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Any truth to the claims made on this website?

http://www.doctrackr.com/blog/bid/376566/409-Million-in-Bitc...

"The Pony botnet attack was an ambitious data collection program. TrustWave reported staggering data loss statistics from the event the following sensitive information was stolen.

1,580,000 website login credentials 320,000 email account credentials 41,000 FTP account credentials 3,000 Remote Desktop credentials 3,000 Secure Shell account credentials Pony’s attack on the Bitcoin community took down the worlds largest Bitcoin exchange, and caused the price of Bitcoin to plummet. The attack reinforced security concerns over the currency. Can confidence in Bitcoin recover?"



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