No one deserved what they got. People who were using gox should have expected no fiat wd's... but to expect that the once largest BTC exchange will no longer wd BTC and steal everyones shit?
I am very lucky I withdrew my BTC on January 24th successfully from them... it was totally random that I did that as well (wanted to put some into storage and some into alt coins).
Either way... no one deserves to have their BTC stolen from them by a supposed reputable company.