Middle-Earth marketplace update 03/31/2015

Hello everyone. Here is an update.

We can do nothing but apologize for this long wait. Middle Earth and Agora are the focus of the most serious attack TOR has ever seen. The attack however, is via the TOR network itself. We are working with TOR to help fix this as quickly as possible.

Our options are this: 1) We temporarily disable the site keeping everything 100% safe and then once TOR developers have fixed the issue, we reopen with no issues or lag. 2) We change URL and open again. We decided against this. We change URL and the attackers will just flood that address a few hours later. So it would be confusing/irritating at best for the users.

We understand you are all anxious, we want to reopen too! Safety and security is more important though.

TOR developers are saying that they think the problem will be solved in a few more days. So please do not worry, Middle-Earth is alive and well, everything is just in "cryo-freeze" for security reasons.

It may interest you to know that "TheHobbit" (owner of ME) was actually the person that discovered and reported this serious security flaw in TOR to the developers. If he had not found it so early and reported it, there is a good chance that Agora, Middle-Earth and the others would have been fucked for good. When TOR saw what "TheHobbit" had discovered they heightened the status of the situation to "CRITICAL".

I will update you all in the next couple of days. Please try to understand that this is not some goofy error, this was a SERIOUS hole in TOR security and needs to be fixed. We have been working around the clock with TOR developers to solve this. TOR programmers are also working with extra contractors to push the workload forward.

Thank you all for your understanding.

Middle-Earth marketplace will be back up the second that TOR is fixed.

Regards, -Gandalf (Middle-Earth admin)


Comments


[64 Points] mad87645:

THEY'RE TAKING THE DRUGS TO ISENGARD!!!


[24 Points] SilkRoadOrShitCreek:

Proof of the claim he exploit was discovered by MEM please.

Stop taking credit for crap you didn't do as an excuse for your service still being down


[15 Points] None:

While down please, please, please for the love of God UPDATE YOUR SITE! ITS INTERFACE IS FUCKING HIDEOUS!


[14 Points] QLDGreat:

Cool. While the site is down you'll have plenty of time work on multi-sig and updating the site's clunky UI. Look forward to seeing you soon.

Cheers.


[13 Points] None:

Can you link to https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor ticket with TOR regarding this security issue?

It is not shown under "high priority" of the "active tickets" of their bug tracker:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/report/1

Edit:
Found the ticket here:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15463

So "TheHobbit" is Alberto? English is obviously not the first language.

Update:
Try changing the configuration for the introduction points as stated on the bug tracker.


[5 Points] SecondChanceUsername:

Why was Evo able to have much better uptime/lack of lagging? Those thieving admins really knew how to run a site.


[3 Points] tripsmagee:

I'm glad to hear you guys are weathering the storm in Middle Earth. I hope the DDoS flood doesn't put you folks out for too long. Good luck.


[4 Points] Oracle_DNM:

Just put up a new onion gateway and let everyone take their money out instead of posting bullshit


[3 Points] None:

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[3 Points] 1percentof1:

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[1 Points] inflatin:

Think this is what you're looking for

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15463


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] -snowfisch-:

So.. does AG the same? Keep the site down till it's fixed? Or is AG down for another reason?


[1 Points] mz420xxx:

THEY CHANGED MY WALLET ADDRESS W/O MY KNOWLEDGE, THEREFORE STEALING MY DEPOSIT, BEWARE!!!!


[1 Points] None:

Middle Earth stole my coins. They canceled my withdrawal and never returned my coins to my account. Looks like another good market gone bad.


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[0 Points] potheadLOL:

Just Gonna Say i Call Bullshit! Thank me later!


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