Quote from: mjsbuddha on September 06, 2016, 04:18:39 AM

Quote from: Mumbeeptind1963 on September 06, 2016, 04:15:33 AM

Quote from: Wind_FURY on September 06, 2016, 04:04:45 AM

This just out in the news. What are the implications of this as a regular user of BCT? Should we be worried about this?

http://themerkle.com/hacked-bitcointalk-user-data-finally-surfaces-on-dark-net/

"Just a few days ago, the data stolen from the BitcoinTalk.org hack in 2015 was posted for sale on dark net. A hacker going by DoubleFlag, is selling BitcoinTalk.orgs database. The same hacker is said to be responsible for the 68 million emails and hashed passwords from Dropbox that went for sale on dark net not too long ago.

BitcoinTalk.org was originally hacked in May of 2015, but the data wasnt posted until a few days ago. DoubleFlag seems to have been the first one able to get his hands on it, and no one after him for that matter. The stolen data was only accessible by using data breach notification sites like Hacked-DB and LeakedSource."

Oh no, I think if they sell it, It cause big in bitcoin community because many earners are earning here in bitcointalk by services like selling their accounts, by joining signature camapaign and many more. What is the action of theymos now? And What should we do now have accounts in bitcointalk?

99% of the users are safe. (Not 99. But a lot.) The passwords were encrypted with 5 rounds & used strong encryption algorithms. Many passwords will never be cracked or aren't worth the time to crack.

The Quantum computing Cool

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Well, the question is why the hacker is just releasing the data a few days ago? Is anyone know the reason? considering from your explanation I think that is safe at this time.