This is too eerie. If this is in fact, legit, then we're going to get some MAJOR publicity over the coming weeks. The biggest hack of this year. 75m USD in damages, another domino in the house of bitcoin to fall over. Right under our noses.

Full post here (note the timestamp):

https://steemit.com/steemit/@jeison/i-am-the-hacker-dao

What we know so far: Cryptic messages reading 676F7665726E6D656E7420617474656D70747320746F2063656E7472616C697A652064657363656E74726C697A61646F20492077616E7420746F20726567756C61746520616E6420636F6E74726F6C20776861742068652077617320626F726E20746F2062652066726565`

"government attempts to centralize descentrlizado I want to regulate and control what he was born to be free"

Translation courtersy of @inertia and @heimindanger

"hacker" verified in earlier threads, supposedly of colombian descent.

Ties to anonymous, Isis (?) and freedom activism.

All the exif data in the images seems to be scrubbed...

https://steemit.com/@jeison/posts

@jeison
popcorn
70 6f 70 63 6f 72 6e

1337 H4X0RZ!!
31 33 33 37 20 48 34 58 30 52 5a 21 21
encoded key hexademical a text @inercia

Bitfinex statement:

We are investigating the breach to determine what happened, but we know that some of our users have had their bitcoins stolen. We are undertaking a review to determine which users have been affected by the breach. While we conduct this initial investigation and secure our environment, bitfinex.com will be taken down and the maintenance page will be left up.
The theft is being reported to—and we are co-operating with—law enforcement.