STEEM hack discussion

xeroc · July 26, 2016, 05:49:10 AM

Quote from: nomoreheroes7 on July 24, 2016, 02:58:01 PM
Pretty sure this is just due to the fluctuations in the 7 day average value of STEEM. When price is down a bit, you'll see the rewards slowly decrease, also.

Exactly .. If the market cap of Steem goes down, it simply can't effort to pay a high payout .. If market cap goes up .. it can ..
This mechanism helps to make an insolvency unlikely ... otherwise you would pay out SteemDollars that you couldn't back by actual value ..

nomoreheroes7 · July 24, 2016, 02:58:01 PM

Quote from: Akado on July 24, 2016, 02:48:52 PM
Why is it that when I refresh a post that has the same votes, the value of the rewards keeps increasing? Assume there's a post that has $1000 in rewards and 100 upvotes. Then I refresh, it still has the same 100 upvotes but then the rewards are $1001, then I do the same and it's $1002. Is it normal?

Pretty sure this is just due to the fluctuations in the 7 day average value of STEEM. When price is down a bit, you'll see the rewards slowly decrease, also.

Akado · July 24, 2016, 02:48:52 PM

Why is it that when I refresh a post that has the same votes, the value of the rewards keeps increasing? Assume there's a post that has $1000 in rewards and 100 upvotes. Then I refresh, it still has the same 100 upvotes but then the rewards are $1001, then I do the same and it's $1002. Is it normal?

Frodo · July 21, 2016, 08:40:02 AM

Everything worked out for me. Huge thanks to the Steemit support team. Great way to handle a situation like this.

BobDownlove · July 20, 2016, 11:19:55 AM

Yes I tried this first thing this morning and last step of recovery failed. I am in contact now and we're working on it. I surely don't envy these support guys, imagine their workload this week

Frodo · July 20, 2016, 08:47:54 AM

Quote from: BobDownlove on July 19, 2016, 02:14:27 PM
Yeah that only works if your recovery agent isn't steem, in which case, mine is. Good link tho I got real excited when I first saw it...

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I'm in the same boat right now, but I'm optimistic that steem support will eventually get to us. They probably have A LOT of requests to handle currently.

EDIT: There is also a new update: https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemit3/third-update-to-july-14th-security-announcement-account-recovery-begins

BobDownlove · July 19, 2016, 02:14:27 PM

Yeah that only works if your recovery agent isn't steem, in which case, mine is. Good link tho I got real excited when I first saw it...

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pc · July 19, 2016, 06:29:59 AM

https://steemit.com/steem/@bitcube/recovering-your-hacked-account-with-a-local-ms-windows-steem-wallet

BobDownlove · July 19, 2016, 03:02:37 AM

So where do we go if our account was compromised and we've had our funds taken and been locked out? Loving the whole "enjoy the darkness" method of support this has...

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pc · July 18, 2016, 06:14:54 AM

Great, thanks!

svk · July 18, 2016, 05:44:21 AM

Quote from: pc on July 16, 2016, 06:01:50 PM
Quote from: Shentist on July 16, 2016, 05:00:19 PM
would be good to get some information about our web wallets. Sop @svk how is the situation is bitshares save?

The openledger web wallet is less vulnerable, because BitShares doesn't have to display lots of user generated content.

The principal risk remains, however. If someone manages to sneak some JavaScript code into the site, then your keys will be compromised.

Hm, now that I think about it - the memo is user generated... @svk please confirm that the memo field is properly escaped.

There's no escaping being done but it's just rendered as a simple string of text, not interpreted as html in any way. That's why I don't parse links either in memos or in the trollbox, so if you're gonna click a malicious link at least you have to copy paste it yourself..

BunkerChainLabs-DataSecurityNode · July 17, 2016, 01:08:06 PM

Quote from: yvv on July 17, 2016, 12:46:05 PM
Quote from: karnal on July 17, 2016, 10:55:38 AM
Here's my take on the hack, and possible solutions for the future:

https://steemit.com/steem/@karnal/hackmoar-hindering-attackers-coming-and-kidnapping-my-outrageously-armored-resources

So, is it possible that our bitshares private keys are shipped away by XSS program?

It's not likely because OL hosted wallet is not designed for user input the same way Steemit is. Though I would imagine after seeing this @svk is checking to make sure the same thing can't happen.

yvv · July 17, 2016, 12:46:05 PM

Quote from: karnal on July 17, 2016, 10:55:38 AM
Here's my take on the hack, and possible solutions for the future:

https://steemit.com/steem/@karnal/hackmoar-hindering-attackers-coming-and-kidnapping-my-outrageously-armored-resources

So, is it possible that our bitshares private keys are shipped away by XSS program?

abit · July 17, 2016, 12:18:10 PM

Quote from: karnal on July 17, 2016, 08:24:44 AM
Also, does someone know the EXACT nature of the attack?

Preferably with code to study?

I was out a day, could not find anything anywhere .. very likely I missed it.

Please check posting history of account "goodgame" on Steem.

Quote from: okidoki on July 16, 2016, 10:22:54 PM
You can find it on Github. The actual compromised users seem to be 150 not 260.

Lately the team decided to not include some "small" accounts into the list.

Quote from: dritz3r on July 16, 2016, 07:25:21 PM
My account is not on the list of hacked accounts but it is and is blocked. I didn't received answer from the team, even not automatic reply.

You can contact @fav

karnal · July 17, 2016, 10:55:38 AM

Here's my take on the hack, and possible solutions for the future:

https://steemit.com/steem/@karnal/hackmoar-hindering-attackers-coming-and-kidnapping-my-outrageously-armored-resources