Mt. Gox Scrambles for Chap. 11 Cover
Richard Adhikari 02/28/14 1:28 PM PT | |
Whether Mt. Gox made some really bad mistakes due to growing pains or criminals hacked into its system and pilfered its Bitcoins, the results are the same: Investments and confidence have been lost. "I think [CEO Mark] Karpeles made a mistake in the code he wrote five years ago, and he's just finding that out," remarked F-Secure CRO Mikko Hypponen. [More...] |
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