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Originally Posted by mayabong
You are confusing an exchange for the actual currency. The hacks have nothing to do with bitcoin itself.
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MTGOX claims to control 80% of the Bitcoin market, if that's true, then they pretty much are the currency. And if they can get hacked, any Bitcoin market or wallet can get hacked.
http://www.dailytech.com/Inside+the+...ticle21942.htm
"Updated: Sunday June 19, 2011 7:15 p.m.
TradeHill has officially closed, posting the notice:
TradeHill has recently learned that a large number of user accounts at a competing Bitcoin exchange have been compromised. Because of the possibility that our users may have used the same password on multiple exchanges, we will be halting the ability to trade or withdraw funds for a few hours. We hope this will give all of our users time to reset their passwords if needed. You can reset your password by clicking on your username in the upper right of the website. This merely a precaution, and we do not have any evidence that our site has been compromised in any way. More info soon."