This kind of stories will be shared by the people whoever lost the money with their money and let it loose with hacking or trading. Checking potential coins and investing on it and all will be your responsiblity once dude.
You cannot say that bitcoin will be always good also because to make a profit you should wait for long time or go with the coins can give the profit short term.
It is indeed a big risk when we are talking about money most especially in cryptocurrency. So we should bare in mind that when we invest either in digital or real investment, we should be ready with the consequences that may come.