Hacker Returns 225 BTC Taken from Blockchain Wallets
A white-hat hacker who was able to take 255 BTC from Blockchain wallets following a security flaw earlier this week has returned the funds. Bitcoin Talk member 'johoe', an account 1.5 years old but with only 21 posts, had always stated that he or she was taking the funds for safekeeping and would return them, writing on the forum: "There were a large bunch of new broken addresses today (several 100s in one day). I took the liberty of saving some funds before they got swiped by others. If you can convince me that they belong to you (signing a message with the address is obviously not....
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Today, I had the privilege of chatting with johoe, the white hat hacker who swept over 800 bitcoins from addresses generated with a security error on Blockchain.info's webwallet. After learning that the insecure addresses were generated on Blockchain.info, johoe returned all of the bitcoins he obtained to Blockchain.info, so they could refund users who lost their bitcoins. johoe is considered to be a white hat hacker because he hacked ethically. johoe continues to return bitcoins to Blockchain.info as he finds them. johoe has received praise from bitcoiners on reddit, BitcoinTalk, and....