Bitstamp, druga največja Bitcoin menjalnica, ki sta jo ustanovila Nejc Kodrič in Damjan Merlak je danes 5.1.2015 začasno prenehala s poslovanjem. Razlog, ki so ga navedli na spletni strani je, da je bila 4.1.2014 Bitstampova denarnica kompromitirana. To z drugimi besedami pomeni, do hekerji vdrli v Bitstamp.net .
Obvestilo na spletni strani gre takole:
BITSTAMP SERVICE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
We have reason to believe that one of Bitstamp’s operational wallets was compromised on January 4th, 2015.
As a security precaution against compromises Bitstamp only maintains a small fraction of customer bitcoins in online systems. Bitstamp maintains more than enough offline reserves to cover the compromised bitcoins.IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE DO NOT MAKE DEPOSITS TO PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BITCOIN DEPOSIT ADDRESSES. THEY CANNOT BE HONORED!
Customer deposits made prior to January 5th, 2015 9:00 UTC are fully covered by Bitstamp’s reserves. Deposits made to newly issued addresses provided after January 5th, 2015 9:00 UTC can be honored.Bitstamp takes our security and soundness very seriously. In an excess of caution, we are suspending service as we continue to investigate. We will return to service and amend our security measures as appropriate.
Bitstamp Team
Preko Twitterja se je odzval tudi CEO Nejc Kodrič.
My sincerest apologies to those who are affected by our service being temporary suspended. Details: http://t.co/SzgFNa1NEM
— Nejc Kodrič (@nejc_kodric) January 5, 2015
Ugibanje ali se je zgodil Mt. Gox 2.0 so zgolj špekulacije in dokler ne bo znanega kaj več bo tako tudi ostalo. A Bitstamp je do sedaj veljal za zelo zanesljivo Bitcoin borzo. Zanimivo pa je, da je kar nekaj uporabnikov pretekli teden tarnalo, da ne morejo dvigniti sredstev iz Bitstampa. Eden pa je celo trdil, da mu že 7 dni niso odgovorili na support ticket. Na odgovor, kaj točno se je zgodilo bomo torej morali še počakati, a bo najverjetneje precej hitro jasno kako velik je problem.
UPDATE:
@nejc_kodric by TW
To restate: the bulk of our bitcoin are in cold storage, and remain completely safe.
— Nejc Kodrič (@nejc_kodric) January 5, 2015
Kaj točno tale bulk pomeni ni znano. Je pa to zelo pomemebne podatek.