🔓 Largest Bitcoin Theft
On March 1, 2012, the largest bitcoin theft occurred – totaling about 50,000 BTC. The theft was made possible through a security breach on the Linode web host, resulting in the loss of 3,000 BTC by the Slush pool and 43,000 by the Bitcoinica exchange.
https://bitcoin-calendar.org/en/events/2012-03-01/largest-bitcoin-theft
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