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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: List of Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses
by
ranlo
on 13/03/2015, 01:35:21 UTC
about half of that long list is operator failure the other part is primarily security breaches not including lost coins.

This leads to another huge problem: you don't know who is telling the truth and who isn't. This "I was hacked" seems to be the most popular excuse now, and there's no way to prove whether or not it's true. Someone can start up a business, run off with $10m, and then say "oh, lol, I was hacked. Sorry guys but it's all gone" and take no blame.

Bitcoin-Trader is a big example of this. There is more than enough proof showing that they ran with the funds, yet their claim that they were "hacked" seems to be enough for a lot of people to say it wasn't their fault.