Crypto's biggest losses were accidents, not hacks, Quartz says
Quartz describes cases including $578 million in bitcoin in a Welsh landfill and a Ukrainian politician who encrypted his own private keys, thinking the file was a movie.
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Quartz says the biggest crypto losses in history came from accidents rather than hacks, citing a thrown-away hard drive, a forgotten password and a reformatted laptop. Its rundown describes $578 million in bitcoin in a Welsh landfill, plus a Ukrainian politician who encrypted his own private keys thinking the file was a movie.
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