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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: BREAKING: Atlanta based Bitcoin giant BitPay hacked for nearly $2,000,000! on: September 17, 2015, 03:28:51 PM
Where else can you rip off a couple million with three emails?s

Are you kidding?  2 million is nothing when you compare it with the fraudulent emails initiating many millions more in wire transfers.  

Just a couple from a very quick google search:

http://fortune.com/2015/08/10/ubiquiti-networks-email-scam-40-million/

August 10, 2015
Fraudsters duped this company into handing over $40 million.
A swindler fakes emails from senior managers at the target company and requests (fraudulent) wire transfers.

http://www.securityweek.com/email-scam-nets-214-million-14-months-fbi

January 22, 2015
Email Scam Nets $214 Million in 14 Months: FBI



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