Bitcoin Talk Hacked Again, Members Urged to Change Passwords
Bitcoin is stateless, frictionless and more valuable than ever. But these things also mean that BTC is a security risk, from an IT perspective. Case in point is the popular virtual currency forum Bitcoin Talk. The site was recently hacked, and the administrators have posted a note regarding the possibility of compromised passwords over a recent period of time: "If you used your password to login between 06:00 Dec 1 UTC and 20:00 Dec 2 UTC, then your password may have been captured in a man-in-the-middle attack, and you should change your password here and wherever else you used it. If you....
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