Re: Hundreds of thousand of bitcointalk accounts hacked

Some of those dormants accounts could have been reactivated by real owners who happen to have heard the recent news and getting interested in bitcoin again.

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Thousands of accounts appear to have been hacked recently. Admin will know the true figure, i assume.
You can see for yourselves. Click on this member, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=9011 see the last active march 1st 2017.
Then click on u=9012, 9013, 9014,..... Try any u=number under 100000. More explanation here,
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1702409.msg17974610#msg17974610

Most of those accounts are newbies. What are the benefits of hacking newbies?