Heads up - Nicehash hack

[pandem0nium]

Nicehash - the service a huge amount of miners use for GPU mining has been Down for a few hours. They've released a press statement saying that there's been a hack and the company wallet's contents stolen.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NiceHash/comments/7i0s6o/official_press_release_statement_by_nicehash/

https://twitter.com/NiceHashMining/status/938504277168934912

What I think this will mean is a lot of cheap cards flooding the market soon with miners simply giving up and calling it a day.

I used it myself and will have to have a real think about what to do next.

 

[Jumper118]

they only lost $60m worth of stuff. not really that much tbh + it was their wallet not user wallets

 

[Rannoch]

Inside job probably. All gone on a memory stick, the most valuable stick on the planet.

 

[Andrew_McP]

the most valuable stick on the planet.

Victoria Beckham, surely?

 

[Rannoch]

Victoria Beckham, surely?

Possibly

 

[pandem0nium]

they only lost $60m worth of stuff. not really that much tbh + it was their wallet not user wallets

That's everyone's money who either uses the internal wallet and those who have outstanding balance yet to be paid.

Ive only lost a few days balance due to using an external wallet for payouts.

 

[opethdisciple]

Victoria Beckham, surely?

 

[southernorth]

Someone has their Christmas sorted for sure now

https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/1EnJHhq8Jq8vDuZA5ahVh6H4t6jh1mB4rq

 

[pandem0nium]

Someone has their Christmas sorted for sure now

https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/1EnJHhq8Jq8vDuZA5ahVh6H4t6jh1mB4rq

Hah, yeah, definitely.

Hackers aren't using segwit, tut tut.

 

[crinkleshoes]

damn... oh well... at least I only lost about 0.03btc if the customer wallet is gone... I was about due a payout

 

[Geck0]

LOL i hear the WHOLE wallet was live and linked to the webserver.

BUH BYE BTC.