Bitcoin hacked 06/2011
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The Bitcoin community faced another crisis on Sunday afternoon as the price of the currency on the most popular exchange, Mt.Gox , fell from $17 to pennies in a matter of minutes. Trading was quickly suspended and visitors to the home page were redirected to a statement blaming the crash on a compromised user account. Mt.Gox’s Mark Karpeles said that the exchange would be taken offline to give administrators time to roll back the suspect transactions.
Bitcoin Prices Plummet on Hacked Exchange | Threat Level | Wired.com
Within 10 days of hearing about Bitcoins, Matthew Thompson had spent more than $10,000 to acquire some of the online currency.
Hack attack deflates virtual currency Bitcoin - The Globe and Mail
