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Title: [FYI] Gentleman hacker returns stolen Bitcoins to blockchain.info
Post by: testz on December 14, 2014, 12:37:10 pm
Gentleman hacker returns stolen Bitcoins to blockchain.info
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/gentleman-hacker-returns-stolen-bitcoins-blockchain-info
Title: Re: [FYI] Gentleman hacker returns stolen Bitcoins to blockchain.info
Post by: sumantso on December 14, 2014, 12:43:48 pm
Sensationalist nonsense. He never stole them, he detected the issue and swept them before any bad actors could so.
Title: Re: [FYI] Gentleman hacker returns stolen Bitcoins to blockchain.info
Post by: jamesc on December 14, 2014, 08:42:09 pm
Definitely brings back the old idea of having a mouse move entropy collector (like krypto kit) on your web page to go along with the browsers secure random number.   A hacker would have to guess both numbers.
Title: Re: [FYI] Gentleman hacker returns stolen Bitcoins to blockchain.info
Post by: xeroc on December 14, 2014, 10:11:55 pm
Sensationalist nonsense. He never stole them, he detected the issue and swept them before any bad actors could so.
would have done the same ... although I would have negotiated a 5-10% "protection fee" :) (not necessarily with the owners but blockchain.info)
Title: Re: [FYI] Gentleman hacker returns stolen Bitcoins to blockchain.info
Post by: sumantso on December 14, 2014, 10:13:09 pm
Sensationalist nonsense. He never stole them, he detected the issue and swept them before any bad actors could so.
would have done the same ... although I would have negotiated a 5-10% "protection fee" :) (not necessarily with the owners but blockchain.info)

He got rewarded by blockchain.info. Apparently got a good gig too.
Title: Re: [FYI] Gentleman hacker returns stolen Bitcoins to blockchain.info
Post by: xeroc on December 14, 2014, 10:37:10 pm
Sensationalist nonsense. He never stole them, he detected the issue and swept them before any bad actors could so.
would have done the same ... although I would have negotiated a 5-10% "protection fee" :) (not necessarily with the owners but blockchain.info)

He got rewarded by blockchain.info. Apparently got a good gig too.

Good to hear ... That's how one can motivate white - and gray-hats :)
Title: Re: [FYI] Gentleman hacker returns stolen Bitcoins to blockchain.info
Post by: donkeypong on December 14, 2014, 10:42:21 pm
Great! Nice to see some honest folks.