But there is another one, when was the last major hack/theft/lie ?
Probably the most recent significant exchange scam was the BitMarket.eu one in which the operator claimed funds were lost because he was using them for speculating on Bitcoinica when it got hacked.
List of Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses -
http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83794.0No bad news stop to drive the price down therfore fuelling the rocket
Bad news anywhere in the bitcoin ecosystem (like yet another exchange where customers funds were lost) causes a decline in confidence, even if bitcoin itself wasn't where the flaw lies. There will continue to be bad news every once in a while, but there seems to be an exponentially greater number of developments that are good news So the ratio of "oh noes" to "that's awesome" continues to decline. Those just aren't a big deal and impact few ... like did you even know that miners at BitLC.net mining pool can't access their funds or that FXBTC.com (an exchange in China) claims to have been hacked?