RE: Be part of a feature on Steem for VICE Motherboard

[prophet]

Here's an unconventional story you may find interesting: the bitfinex hack from yesterday was published on steemit three weeks before it actually happened.

https://steemit.com/bitfinex/@spookypooky/the-bitfinex-hack-was-published-on-steemit-3-weeks-before-it-happened#@spookypooky/re-anduweb-re-spookypooky-the-bitfinex-hack-was-published-on-steemit-3-weeks-before-it-happened-20160803t120745662z

some of the negative aspects of the site are talked about in this informative thread:

https://steemit.com/scam/@stellabelle/the-scam-artists-and-blackmailers-are-killing-the-steemit-baby-softly-slowly-what-we-all-can-do#@prophet/re-stellabelle-the-scam-artists-and-blackmailers-are-killing-the-steemit-baby-softly-slowly-what-we-all-can-do-20160803t201413292z

Comments

[stellabelle]

hey thanks for the shoutout!!!! I still think my fucked up makeup tutorial really gets into the true horror of being hacked......but yeah, that one really does describe how the hacker took over

[stellabelle]

And this is what it felt like when hacker entered: https://steemit.com/hacker/@stellabelle/the-dark-horse-has-infected-steemit-how-we-move-forward

[futurefood]

The hacker story is very speculative tho..

[corintxt]

Thanks for the reply, I'll look into it, definitely of interest.