As we reported last week, the largest online mining market Silk Road 2.0 was breached by hackers who emptied its “coffers.” Thus, Bitcoins, worth about $2.5 million, went flying. The “customers” of the famous mining market, apparently, are very unhappy about the fact, since the website explicitly refused to take action against a known bug that ultimately led to the hacking.
Today, Silk Road 2.0 administrator Defcon, acting as a creditable “storekeeper,” promised to return the 4,474 Bitcoins that were stolen, stating that staff would not be paid until the money was returned to the “customers.”
"Silk Road is not a name that will be easily forgotten, and we will fight until we prevail as the strongest community on the darknet. We are committed to returning your Bitcoins even if it takes a year," Defcon said on Reddit.
Disgruntled customers claim that this could all have come from the administrators themselves, which Defcon has denied. “We are investigating the details of the attack, and there is absolutely no indication that any staff member was involved. We will release more information when we have accurate details.”
