VIEW EVENT INFORMATION: Bitcoin
The “Stolen” Mt.Gox Data Contained Malware That Robbed Users Of Bitcoin
MAR
14
Status: Available Now!
Type: News
Date: Friday 14 March 2014, 03:20 AM
Media: Techcrunch

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Security researchers at Securelist have found that the data “stolen” from Mark Karpeles’ computer actually contained a BTC-stealing Trojan that masqueraded as a back-end app for managing Mt.Gox trades. The app searched user directories for Bitcoin-related files – wallet.dat and bitcoin.conf – and uploaded them to a server that is now defunct.
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