Clients of the bankrupt Mt.Gox exchange have been reporting in the subreddit r/mtgoxinsolvency about numerous attempts by unknown individuals to access their accounts.
Some users suspect that the attackers are using a brute force method. However, in all cases, two-factor authentication has prevented unauthorized access.
These reports emerged after the trustee team of the exchange sent crypto assets to Kraken for subsequent compensation payments.
Some users believe that there has been a data leak from the platform. Other discussed possibilities include a system failure within the platform itself.
According to several complaints, there has been a slowdown in the Mt.Gox website’s performance, and at the time of writing, it is undergoing maintenance.
Meanwhile, commenters note that the exchange has transferred 65% of the crypto assets for creditor payments, which has not significantly impacted the price of Bitcoin.
It is worth noting that former owner and head of Mt.Gox, Mark Karpeles, does not expect a mass sell-off of cryptocurrency by the platform’s clients.
