'Seals With Clubs' Bitcoin Poker Site Hacked, 42,000 Passwords Stolen
Bitcoin poker site Seals with Clubs has confirmed that its database was compromised, although it failed to mention that it lost 42,020 hashed passwords in the process. The hashes were posted to a forum some 24 hours earlier and needless to say they attracted plenty of people bent on cracking them. For some reason Seals with Clubs used SHA1 hash functions, which are for all intents and purposes obsolete. Even the latest SHA3 hash is not suitable for passwords and it appears that the site was relying on cryptographic salting to make them more secure, making sure that different hashes would....
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Sometimes the world of bitcoin seems lawless. All too frequently, we hear stories of heists, broken-into exchanges, and more. This time around, the victim is bitcoin poker website named "Seals With Clubs'. The service admitted their database had been compromised, but according to CoinDesk, failed to mention that private information of users were intercepted; to the tune of 42,020 individually hashed passwords. Seals With Clubs used SHA1 has functions to protect sensitive information, but it was doing just that. SHA1 is outdate and should not be touched with a ten-foot pole. A user then....
Bitcoin poker website Seals With Clubs has announced that it is shutting down. In a notice posted on its website, Seals With Clubs cited security issues but did not disclose the specific events that led to the decision. The site has experienced security problems in the past, having been the target of a database hack in December 2013 that resulted in the theft of 42,000 passwords. Seals With Clubs stated that withdrawals will be available and advised all users to not deposit any bitcoins. Describing the situation as one constituting "a perpetual state of jeopardy", Seals With Clubs said....
Bryan Micon, operator of the closed down bitcoin-fueled poker site Seals With Clubs, has been charged by the Nevada Attorney General with operating an unlicensed gambling enterprise, and faces up to ten years in prison and a US$50,000 fine. Hoping to be able to cover his legal expenses, Micon has since launched a defense fund. It first became evident that something was amiss at Seals With Clubs in February of this year, as the site indicated it would be shutting down, which was at the time attributed to unspecified operational security concerns. Several days later, Micon uploaded a YouTube....
Bryan Micon, owner of Seals with Clubs, has been charged by the Nevada Attorney General's Office for operating an illegal bitcoin gambling site. A warrant for his arrest has already been issued last April. According to defense attorney Richard Schonfeld, Micon will serve an as-yet-unspecified probation term and pay a fine of $25,000. Micon recently flew in from his hometown in Antigua to Nevada to answer the charges. Illegal Bitcoin Gambling. Seals with Clubs has since been shut down due to the allegations. Micon also has to forfeit assets seized when Nevada Gaming Commission agents raided....
This piece has been updated with additional information from the Nevada Attorney General's Office, as well as a copy of the formal complaint filed against Bryan Micon. The Nevada Attorney General's Office is seeking to arrest the operator of defunct bitcoin poker service Seals with Clubs. As reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Bryan Micon was charged in Nevada court on Monday with operating an unlicensed interactive gaming system. Micon is accused of failing to acquire the necessary licensure to operate Seals with Clubs. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison and....