Caution: this article contains language that may be inappropriate for some readers. http://i.imgur.com/ycAyb32.png?1 Today on August 2nd 2016 http://i.imgur.com/IiDAEb7.png?1 Reddit user zanetackett is a high-level employee and public face for Bitgo/Bitfinex https://www.reddit.com/user/zanetackett ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 days earlier on July 31 twitter user @_cryptoworm_ posted - http://i.imgur.com/PZULeYw.png?1 An eerie prediction about the hack 48 hours in advance. Circumstantial evidence that they either had inside knowledge of the hack or that they had achieved some level of confidence it's success. Followed on AUG 1 by http://i.imgur.com/nxz0kUP.png?1 Today on Aug 2nd http://i.imgur.com/LoDonxR.png?1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the users posts they refer to a website. An odd message standing alone at the top of the page. http://i.imgur.com/PTy1oHy.png?1 Full Site img: http://i.imgur.com/gid4I8n.png?1 ---------------------------------------------------------- What are your thoughts on this?
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nice etherium tag BTW.
author | ajax |
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permlink | re-pjheinz-is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao-20160803t174127312z |
category | bitcoin |
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author | countrytalented |
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cheetah33 | 0 | -4,522,608 | -20% | ||
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Keep up the great work @pjheinz Upvoted
author | eternalabove |
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permlink | is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao |
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created | 2016-08-03 05:09:48 |
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scammy as hell, run away @pjheinz
author | gekko |
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permlink | re-pjheinz-is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao-20160803t170646107z |
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gekko | 0 | 799,636,754 | 100% |
Hi! This post has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_tests">Flesch-Kincaid</a> grade level of 7.1 and reading ease of 77%. This puts the writing level on par with Tom Clancy and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
author | isaac.asimov |
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permlink | re-is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao-20160803t050957 |
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Nice @pjheinz Shot you an Upvote :)
author | jessejamesrock |
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permlink | is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao |
category | bitcoin |
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created | 2016-08-03 05:13:27 |
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This is more than likely a opportunistic scam. Make sure they prove they can move the funds before you attempt any negotiations. If I had to guess I'd imagine this is some of the ETC crowd running low on funds to pump their trash.
author | marvin1000 |
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permlink | re-pjheinz-is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao-20160803t054722375z |
category | bitcoin |
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walkingmage | 0 | 633,788,835 | 100% | ||
jabronistevens | 0 | 59,678,994 | 100% |
I agree that this is likely just a scammer. Why would the real crooks settle for a 75% loss on their stolen BTC?
author | blocktrades |
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permlink | re-marvin1000-re-pjheinz-is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao-20160803t055244123z |
category | bitcoin |
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walkingmage | 0 | 633,788,835 | 100% |
It's also quite suspect that they were originally claiming to have hacked ETC, then the sudden switch to talking about bitfinex.
author | blocktrades |
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permlink | re-marvin1000-re-pjheinz-is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao-20160803t055417385z |
category | bitcoin |
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psychologyrad | 0 | 159,773,410 | 100% |
As I postulated in the article, it may be someone with inside info but not the actual hacker. I was also confused by them switching it up but I assumed they had potential access to both ETC and BTC but only achieved the BTC attack vector. Aside from insider knowledge, how do you explain them calling the largest hack of the year 3 days before it happened.
author | pjheinz |
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permlink | re-blocktrades-re-marvin1000-re-pjheinz-is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao-20160803t061628112z |
category | bitcoin |
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created | 2016-08-03 06:16:27 |
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Looks like there is more to this story update coming
author | pjheinz |
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permlink | re-pjheinz-is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao-20160804t064355501z |
category | bitcoin |
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Nice @pjheinz Shot you an Upvote :)
author | rickydevil |
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permlink | is-this-the-bitgo-bitfinex-hacker-and-did-they-also-hack-the-dao |
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