Digital exchange loses $137 million as founder takes passwords to the grave
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Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
Can't they just cut off his finger and use his fingerprint to log in to his laptop? > The debacle should be unthinkable for any financial institution, but sadly it’s just one of many similar issues to hit a cryptocurrency exchange in recent years. :laugh:
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Can't they just cut off his finger and use his fingerprint to log in to his laptop? > The debacle should be unthinkable for any financial institution, but sadly it’s just one of many similar issues to hit a cryptocurrency exchange in recent years. :laugh:
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Security procedures supplied by QA questioners, I assume ... :omg:
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Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
Try "JOSHUA".
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Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
So, what do we learn from this? 0. Passwords work. 1. Encryption works. And what should we have learned? 0, A laptop is a really bad place to store important stuff. 1. If you decide to use cryptocurrency to try to get rich quick, you can end up poorer than you were a damned sight quicker. 2. Multi-factor authentication isn't worth the breath that's wasted on it (US corporations don't demand your phone number for your benefit).
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Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
They owe money and they can't find their password. Oh dear how sad. Is the Missing Crypto From QuadrigaCX’s $150 Million Disaster On the Move? Experts Weigh-in[^]
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Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
Has anyone checked the Post-It stuck to his monitor? ;P
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Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
Did they try password123 ?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Try "JOSHUA".
Okay, I'm old enough to get that one.
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Caveat Emptor. "Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Okay, I'm old enough to get that one.
Bemoaningly, so am I...
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Let's preserve his brain. Someday a transplant can yield 137 million*. *Rates based on the year/time of the transplant.
More with interest!
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac. The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it. ~ my brother Jeff
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Bemoaningly, so am I...
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac. The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it. ~ my brother Jeff
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