Currently valued at £145 (British) Pounds / $232.70 Dollars (per coin!) according to a scientist who developed a stimulated attack, Bitcoin is susceptible to a network attack… which begs the questions: 1) will someone / group, etc. now attempt hacking their network, i.e., a copycat crime? And, 2) if their network is so vulnerable (as reported) why has such an attack not already occurred? On the final point, this is not an endorsement as much as a question… given that how many other high-profile hacks, etc. have been reported (aside from those that might’ve happened that went unreported!) just this past year alone (not including countless hacks over the past 5 years or so).
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/ZFLsaQ