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Bitcoins were hacked yesterday?
Posted on 4/4/13 at 11:12 am
Posted on 4/4/13 at 11:12 am
I thought this wasn't possible 
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Online currency bitcoin had 20 percent knocked off its price overnight on Thursday as one of its major exchanges became the victim of a hacking attack leading to a sell-off in the virtual currency after reaching an all-time high.
Uncertainty over other currencies, turmoil in Cyprus and media interest are just some of the reasons commentators are citing for the 360 percent rise in bitcoin prices over the last month. The frenzied interest in bitcoins piled over onto the social media site Twitter and led to a spike in Google searches on the topic.
But by Thursday morning bitcoin prices had fallen to $132 from Wednesday's record price of $147.
The most popular bitcoin exchange, Tokyo-based Mt.Gox announced overnight that it had been the victim of a hacking attack after experiencing a severe lag with its systems. The complications meant the price quickly sank to below $115 before regaining ground to $130 by 6.00 a.m. London time on Thursday, according to Bitcoincharts.com.
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Posted on 4/4/13 at 11:31 am to Lsut81
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I thought this wasn't possible
NOW you have to do transactions peer to peer. That's what you'll hear from the proponents.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 11:32 am to Lsut81
Extremely possible. As i've said before, I know of one guy who had 50k+ worth of bitcoins hacked a while back.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 11:39 am to Lsut81
Posted on 4/4/13 at 11:41 am to Lsut81
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Bitcoins were hacked yesterday?
No, it was a DDoS.
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I thought this wasn't possible
DDoS' happen every day to many websites, and it is simply an attacker using a botnet to overload a website. Usually the goal is to cost the victim money due to website down time (in effect holding it hostage), but in this case the goal was to create a panic sell-off.
Posted on 4/4/13 at 12:08 pm to Lsut81
Are they coming out with Bitcoins ATM?
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