No one from TradeHill has officially responded to this post. It is not unusual for competitors to share information and lend each other support, particularly in a nacent market like bitcoin. If there is a perception at TradeHill (or at mtgox) that they must slice each others' throats to win in the marketplace, then I prefer to take my bitcoins elsewhere. More than a few people have commented about the timing of the mtgox attacks and TradeHill's appearance/marketing. I'm not trying to be accusatory, but I'm sure this question is at the back of many peoples' minds. A statement in support of mtgox and a repudiation of any ill intention toward mtgox on the part of TradeHill would be a positive development.
What do you suppose they do to help out a competitor?
What ought to happen is MtGox's people get in touch with Tradehill's people, and let them know the hashing scheme used for the passwords that were leaked. Then when you log into Tradehill, it checks the hacked password list to see if you're using the same information, and locks your account.
I'm betting that dumbshits reusing their passwords was the cause for the little dip to $11 we had earlier on Tradehill - someone probably lost their BTC on TH as well.
But that's imply TH need to lift a finger at all - it goes without saying that if you're reusing passwords and you were registered on MtGox, you should be changing passwords right about now.
