Mt. Gox tech and sensitive company data exposed

First it was more than $400 million in bitcoins, and now proprietary programs, corporate data and customer information have escaped from the Tokyo-based virtual currency trading desk.

“Those interested in building a Bitcoin exchange should look no further than this chunk of source code” posted by a purported Russian leaker with the handle “nanashi,” TechCrunch reports. “It alleges to contain the 1,700-line source code for Mt. Gox’s electronic exchange.”

The hackers also claim to have a 20GB chunk of customer data along with passport scans and a list of contact information for Gox employees. A full chat room exchange with the leaker is here.

“Several HackerNews threads involving this breach offer technical discussions of the leaked Gox code in which a number of weaknesses and poor practices are described,” PandoDaily writes.  This episode comes on the heels of a Wired article in which insiders describe Gox as a technically-inept organization besieged by its immature and ineffective CEO.

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