Quote from: TheFootMan on February 14, 2014, 01:57:22 AM

Quote from: cypherdoc on February 13, 2014, 01:06:17 AM

don't forget Jed's laptop was the one that got hacked revealing the admin pwd leading to the mtgox plunge to $0.001 over a period of about 15 min back in June 2011.

i tried to scrape up the video of that plunge but no success. i remember being right there when it happened. one of the most dramatic things i've ever seen realtime.

I remember this situation. It is a bit like the situation today, only that the MtGox website was totally unavailable for a long time afterwards while they worked on the 'reverification-system' and the deadlines were continually pushed, and a lot of people were very upset about the whole ordeal.

Also, do we have conclusive evidence that the breach happened through Jed's laptop, or do we again have to trust MTGox's words.

This might just be rumors, but I've heard that there were numerous flaws in the MtGox website, leading up to the 'hack', and all notices to MtGox about this was blatantly ignored.

No, it was Jed.

He publicly came out and apologized. Yep, gox was closed for about two weeks as I remember.