Shall we do another list of fiat "heists" while we're at it?
There is a list of physical heists and robberies in Wikipedia, that someone posted already.
I suppose that few if an of those bank heists resulted in losses to the bank clients (unlike the bitcoin exchange heists, where the customers invariably take the loss.)
Even so, I wonder how much money the banks lose per year in physical heists, as a percentage of their total holdings.
You're giving hackers way too much credit. Guinness, Madoff, Enron, Savings & Loan, Boesky, Kerviel, Minkow, Barings, Worldcom, Wall Street, Parmalat, QE, Amaranth, Long Term Capital, Brink's MAT, Breitwiser, Graff Diamonds, Dar es Salaam bank, SMBC...
The list above includes many cases of embezzlements and incompetent/reckless management. Obviously, for these crimes it makes little difference whether it was bitcoin transfers, credit cards, or bank wires. In the case of Neo & Bee, for example, both may have occurred.
My question about MtGOX is more curiosity than a bitcoin issue. What is the largest amount of money stolen from a single person or company by a cybercrime attack (unauthorized login, malicious software, phishing, etc.) Anyone knows?
Also, do we know how much money was actually stolen/wasted as a consequence of a massive creditcard-data heist (such as Target's), and who took the losses? (Yes, I know that it was not the card company.)