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<blockquote data-quote="zMagenta" data-source="post: 244161" data-attributes="member: 4512"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Major Bitcoin Theft, according to Owner.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></strong></p><p>A man, living in Australia, claims that 4,100 Bitcoins were stolen from his account by outside sources who 'supposedly', 'hacked' into his account in two separate attacks.</p><p></p><p>A man who was running a 'wallet storage' system online, had his account compromised in two separate attacks from an unknown source. The overall total of the cost is not yet fully known, but it is somewhere in the region of around $1,000,000 AUD (or there abouts).</p><p></p><p>He said "I will not report this to the police, seeming as Bitcoin transactions are impossible to trace". This has caused speculation about whether this was an 'inside' job, from the managerial team (or any other team) within the Bitcoin team.</p><p></p><p>Two attacks were sent on the account, one for only, in USD terms, around $50.00. This is what we believe to be a 'test', to see if funds could be moved from his account without making a sound. The other transaction was around the million dollar mark.</p><p></p><p>In an interview with ABC, a man who used the same username 'TradeFortress', denies heavily that he was involved and claims he has no understanding of the meaning or use of Bitcoins, so this lead to another dead-end in the search for this so called, stolen money.</p><p></p><p>According to a Sydney newspaper (The Sydney Herald), this theft happened on the 26th of October, but only told his customers on his website this week.</p><p></p><p>The message on his site read: "I'm sorry, I know this doesn't mean much, and saying that I'm sad is an understatement. Please don't store Bitcoins on an internet-connected device, regardless if it's your own service or not".</p><p></p><p>This comes just two days after the recent blog entry that Bitcoin could be under attack which could gradually allow access to the whole of the digital cash system, which is widely used to buy products and items online.</p><p></p><p>So, is Bitcoin really safe and secure as they make it out to be? Or is it an inside job from Bitcoin itself?</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/930/t68u.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zMagenta, post: 244161, member: 4512"] [B][SIZE=5]Major Bitcoin Theft, according to Owner. [/SIZE][/B] A man, living in Australia, claims that 4,100 Bitcoins were stolen from his account by outside sources who 'supposedly', 'hacked' into his account in two separate attacks. A man who was running a 'wallet storage' system online, had his account compromised in two separate attacks from an unknown source. The overall total of the cost is not yet fully known, but it is somewhere in the region of around $1,000,000 AUD (or there abouts). He said "I will not report this to the police, seeming as Bitcoin transactions are impossible to trace". This has caused speculation about whether this was an 'inside' job, from the managerial team (or any other team) within the Bitcoin team. Two attacks were sent on the account, one for only, in USD terms, around $50.00. This is what we believe to be a 'test', to see if funds could be moved from his account without making a sound. The other transaction was around the million dollar mark. In an interview with ABC, a man who used the same username 'TradeFortress', denies heavily that he was involved and claims he has no understanding of the meaning or use of Bitcoins, so this lead to another dead-end in the search for this so called, stolen money. According to a Sydney newspaper (The Sydney Herald), this theft happened on the 26th of October, but only told his customers on his website this week. The message on his site read: "I'm sorry, I know this doesn't mean much, and saying that I'm sad is an understatement. Please don't store Bitcoins on an internet-connected device, regardless if it's your own service or not". This comes just two days after the recent blog entry that Bitcoin could be under attack which could gradually allow access to the whole of the digital cash system, which is widely used to buy products and items online. So, is Bitcoin really safe and secure as they make it out to be? Or is it an inside job from Bitcoin itself? [IMG]http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/930/t68u.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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