Bitcoin.org Hacked By Scammers For A Few Minutes. Someone Sent Them 0.4 BTC
September 23 2021 - 9:38PM
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Hackers took over the Bitcoin.org website and displayed the classic
double your money scam for a few minutes today. Apparently, it was
a DNS hack. Luckily, the Bitcoin community took notice and alerted
Cobra, the pseudonymous website owner, as well as the company that
hosted the domain. A few minutes later, Bitcoin.org was down.
Sadly, a credulous person was faster than them and sent 0.4 BTC to
the displayed address… or did he?
https://twitter.com/coinableS/status/1440880159343607812 The
transaction exists, but there’s a rumor that it might’ve been the
scammers themselves, trying to make the operation look reputable.
Just like a busker who put some change in his hat to encourage
others to contribute. However, that’s just a rumor. Someone
might’ve been scammed. Related Reading | Old Bitcoin Miner Proves
Craig Wright has No Access to 145 Tulip Trust Addresses In any
case, everybody else should thank Matt Corallo, a Bitcoin Core
contributor who took it upon himself to contact the domain name
registrars and managed to convince them to temporarily take down
the site before some catastrophe happened.
https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1440896436380438532 What
Does The Bitcoin.org Owner Think About All Of This? When Cobra
announced the Bitcoin.org hack, he or she said, “Currently looking
into how the hackers put up the scam modal on the site.” So far,
there’s no information on that. Cobra also said that Bitcoin.org
“May be down for a few days,” but luckily that wasn’t necessary.
https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/1440905892543832064 Earlier
in the day, Cobra contacted via Twitter their new hosting company
Cloudflare and told them that the website has never been hacked,
and now that he moved to their servers, this happened. The company
responded, and eventually, the original tweet
disappeared. BTC price chart for 09/23/2021 on Bittrex
| Source: BTC/USD on TradingView.com Does This Have Anything To Do
With Craig Wright AKA Faketoshi Nakamoto? A few months ago, both
Cobra and Bitcoin.org made worldwide news. Craig Wright, Australian
entrepreneur and Satoshi Nakamoto cosplay artist, got a UK court to
order the website to remove the Bitcoin Whitepaper from its
servers. At the time, Yahoo! finance informed: “Cobra, the
pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin.org website, has been ordered
by London’s High Court to discontinue hosting its copy of the
Bitcoin white paper. Citing copyright infringement brought forward
by nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright, the judge had no option but
to rule a default judgment because Cobra chose not to make an
appearance.”
https://twitter.com/WuBlockchain/status/1440900061198577665 Does
the hack have anything to do with Craig Wright? There’s not a
single clue to indicate that, but, rumors are flying. He’s the only
one incentivized to attack Bitcoin.org, they say. However, 0.4 BTC
is a pretty great incentive. Maybe the scammers were just
interested in scamming. Related Reading | Craig Wright Wins Lawsuit
On Bitcoin.org Hosting Bitcoin Whitepaper In any case, to close all
the loops, Yahoo quotes Cobra explaining why he chose not to make
an appearance in court: “Unfortunately the court rules allowed for
me to be sued pseudonymously, however, I couldn’t defend myself
pseudonymously. So I was put in an impossible situation of losing
my privacy or losing the case in a default judgment.” So, to sum it
all up, Bitcoin.org is back up again and no one scammed you. All is
well that ends well. Featured Image: Screenshoot from the
hacked website | Charts by TradingView
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