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		_ikke_ on June 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm the guy who bought 259684 Bitcoins for under $... According to MtGox they attackers ran into the $1000 limit, so it was not a verified account.

danssig on June 21, 2011 [–]

This part of their story was made up to cover themselves. The "attackers" didn't run into any limit. They sold off a bunch of bit coins. A legitimate user bought then and then (sensibly) tried to get them out of the system, hitting the limit.

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