Bitfinex announced a recent swath of updates on reddit yesterday, none of which focused on their abysmal security or protection of customer funds.(archived) The changes mostly focused on cosmetic enhancements of the sort designed to hold a child’s attention for long periods of time, and keep them focused on pouring more money into the token scheme they hope will eventually help them recover losses.
Category Archives: Shitware
El Paso Fiat Payments MITM'd 3.2 Million United States dollar SFYL
City officials in El Paso Texas disclosed on Wednesday that they had fallen prey to an email phishing scam that resulted in a 3.2 million United States dollar sorry for your loss. The city became aware of scam in October after a vendor informed the city that it had not been paid for work involving a streetcar project, with the money instead having been routed to fraudulent bank accounts. Employees have reverted to issuing paper checks in the meantime to thwart further attempts at social engineering. An attorney for the city stated that some of the funds had been recovered by law enforcement, though few details were given due to the ongoing investigation as to how the thefts occurred – but now that the Nigerian Prince has been paid hope is that the rest of the fortune will arrive in their coffers soon.
Alternate Bitcoin Implementation Apes Reference Client In Removing Network Alert System
The developers behind the "Core" fork of the reference Bitcoin client announced that they would be retiring the legacy "Alert" system in their client fork. The patch to remove the legacy Alert system from the reference client was already under consideration by the Bitcoin Foundation in November of 2014 and was considered a standard part of any reasonable build by the end of 2014.
Naturally, though being two years late to the party, the developers of the "Core" fork make no mention of the Alert system's previous removal from the reference Bitcoin client in their announcement. Further, developers of the "Core" client fork announced their intentions to fire the Alert system twice as part of their announcing its retirement.
Soy And Corn Yields Massive, Prices Depressed Further
This year's US soy crop has been referred to as a "bin buster" and potentially record setting with substantial acreage still waiting in the field for harvest. Corn yield have been good too. This news is dismal for farmers, but delightful for dicamba. Landscape accordingly because the future is now.
Lawyer For Militia Heroes Tazed For Demanding Release of Said Heroes After Acquittal
Marcus Mumford, the lawyer for Ammon Bundy and the other heroes of the Oregon liberation, was reportedly tazed and detained by US Marshals for sensibly requesting that Ammon Bundy be able to leave the court room as a free man after his acquittal. U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown denied the request over a pending but unrealized indictment that may eventually be levelled against the now acquitted Ammon Bundy in Nevada. Brown allegedly repeated the popular US "law" enforcement catchphrase "Stop Resisting" as six United States Marshals restrained and repeatedly tazed Mumford.
No Justice, No Peace. Right Power!
Buggered Bitcurex Tries To Selectively Hide SFYL Based On Customer Language Skills
Polish "Bitcoin exchange" Bitcurex.com1 has announced a 2300 BTC Sorry For Your Loss, finally admitting that the exchange was hacked after a recent spate of technical issues. Naturally, officials with the company have no idea who or how the breach occurred, only stating that on Oct. 13 unknown perpetrators broke into their servers and liberated the 5 million US dollars worth of Bitcoin. The website zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl, which broke the story of the hack, reports that the company has not released any information in the English language leading some to believe they wish to limit the amount of customers seeking refunds due to the theft. The same exchange was also robbed of 18,000 Bitcoin in 2014. Sorry for your loss.
Association with Vircurex is uncertain at this time. ↩
October Reality Hits: Obamacare Premiums Spiking 25-116% In Last Annual Increase Before Election
With the mainstream media TRUMPeting the seeming inevitability of Hillary "Clitler" Rodham-Clinton's coronation insurers released their premium increases Obamacare coverage next year. Insurance on Obamacare exchanges is set to increase in cost from twenty-five to one hundred and sixteen percent in a development that nobody could have forseen. The extent to which an individual's Obamacare premium is set to increase is entirely dependent on their location. Further the number of jurisdictions1 in which "marketplace" health insurance coverage is only available from a single provider continues to increase. Enjoy your marketplace of one.
