and not notice it for days. I am withdrawing all funds from Mintpal.  I am sure they will lose others business from this shady business practice.

[jamieb81]

BitCoinTalk Coin with like +24K votes last time I voted, and not it's down at 8100

serioustly mintpal, this is wrong!

[Bluestreet]

First off about 8 out of those top 10 coins are botting like mother fuckers, have you seen the ANN for cryptometh and a couple others.lol

[Bluestreet]

"Accidentally" sent? This is absurd. This is a the very least voting manipulation and Mintpal is out of their minds to give back that BTC. It could have been used to encourage CryptoMeth voters to vote hard in the race for first. Now they have a nice 6K vote lead over Information Coin. Not saying this happened, but how can Mintpal decide on this at the 11th hour? The money was in there for days. You don't just accidentally send 7 BTC to the wrong address and not notice it for days. I am withdrawing all funds from Mintpal.  I am sure they will lose others business from this shady business practice.

Cryptometh is obviously botting votes. hey have created a 100 accounts, sent some btc to trade on them and botting big time.

[Bluestreet]

Gezzz look at Entropy Coin with a 16 page ANN coming 6th/7th, seriously wtf!! lol

[andyatcrux]

"Accidentally" sent? This is absurd. This is a the very least voting manipulation and Mintpal is out of their minds to give back that BTC. It could have been used to encourage CryptoMeth voters to vote hard in the race for first. Now they have a nice 6K vote lead over Information Coin. Not saying this happened, but how can Mintpal decide on this at the 11th hour? The money was in there for days. You don't just accidentally send 7 BTC to the wrong address and not notice it for days. I am withdrawing all funds from Mintpal.  I am sure they will lose others business from this shady business practice.

Cryptometh is obviously botting votes. hey have created a 100 accounts, sent some btc to trade on them and botting big time.

Yeah this is what I alluded to in my post on the BCT thread and in my ticket to Mintpal. Zero votes removed for Cryptometh and yet a about a third of BCT votes removed as bot votes.  They are selectively "auditing" and removing votes as they see fit.  Even dictators try to make voting look less rigged than this. Mintpal is either stupid or crooked. Take your pick.

[reRaise]

Mintpal has been doing some corrupt shit, untrustable

[Bluestreet]

Mintpal has been doing some corrupt shit, untrustable

Yeah esp when they add coins like sync coin just as they released and havent been tested, hmmmm wonder how much of a bribe that took.

[Bluestreet]

If Cryptometh get added tonight just bot the shit out of mintpal votes for your coin.