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It's a disaster that affects all of Bitcoin really. The most recent compromise left a bunch of Russians with the passports, home addresses and full names of bas
by nwh 13y ago
It's a disaster that affects all of Bitcoin really. The most recent compromise left a bunch of Russians with the passports, home addresses and full names of basically every large player in the Bitcoin community. Anonymity broken and locations disclosed means a lot of people could be in very real physical danger.
A lot of bitcointalk users make mention of their wealth in general conversation, believing that their pseudonym protects them physically. It's not unreasonable to think that somebody who has lost a large amount of funds might act irrationally and decide that stealing from or threatening a prominent Bitcoin community member is a solution.
I'm speculating of course, but I would be very scared if my more of my information than my email address had been in that leak.