On September 8, 2014, the email of the Bitcoin creator under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto was hacked. About it stated BitMEX experts.
According to them, three Satoshi Nakamoto accounts were compromised around that time. These are his accounts on the P2P Foundation forum and the Sourceforge platform, as well as his mailbox on the GMX Mail service.
Analysts noted that it is the latest hack that is most important. First attack on Nakamoto's mailbox noticed moderator on the BitcoinTalk forum under the pseudonym Theymos. He stated that he received a letter from this address in which he was asked for bitcoins.
Later, according to the BitMEX report, an open appeal to Nakamoto appeared on the P2P Foundation forum. It said that his IP address had been leaked online.
The fact that a hack took place is indicated by a message from Bitcoin developer Peter Todd. He stated that the hacker forwarded him an email from 2011.
BitMEX noted that the news of the hack caused a stir in the Bitcoin community. This also cast doubt on the statement of the creator of the first cryptocurrency that he is not Dorian Nakamoto, dated March 2014.
By that time, Satoshi Nakamoto was no longer in touch with his colleagues and community. The creator of Bitcoin left his last public message on December 12, 2010.
One of the Bitcoin Core developers, Gregory Maxwell, in a correspondence he had with the hacker, asked him not to reveal Nakamoto’s identity. He stated that he does not plan to do this. He also called Nakamoto a “smart guy.”
From Maxwell’s comments and other materials, BitMEX experts made several conclusions regarding the hack:
- the hacker was sure that several people had access to the mailbox;
- he likely obtained it by resetting the password by guessing Nakamoto's birth date, which served as a security question. Let us remind you that the community believes that this is April 5th.
The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is still unknown. For some time, developer Craig Wright was in contention for this role, but the court decided otherwise.
Source: Cryptocurrency
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