This is a good lesson to learn, even for the rest of us. A few extra minutes making sure your work looks professional can be the difference between $80 Million and $1 Billion.
Getting paid for spelling accuracy sounds like a fun job, I think I would be good at it.
at least wehn im nto guuefing off.
The nature of the typo "fandation" instead of "foundation" makes me think the perpetrators were from a Russian speaking country.
edit:spelling
I must point out that you have a typo in the word "from"
Also "where" vs "were"-- if we're nitpicking.
And "were"
Considering "Hackers got away with about $80m" is the subheading, when it deserves to be in gigantic letters with a picture of the Hindenburg under it, I am impressed with the PR agency who spun this story.
The title is a bit sensationalist because the number of transactions was also a factor, but anyway, they've lost some serious money on it (even if it was just one more transaction)
I don't get how we can't take back and track bits. It's not like real physical currency was taken.
One billion. Wow.
I'd expect _a lot_ of copycat attacks on central banks soon.