This is worrying, I know a bit about these things. The private keys are all publicly announced on the blockchain, according to the article...
The paper has not been published yet, I am wondering if BTERCOM hack has anything to do with this researcher and method
Or bitstamp hired a few hackers or this researcher to recover their own losses ?

Very worrying. Was reading someone speculating these are not the works of "the cyberwarfare division of some country".
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2vz1zq/its_now_officialbtercom_was_hackedlost_7170_btc/comb02uWhoever it is, they're making off with good money . . .
This is why I'm a 100% transparency man. I want my name STAMPED on all my coins! And a digital signature needed to spend them!!!I plan on writing something on the subject and will post it on the bb . . . maybe by next weekend.
