Is Bitcoin really this safe with all this hacking going on?
I really need to know before I throw a ton of money towards it.
You have to answer some questions:
- Has your computer been ever hacked/ infected with virus/ trojan?
- If yes, have you been able to find source/ cause of hack/ infection and a way to prevent it occurring again in future?
If your computer was hacked/ infected and you don't know why/how this happened then you won't be able to protect your bitcoins and you shouldn't invest into them.
Generally speaking bitcoins are as safe as your computer is.
Since the OP is claiming to be working with a "ton" of money it would actually probably be better if he were to keep the bitcoin on a computer that has never "touched" the internet, as in one that has a fresh operating system installed recently (after a wipe of the hard drive), has both wifi and Ethernet disabled and the only "foreign" item to ever come into contact with the computer is a USB drive that installs some piece of software used to generate private keys