I'm sure the Darkcoin devs would like you to think that the person that had his Darkcoins stolen was purely a user error (either it being a downed firewall and/or a poor wallet password), but the truth is, no one knows (though we will if people keep getting their masternode wallets stolen). Until Darkcoin has the proven reputation that Bitcoin has had with its security (which has proven to be flawed), I'm not sure why anyone would be willing to let $5,000+ dollars sit in the open waiting for some desperate hacker to find a flaw.
completley agree
How can anyone agree on that? InternetApe had a look at the guy's server and stuff couldn't have been done any more wrong! Have a look at IA's last posts, you'll find it. If you can't secure your machine even at the lowest level possible, which is choosing a reasonably secure password, you just shouldn't put up a master node.
Most people seem to think that setting up a masternode basically equals getting free money. MNs are a crucial part of Darkcoin's infrastructure and they need to be secured properly. That's the whole point of making it this expensive and risky if done wrong to run one.