I would think that if this was an actual backdoor it would have been more than 1 compromised node
I think the report itself makes it clear that this was not a backdoor. Seems to know what to say to make himself sound legit, then out of the blue, block the address request? Lolwut? DarkCoin is Checkbook? Call the bank and cancel payment?
I'm not calling him a troll, but I'm really, really close...
Don't make me bust out the neurotypical linguistics again...
I can't see how that would even be possible if the remote MN option had been used. Not using it is another RED FLAG. Who would do that? Even with it, I'm not going MN until next RC...
We'll see what InternetApe finds...