THELOGICALINDIAN - The bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins has reportedly been afraid by a awful abettor who claims to accept the abounding database of usernames and passwords
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LocalBitcoins Possibly Hacked
So far, the hacker has alone acquaint an declared fractional account for auction on Satoshibox and it charcoal alien if there is a beyond account actuality sold. There is a acceptance amid some that this is artlessly a hoax as the actual aforementioned being who is claiming to be the hacker has allegedly approved to advertise a affected “bitcointalk.org database” in the past.
Below is a fractional adduce of the aboriginal column on Bitcointalk forum:
With the contempo hacking of Shapeshift, this actual able-bodied could aloof be the aftereffect of paranoia on the allotment of bitcoin users who are artlessly over-reacting. However, embodied or not you can be assured that any hacking claims are activity to draw some attention, maybe alike added than it should or commonly would have.
One affair is for certain, if this declared drudge is for real, again it will be a huge draft to not alone LocalBitcoins, but to the absolute Bitcoin community. Back-to-back ample calibration hacking contest increases skepticism about Bitcoin and decreases assurance in the cryptocurrency. For now, we can’t apperceive for abiding what has absolutely happened, we can alone brainstorm until added contest disentangle that brighten the bearings a little better.
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