Bitcoin Server Breached


More than $87,000 worth of the virtual currency known as Bitcoin was stolen after online bandits penetrated servers belonging to Bitcoinica, prompting its operators to temporarily shutter the trading platform to contain the damage.

Friday's theft came after hackers accessed Bitcoinica's production servers and depleted its online wallet of 18,547 BTC, as individual Bitcoin units are called, company officials said in a blog post published on Friday. It said the heist affected only a small fraction of Bitcoinica's overall bitcoin deposits and that all withdrawal requests will be honored once the platform reopens.

It was at least the second time in 10 weeks Bitcoinica has been stung by a computer intrusion that has cost it dearly. In early March, a security lapse at cloud services provider Linode allowed hackers to make off with about $210,000 worth of bitcoin after they gained unauthorized access to bitcoin wallets stored by Bitcoinica and seven other customers. Last June, an anonymous person claimed to have lost $500,000 worth of bitcoin to online thieves, but the claims were never independently verified.

Drop a PM immediately to SB

Ha. I haven't even earned a single bitcoin yet.

I find that running the client makes my computer less responsive so I can't be bothered, plus people are saying it's no longer profitable.

Hmph!

Of course. They don't want you competing with them for the limited amount of Bitcoins that are available. They already sold you a Radeon and got you to OC it out of warranty so that it will die quickly so that you will buy another ... and another for CF .. that part of their job is done.....
- the bitcoin advice is personal and keeps you out of the profit pool.

Oh man. How's the tin foil hat fitting? A little tight? Perhaps you should salvage your Frio Ock, melt it down, and upsize it a bit.



There were tons of people who helped me get bitcoin mining up and running in the video forum at anandtech. Not everyone is out to get you, apoppin. There are lots of good people out there.

My problem is that mining is a bit of a PITA because it slows down my computer when it's running. I would have to figure out a way to get the task scheduler to run it while I sleep, but then I'm really not sure that it's even profitable. I would have to try it for a month and look at the electric bill to know for sure. I would definitely run my card at stock volts if I were bitcoin mining BTW, which further complicates things.

Come on, i can make a little fun of the situation, can't i?


Dave has the Frio now. it won't melt with a quad-core Athlon

What's Dave doing with the Frio? I thought he had a bunch of old computers in his attic doing random things.

i sent him a new system ... Galaxy GTX 480 SuperOverclock, Athlon X4 and an AM3 MB
-- he is supposed to build a gaming PC with it.

Dave is a gamer?

That actually sounds like a very good gaming system. I hope he enjoys it. Perhaps it will keep him out of P&N for awhile.