After seemingly endless delays and disappointment, there is finally a glimmer of hope that they will soon receive some compensation from the doomed exchange, which tipped into bankruptcy. But as if creditors hadn\u2019t suffered enough, there were fresh fears of a new attack this week \u2014 with some receiving dozens of emails notifying them of malicious actors logging into their accounts. After all they\u2019ve been through, that would really rub salt into the wounds of those who have been out of pocket for a decade. \u201cJust received 15 notifications for account log in.<\/p>\n
Now can\u2019t get into my account. Is mtgox under attack?? ?\u201d one user wrote on. They later expressed relief that the online system doesn\u2019t allow visitors to change where payments are sent.<\/p>\n
It seems @ovkovk was not alone, with others flocking to the social network to say the same thing had happened to them. \u201cI would guess some attacker has a record of all (or a whole lot of) gox emails and trying to brute force their way in. It has happened before,\u201d @Joohansson replied. On the bright side, it seems like a quirk with the website\u2019s email system means that the mysterious individual was unsuccessful with their attempts \u2014 despite these emails saying they had logged in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem with their system is they send that \u201cyou have logged in\u201d email BEFORE you enter the 2FA code, so a bit misleading.\u201d @Joohansson<\/p>\n
One user put this theory to the test by attempting to get into their account with a bogus password \u2014 and sure enough, they got an email claiming that a login had taken place. It\u2019s yet another embarrassment for those overseeing the Mt. Gox bankruptcy, with one Reddit user quipping that the fright was karma for criticizing how incompetent the entire operation has been. But it also exposes a pretty big problem when it comes to bankruptcy proceedings, as details about customers often end up entering the public domain.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, a poll was held to ask members of r\/mtgoxinsolvency whether they planned to offload their Bitcoin after receiving it. While the amount of BTC being offered in compensation is a lot less than what their balances would have been at the time of the hack, it\u2019ll still amount to a huge windfall in cash terms. Meanwhile, 14.5% said they planned to offload up to 25% of their holdings. Just 18.8% revealed they\u2019re intending to dump the lot.<\/p>\n
In some ways, these figures aren\u2019t surprising to say the least. BTC was worth about $600 in February 2014, at the time of the Mt. Gox attack, meaning all of these creditors were among this cryptocurrency\u2019s very earliest adopters. Fast forward to now, and Bitcoin has accelerated by a jaw-dropping 10,733%.<\/p>\n
Those who believed in Bitcoin then are incredibly likely to believe in Bitcoin now, even if they\u2019ve had their fingers burned. Nonetheless, there\u2019s very little doubt that they\u2019ll be pleased to see the back of Mt. Gox and move on with their lives. And those who do plan to HODL probably won\u2019t be trusting an exchange ever again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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