The Bitcoin Show – Episode 005 – Interview w/Adam from Mt. Gox:
OnlyOneTV’s Bruce Wagner (@BruceWagner) and Manny Mena interview representatives of Mt. Gox (Andy Barr) and TradeHill (Andy Stradling and Jared Kenna) to learn more about Mt. Gox’s security breach and the reactions to the breach by each of the exchanges. The breach closed both exchanges so also discussed are the changes planned before each reopens as well.
“Bruce: Was this a bruce force attack on passwords?
Adam (MtGox): No. It looks like the person [a financial auditor] who had read only access to our systems had their personal computer compromised”.
“Bruce: How are you finding [auditors who would be negligent?]
Adam (MtGox): We’re not saying that this person isn’t trustworthy. They may not have taken the proper steps in securing their system”.
“Bruce: How seriously are you taking security?
Jared (TH): We are a huge target. Security is our top priority. It takes precedence over everything else. We are having a third party audit come in. We’ll be implementing multifactor authentication”.
– http://bit.ly/jdXuoj (Episode 005, Mt. Gox interview)
– http://bit.ly/iMlM3K (Episode 004, TradeHill interview)