This is a story of the past that continues to be talked about, but even so stories about losing Bitcoin like this make us as users or who still want to have bitcoin must be careful about the security of private keys and wallets owned.
 
Don't let this happen to us when holding quite a lot of Bitcoin or altcoins that have potential in the future.
A clear loss like this will be very painful and all efforts have been made to open the wallet or search for an HDD containing thousands of Bitcoins.

Create a backup that is safe, easy for you to access and safe from others and of course everything can be accessed properly.