Friday, February 28, 2014

Editor's Pick: Mt. Gox Scrambles for Chap. 11 Cover


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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