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Today at 12:19:25 PM

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We sadly need to announce that our wallet has been compromised thus DO NOT send any further funds to any of the coin wallets, BTC, DVC, LTC, etc. We will setup a new wallet and reset all the addresses. This will most likely take the whole weekend.
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Today at 12:31:16 PM

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Ouch, good luck with it. Bitcoin central's down too, looks like someone's being a pain in the ass.

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Today at 01:06:40 PM

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Posted an announcement regarding this at Important Announcements subforum.

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Today at 01:25:49 PM

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Sorry to hear that. How bad is the loss? Will users be out of pocket, or can vircurex cover it?

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Today at 01:58:50 PM

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Further update:  The system was not breached, no passwords were compromised (they are salted and multiple times hashed anyways). The attacker used a RubyOnRails vulnerability that was released yesterday (http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24019/) to withdraw the funds therefore.
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Today at 03:06:08 PM

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Further update:  The system was not breached, no passwords were compromised (they are salted and multiple times hashed anyways). The attacker used a RubyOnRails vulnerability that was released yesterday (http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24019/) to withdraw the funds therefore.

Sorry for your lose.

Amm ... the RoR volnurability was posted to multiple large forums, including Slashdot.

Did the attacker see the announcement before you were able to realize it affects you and shut off your systems? How come you missed it for so long that you didn't shut your stuff off / upgrade in time?

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Today at 03:10:11 PM

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Exploit released yesterday, eh? How convenient...

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Today at 03:14:21 PM

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Before the wild speculations beginn, the service will be recovered and we pay the losses out of our own pockets.

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Today at 03:36:07 PM

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Ouch, good luck with it. Bitcoin central's down too, looks like someone's being a pain in the ass.

That's just scheduled maintenance
We deployed the fixes within five minutes after receiving the notification from the Rails security mailing list.
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Today at 03:36:52 PM

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Exploit released yesterday, eh? How convenient...

It's the truth.
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Today at 03:40:53 PM

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Exploit released yesterday, eh? How convenient...

Bit slow of the attacker. I was actually half-expecting someone to start hacking Bitcoin sites before any exploit was even publicly released.
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Today at 05:05:41 PM

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Service restored: deposits, trading and withdrawals are working again

For the time being, some restrictions apply until we have sorted out the account details and validated data integrity.

TradingDepositsWithdrawals
BTCActiveActiveOn hold
NMCActiveActiveOn hold
LTCActiveActiveOn hold
DVCActiveActiveActive
SCActiveActiveOn hold
IXCActiveActiveActive
PPCActiveActiveActive
USDActiveActiveActive
EURActiveActiveActive
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Today at 05:21:42 PM

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Service restored: deposits, trading and withdrawals are working again

For the time being, some restrictions apply until we have sorted out the account details and validated data integrity.

TradingDepositsWithdrawals
BTCActiveActiveOn hold
NMCActiveActiveOn hold
LTCActiveActiveOn hold
DVCActiveActiveActive
SCActiveActiveOn hold
IXCActiveActiveActive
PPCActiveActiveActive
USDActiveActiveActive
EURActiveActiveActive


It's good to see you are recovering so quickly, especially with the severe downtime or outright collapse most exchanges seem to go through.
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Today at 05:24:34 PM

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Service restored: deposits, trading and withdrawals are working again


Did you switch servers ?
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Today at 05:58:42 PM

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It's been a couple of stressful hours here.

No we did not switch servers, we:
 - applied the Ruby Rails patch
 - backed up all log files for further analysis
 - log files show the XML code injection, we validated all triggered commands to ensure nothing other than withdrawing funds (e.g. backdoor) was done.
 
2AM here, will need to catch some sleep,  mistakes are easily made when being too tired.

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Today at 06:38:45 PM

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Total value lost in the heist?

Sorry for your loss indeed.  Sucks that the vulnerability was in rails and not in your app. 

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Today at 07:28:24 PM

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DId you hold ALL your money in cold wallets?

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Today at 08:32:53 PM

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I'm not sure if I feel worse for bitcoin, vicurex, the people with funds there, or ruby on rails.

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