[LINK] Bitcoin robbery - again

[Jan Whitaker]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/04/flexcoin-shuts-down_n_4896591.html

Another day, another bunch of missing bitcoins.

A bitcoin bank called Flexcoin announced on Tuesday that it was 
shutting its doors, saying hackers had robbed it of 896 bitcoins, 
worth about $600,000 at recent bitcoin prices. The news came just 
days after the bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy after it 
misplaced more than $500 million worth of bitcoins. These losses were 
just the latest in a string of debacles to threaten the legitimacy of 
a crypto-currency beloved by techies, libertarians and rich, white 
dudes (at the risk of being redundant).
[snip - more at the link]


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