Bitcoin Weekly 2016 September 7: BitcoinTalk.org hacked database for sale, Apple’s cryptocurrency ‘approved list,’ Airbitz ‘foolproof’ password recovery

It looks like the database from BitcoinTalk.org, hacked and stolen in May 2015 has gone up for sale on the dark web from a vendor calling themselves ‘DoubleFlag.’ It can be yours today for 1 BTC (about $620).
After being banned from the Apple iTunes App Store for supporting the Dash payment method, the founder of the Jaxx wallet discovered that Apple has a list of six approved cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum (keep reading for the full list). Mobile Bitcoin wallet Airbitz has released an easy and ‘foolproof’ method for regaining access to its wallet software with ‘Password Recovery 2.0.’
In Ethereum news, the hacker who hit the Ethereum DAO a few months ago just moved $5.4 million USD worth of ETC (Ethereum Classic coins).
As for the Bitcoin market, the BTC market value has jumped up since last week to $617 from $580. The market value increase happened around September 4, to $600, and then to $610 around September 5. The price has been on a slow recovery from early August when the market value was at $660 before a hack hit major Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex around the beginning of that month.
Leaked database from BitcoinTalk.org goes on sale on the dark web
In May 2015, the BitcoinTalk.org forums – a major forum for Bitcoin discussion and commentary run by the same founder, Theymos, who moderates /r/Bitcoin on Reddit – suffered a hack that led to the theft of its database of users and passwords. That database is now being offered for sale on the dark web by a hacked data vendor known as ‘DoubleFlag.’

This post was published at Silicon Angle on Sep 7, 2016.