On 05/17/11 12:11, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Alaric Snell-Pym [17/05/11 11:58 +0100]:
>> If you take control of somebody's PC you can steal their bitcoins by
>> nabbing their private keys...
>
> Sure. I was thinking more along the lines of stealing their bitcoins AND
> generating more and more bitcoins using those stolen PCs.
>
> Then maybe just use the bitcoins to buy "something" - effectively
> transfering the $ out.

Oh, yes. If you zombie some PCs, get them mining bitcoins :-)

ABS


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