Phil21 -> well, guess I got some things not right then and the way it developed (nobody knows everything about all this mess anyway) _sorry_.
Still: I stated "if he really did it" in my post, since I've no proof of anything for or against
-and there I am, waiting authority investigations make light on this. Meanwhile, my post applies to all massive bitcoin thieves.
//
Torminalis: be assured that MagicalTux is highly ashamed of himself for not forcing all users to update the password when he acquired Mt.Gox, making the passwords salted at the start. Not even mention the discredit on Mt.Gox and all the other services he's running, many people sure lost faith in his ability to secure websites. As a human, he can only do his best, not guarantee perfection: he may have more technical experience than the average, but he still has 24 hours time per day like everybody. Every expert knows that perfect security in computers is impossible, even the über-safe OpenBSD had 2 remote critical vulnerabilities at standard install in it's history. The internet in it's whole has been hacked and hacked again, making the network stronger everytime (would DNSSEC exist if there weren't any DNS poisoning vulnerabilities ? Buffer protection if there weren't "ping of death" attacks ? Antiviruses if there weren't viruses ?). Bitcoin economy is at experimental state, I prefer Mt.Gox exploited now and reinforce security massively (and anybody else taking lessons) than all markets hacked and coins sucked out while bitcoins are worth 4000 $ each. Preparing good times from the bad times, that's the philosophy.
btw: I'm directly concerned about all this, since I'm hosted on KalyHost and want to pay it with bitcoins - fed up about PayPal/MoneyBookers fees, plus bank tracing. So I really want Bitcoin to go back normal again and stay legal everywhere in the world.
Still: I stated "if he really did it" in my post, since I've no proof of anything for or against
-and there I am, waiting authority investigations make light on this. Meanwhile, my post applies to all massive bitcoin thieves.//
Torminalis: be assured that MagicalTux is highly ashamed of himself for not forcing all users to update the password when he acquired Mt.Gox, making the passwords salted at the start. Not even mention the discredit on Mt.Gox and all the other services he's running, many people sure lost faith in his ability to secure websites. As a human, he can only do his best, not guarantee perfection: he may have more technical experience than the average, but he still has 24 hours time per day like everybody. Every expert knows that perfect security in computers is impossible, even the über-safe OpenBSD had 2 remote critical vulnerabilities at standard install in it's history. The internet in it's whole has been hacked and hacked again, making the network stronger everytime (would DNSSEC exist if there weren't any DNS poisoning vulnerabilities ? Buffer protection if there weren't "ping of death" attacks ? Antiviruses if there weren't viruses ?). Bitcoin economy is at experimental state, I prefer Mt.Gox exploited now and reinforce security massively (and anybody else taking lessons) than all markets hacked and coins sucked out while bitcoins are worth 4000 $ each. Preparing good times from the bad times, that's the philosophy.
btw: I'm directly concerned about all this, since I'm hosted on KalyHost and want to pay it with bitcoins - fed up about PayPal/MoneyBookers fees, plus bank tracing. So I really want Bitcoin to go back normal again and stay legal everywhere in the world.