OpenRuby.com

06 Sep '12, 2pm

Bitfloor becomes the latest hacked Bitcoin exchange

Bitfloor becomes the latest hacked Bitcoin exchange

“Last night,” announced Bitfloor founder Roman Shtylman on Tuesday, “a few of our servers were compromised. As a result, the attacker gained accesses to an unencrypted backup of the wallet keys...” The effect of this compromise was the loss of 24,000 bitcoins, estimated to be worth around $250,000 in hard currency. Bitfloor is one of the online exchanges that allows people to exchange the virtual money for coin of the realm, and was at the time of the breach the fourth-largest Bitcoin-to-US dollar exchange. Bitcoins are an attractive target for cyber thieves because they are traded online in a peer-to-peer encrypted and irreversible manner, and effectively impossible to trace. They can be used as a form of online bartering (for example, they can be used to buy online gaming gold) or converted to cash via exchanges such as Bitfloor. In the real world central banks, such as ...

Full article: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/28028/bitfloor-...

Tweets

Hacker Steals 250,000USD From Bitcoin Exchange ...

cyberwarnews.info 06 Sep '12, 5pm

It has happened again one Americas most popular bitcoin exchange Bitfloor ( bitfloor.com ) has been compromised and close ...

Bitcoin exchange market hacked for US$250,000 loss: Bitfloor, the largest Bitcoin exchange market in the US, is

Bitcoin exchange market hacked for US$250,000 l...

news.yahoo.com 05 Sep '12, 8pm

Bitfloor founder ceases operation until server hack can be resolved Bitfloor, the largest Bitcoin exchange market in the U...

Bitcoin currency exchange BitFloor shuts down a...

venturebeat.com 05 Sep '12, 6am

Theft forces Bitcoin firm offline: The US's big...

bbc.co.uk 05 Sep '12, 12pm

5 September 2012 Last updated at 13:06 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Bitc...

Bitcoin exchange BitFloor suspends operations after $250,000 theft

Bitcoin exchange BitFloor suspends operations a...

theverge.com 05 Sep '12, 11am

Popular Bitcoin exchange BitFloor — described by its owner as "the #4 USD exchange and #1 in the US" — has been forced to ...

Future of top US Bitcoin exchange in doubt after hackers grab $250,000

Future of top US Bitcoin exchange in doubt afte...

thenextweb.com 05 Sep '12, 5am

BitFloor , a major Bitcoin exchange and the biggest in the US, today suffered a devastating loss after their servers were ...

Theft forces Bitcoin firm offline

bbc.co.uk 05 Sep '12, 12pm

5 September 2012 Last updated at 13:06 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Bitc...

Theft forces Bitcoin firm offline

bbc.co.uk 05 Sep '12, 12pm

5 September 2012 Last updated at 13:06 Share this page Delicious Digg Facebook reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Email Print Bitc...

Popular Bitcoin Exchange Shuts Down After Attack - via @tecca

Popular Bitcoin Exchange Shuts Down After Attac...

mashable.com 05 Sep '12, 8pm

Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share Tecca Follow @tecca Bitfloor, the largest Bitcoin exchange market in the U.S., is tempora...

Bitfloor Hacked, $250,000 Missing | Bitcoin Magazine

Bitfloor Hacked, $250,000 Missing | Bitcoin Mag...

bitcoinmagazine.net 04 Sep '12, 11pm

Bitfloor, the fourth largest exchange dealing in US dollars, has just announced[1] that it has been hacked, and the servic...

Internet currency exchange goes offline after massive Bitcoin theft

Internet currency exchange goes offline after m...

rt.com 05 Sep '12, 8pm

The administrator of the largest Bitcoin exchange in the United States says that a hacker has compromised the service, ste...

One poor security choice results in $250,000 Bi...

infoworld.com 06 Sep '12, 9pm

Bitcoin exchange Bitfloor reportedly suffered a virtual heist of 24,000 BTCs, worth a cool quarter-million U.S. dollars. T...

One poor security choice results in $250,000 Bi...

infoworld.com 06 Sep '12, 8pm

Bitcoin exchange Bitfloor reportedly suffered a virtual heist of 24,000 BTCs, worth a cool quarter-million U.S. dollars. T...

Future of top U.S. Bitcoin exchange in doubt as $250K in virtual currency stolen

Future of top U.S. Bitcoin exchange in doubt as...

venturebeat.com 05 Sep '12, 6am

The future of the top U.S. Bitcoin echange is in doubt after $250,000 in virtual currency was stolen last night. As CNet r...

BitFloor Joins List of Compromised BitCoin Exch...

yro.slashdot.org 05 Sep '12, 2pm

It filled the need for an anti-corporate moral superiority. BitCoin was developed from the start to screw over large compa...