Ops should reimburse users, but only partially - if someone is too stupid to leave 0.5+ BTC on pool ran by two (doesn´t matter how honest) guys, where no one can expect robust security platform, deserves nothing more than loose it. During 6 months of mining I lost coins in various scams (Unocs, Orbit Coin, PhenixEx..) and I learned one thing - You are on enemy territory and if You loose, it was by your mistake so blame no one but You.
aTriz and nearmiss did great job here, so stop complain and try to be supportive.
The only person stupid here is you... Be supportive for a bunch of f... amateurs. I WANT MY FUCKING MONEY BACK
Glad you are being so mature about all this, we can tell who are the adults in the room!
In other news, we continue to have login's/payouts DISABLED, we will update here and in IRC within a few hours after me and nearmiss have a sit down and discuss things.
~Hashcows Team~
P.S. Merry Christmas everyone, sorry to start it off with this bad day!
The one thing I would like to honestly know is how they broke into the system and changed everything. In my view, it seems like they broke in by the SQL Database server and mass changed the bitcoin withdrawal address, maybe changed the 4 digit pin code and then triggered the withdrawals. Or they issued the SQL execute command to process the withdrawals bypassing the security protocols.
Either way, if Hashcows knows how they did it, please provide detailed evidence and if there was a fault by the software or human error, step forward and announce it. If it is software, it would be best to patch it asap. If Human error, well, you know what to do then...