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Hmm, but what if the attacker wasn't in it for the $currency?

What if he were in it to destroy Mt. Gox, as they say, "for the lulz"?

Making all their customers angry and causing a run on their escrow accounts might just do it more effectively than trying to withdraw whatever could be obtained through their online trading platform.



I agree - I think this has the earmark of a competitor exchange - to crash and destroy Mt. Gox so they can take the business.




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