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Monday, 11 November 2013 19:22

$1.2 million in Bitcoins stolen

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Inputs.io service that offers users online Bitcoin wallet service was compromised on 23rd and again on 26th October. Unknown hackers on that occasion stolen 4100 Bitcoins, which have a value of at least $1.2 million. The owner of the attacked website, known only by the nickname TradeFortess, gave this information to users this week, noting that the attack affected only specific users .

Attackers have used social engineering as a method of attack on the Linode service for cloud hosting, where the input.io is located. With misrepresentation and compromisation of a number of email accounts, they were able to access the system and reset the password for Linode server .

Since service inputs.io, nor its owner TradeFortess do not have enough financial resources to complete the compensation of the damage caused , users will have to settle with half the amount received from a personal account and reserves of TradeFortess' inputs.io service.

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