Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Goes Offline - $350 Million Hack
Mt. Gox, once the world's largest bitcoin exchange, has gone offline, apparently after losing hundreds of millions of dollars due to a years-long hacking effort that went unnoticed by the company. The hacking attack is detailed in a leaked "crisis strategy draft" plan, apparently created by Gox and published Monday by Ryan Selkis, a bitcoin entrepreneur and blogger (see below).
According to the document, the exchange is insolvent after losing 744,408 bitcoins - worth about $350 million at Monday's trading prices. The plan paints a bleak picture of the exchange's finances and outlines an arbitrage scheme to restore the exchange to solvency. "The reality is that Mt. Gox can go bankrupt at any moment, and certainly deserves to as a company," the document states.
WIRED couldn't confirm the authenticity of the document. Reached Monday night, a Gox representative declined to comment on the document and referred us to the company's webpage, before abruptly hanging up. But the website went offline a few hours after the company suspended trading on its exchange, and if the document is indeed authentic, the situation it described could reverberate across the world of bitcoin and possibly hamper the future of the digital currency.
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This is the reason why is am a skeptic of bitcoin.
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ok! All I care is a $500.00 290X. This will pull 780ti's prices down a little... so I can SLI


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Brilliant stuff!
Good to see that the likes of the Shadow Crew are still keeping their hand in, targeting easy marks like this!

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Bitcoin in freefall
http://vr-zone.com/articles/bitcoin-freefall-mt-gox-closes-doors/72773.html
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Mwu-ha-ha!
Sorry, but I can only gloat on this! If the history can NOT teach anyone anything, then only the harsh reality can!
BTW, I even know who performed this "hacking effort" - owners of Mt.Gox themselves.