How much Bitcoin was lost in the Jul. 2011 MyBitcoin site shutdown incident?

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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/MyBitcoin

How much money was lost when it shut down? (You can also edit the wiki page and add this info). Best estimates of course.

ripper234

Posted 2013-01-08T05:40:13.523

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Did they run off with the money but claimed they were "hacked"?Pacerier 2014-03-07T03:51:33.313

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According to this speculative thread at bitcointalk.org forums, a minimum of 27,000 BTC (worth $370,000 USD at that time), with a possible maximum of 75,000 BTC, estimated.

Here's a screen cap of the first post in the thread, in case the forum later disappears:

1st post in bitcointalk.org forum thread on 2011 MyBitcoin losses

gosmond

Posted 2013-01-08T05:40:13.523

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