Meaning in this case not which on of the fifty states, but which one of the numerous counties in a particular state. ↩
Chicom "Internet Of Things" Confirms No One Gives A Fuck About Securing "Internet Of Things"
Chinese electronics manufacturer Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology has admitted that weak security in its line of webcams and DVRs were the likely culprit for the DDoS attack that left a portion of the internet without service on Friday. The Mirai malware used in the attack likely took advantage of the fact that customers purchasing these products would fail to change their login details from the default settings, and as a result upwards of a half-million devices could be infected. A botnet powered by the same malware is suspected in the 665 Gbps attack that took down Brian Krebs website last month.
Peace On Earth: AdultFriendFinder Data Liberated Again
Just in time for the coming holiday season, security news site sophos reports that Peace may still be amongst us despite reports an aspect of the notorious quiet and tranquility may have been arrested at the behest of the US government. In an interview with Motherboard last week Peace stated he was responsible for the latest AdultFriendFinder breach, and had given “everything, all [FriendFinder Network],” to other hackers. AFF confirmed this stating:
We are aware of reports of a security incident, and we are currently investigating to determine the validity of the reports. If we confirm that a security incident did occur, we will work to address any issues and notify any customers that may be affected.
Peace further stated to Motherboard that the current breach was accomplished by opening "a backdoor that had been publicized on the hacking forum Hell" The Russian language forum was the site where the data from the previous hack was listed for sale at a price of 70 BTC. Information to corroborate the veracity of his claims was sent to Motherboard, and was verified by an independent security researcher Dan Tentler (WoT:nonperson). Tentler said the files contained employee names, their home IP addresses, and SSH keys used for remote access to AdultFriendFinder's servers.
Him In Our Time.
Not Quite News Roundup Xtend 11 (TM)(R)
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the Qntra Not Quite News Roundup Xtend (TM)(R). The below events are alleged to have happened, but they are decidedly innocent of newsworthiness.
- The United States Department of State has rejected offers for international elections observers to oversee the Untied States Presidential election on November 8th. The Department of State was headed by candidate Hillary Rodham-Clinton until she stepped down to focus on her campaign. Traditionally the US Department of State has been a huge fan of sending international observers to oversee other countries elections.
- A free trade deal between the European Union and Canada is being blocked by the brave Parliament of Wallonia. This French speaking region of Belgium is sticking it to the socialist Merkel led European government in Brussels by executing veto power over the treaty which would end 98% of the current tariffs between Merkel's 4th Reich and Canada. For their bravery the Walloons are being slandered in the mainstream press as "The Detroit" of Europe.
- Thousands of former members of the United States armed forces who served in the past decades' misadventures in Southwest Asia are being compelled to repay their enlistment bonuses. These financial incentives were used to lure the affected veterans to fight in these wars in the first place as enthusiasm to fight in the desert was low when these bonuses were offered. Apparently all these years later the Department of "Defense" has decided it didn't really need these people fighting after all. This desperate financial move by the Department of "Defense" is not bullish for their ability to attract future volunteers during times where manpower is needed.
- Donald Trump-Clinton was booed by New York elites at a fundraising dinner for Catholic charities after brining up anti papist positions espoused by Hillary Rodham-Clinton and her advisers in wikileaked communications.
- ViaBTC continues to both exhibit unwarranted self importance and draw an excess of media attention. The Marshall Long affiliated mining operation bills itself as the "most professional" mining pool.
- Blockstream is setting a target for this November to activate Jim Crow for transaction signatures.
- Russia Today had their British bank accounts closed.
- Accidental gay spat / pussy grabbing at random starlet's home.
- Hillary Rodham-Clinton's fundraisers were further revealed to despair of ever receiving support from Bitcoin due to the fact the other team takes Bitcoin and the inherently conservative nature of Bitcoin.
- Ecuador cut off internet access for their guest Julian Assange.
- In a headline this week CoinTelegraph asked:
What Stands in the Way of Bitcoin Mass Adoption in Africa?
The answer continues to be the impossibility of mass adoption. Also Africa.
- R3, the fiat effort that Mike Hearn quit pretending to be a part of Bitcoin to join admitted it has substantial budget difficulties. For details refer to the third bullet point of this Roundup Xtend (TM)(R).
- The University of Missouri football team lost their homecoming game against unranked non-conference opponent Middle Tennessee. Last year the University's Board of Curators surrendered to demands placed by members of the football team in order to resolve a strike. The University has been rewarded so far this year with a two win five loss record with no wins in conference play. The 51 points allowed by Missouri were the most against a non-conference opponent at home since 1944.