Bitstamp.net borza Bitcoin kovancev je bila 4.1.2015 deležen hekerskega napada na njihov hot wallet, zaradi tega so včeraj tudi začasno ustavili poslovanje. Največje vprašanje je bilo koliko Bitcoinov je hekerjem uspelo ukrast in včeraj pozno zvečer je CEO in eden od soustanoviteljev Bitstampa, Nejc Kodrič podal številko, da je bilo ukradenih manj kot 19.000 BTC, kar trenutno znaša okoli 5 milijonov $ oz. 5.1 mio $, če je številka bolj blizu 19K BTC. Na srečo je vrednost Bitcoina ena najnižjih v zgodovini, saj če bi se to zgodilo pol leta nazaj, bi bil znesek krepko višji.
Okoli ene ure zjutraj pa so tudi na spletni strani borze objavili sledeče sporočilo:
Bitstamp customers can rest assured that their bitcoins held with us prior to temporary suspension of services on January 5th (at 9am UTC) are completely safe and will be honored in full.
On January 4th, some of Bitstamp’s operational wallets were compromised, resulting in a loss of less than 19,000 BTC. Upon learning of the breach, we immediately notified all customers that they should no longer make deposits to previously issued bitcoin deposit addresses. To repeat, customers should NOT make any deposits to previously issued bitcoin deposit addresses. As an additional security measure, we suspended our systems while we fully investigate the incident and actively engage with law enforcement officials.
This breach represents a small fraction of Bitstamp’s total bitcoin reserves, the overwhelming majority of which are held in secure offline cold storage systems. We would like to reassure all Bitstamp customers that their balances held prior to our temporary suspension of services will not be affected and will be honored in full.
We appreciate customers’ patience during this disruption of services. We are working to transfer a secure backup of the Bitstamp site onto a new safe environment and will be bringing this online in the coming days. Customers can stay informed via updates on our website, on Twitter (@Bitstamp) and through Bitstamp customer support at support@bitstamp.net.
Zaupanje uporabnikov je tisto, kar bo Bitstamp sedaj najbolj potreboval.
Bitstamp se je torej kot so obljubili odzval in pojasnil nekaj podrobnosti. Še vedno pa ni znano, kdaj bo borza ponovno začela s trgovanjem. »In coming days« je precej izmuzljiv pojem. Predvsem pa bo največja težava Bitcoina zadržati uporabnike. Po vdoru se namreč zaupanje krepko zamaje in že zaradi slabega občutka s takim podjetjem nočeš več imeti opravka. Glede na to, da so do sedaj veljali za eno najbolj zaupanja vrednih Bitcoin borz bo tak status zelo težko obdržati. Kako se bo vse skupaj odvilo pa kot rečeno v prihajajočih dneh.