Friday, November 8, 2013

Hackers steal more than a million dollars worth of Bitcoin

It was reported on SC Magazine that Bitcoin eWallet Inputs.io service was hacked and left unable to pay an undisclosed number of user balances of about $1.1 million.

According to a post on the Inputs.io website, “The attacker compromised the hosting account through compromising email accounts (some very old, and without phone numbers attached, so it was easy to reset).”

The wallet claims that the attackers are the same ones who managed to hack “GigaDice, another Bitcoin service. The web wallet notes that the hackers managed to gain access to the database, but stresses that passwords are secure as they are hashed on the client. “Bitcoin backend code were transferred to 10;15Hd@mastersearching.com:mercedes49@69.85.88.31

Source:

http://www.scmagazine.com/hackers-steal-more-than-a-million-dollars-worth-of-bitcoin/article/320244/

http://www.techienews.co.uk/972801/secure-bitcoin-wallet-inputs-io-hacked-unable-pay-user-balances/

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