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Hackers appear to have stolen the entire user database of cloud-based Bitcoin mining outfit Cloudminr.io and are offering to sell 79,267 accounts including passwords for a single Bitcoin.
The Norwegian company's website is offline and criminal advertisements showcasing some of the CSV database of members has popped up on web clipboards like Pastebin. Despite their removal, some are still accessible in web caches.
The account information could be used to access Bitcoin wallets if Cloudminr.io users have made the common error of re-using passwords.
While users have rushed to change passwords, popular review site The Cloud Mining Directory says CloudMinr.io is "most likely an elaborate Ponzi scheme" after initally labelling it possibly the largest Bitcoin mining operations in the industry.
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by novak on Wednesday July 15 2015, @07:19PM
With a couple notable exceptions, nearly all cloudmining sites are scams. It sounds so nice and decentralizing, and you get little payouts just like they were actually mining. But even if they have actual mining gear and aren't just handing back the same money you gave them, you will probably never quite seem to break even. In the mean time, new suckers have signed up...
novak