It is very related in some sort, but there is also a variety of reasoning on the chain which has lead to where we are. Aggroed is not a Top 20 witness even with some of the most significant projects. He's doing stuff and he's taking the risk, good for him - I hope. This was not a specific HIVE 'Source Code' Problem, more a within the Community and Projects Sphere of it.
That of course does not invalidate your main point, but it bends over to something else. Let me try to build this from the ground. Every entrepreneur has this Sword of Damocles hanging over his head, sometimes you're more aware of it and sometimes less, but it's always there.
Now when we look at exchanges, that's what I would call a very risky business to be responsible for. Especially in Crypto, we all know that for years already, exchanges have always been somewhat dangerous places for lying funds. There have been countless incidents so far. How comes? Most attacks against them have also been ordinary IT Problems, such as this one. This leads to the real question here, how secure are the note servers, and how much effort is being put into that. How trustworthy are the admins and how suited is the system to lock itself after a breach? Those are fundamental questions I'd be interested in.
... But then again personally not really. It's a few thousand bucks for me and I trust @aggroed so far that I'd be willing to lose them if he really fails. He's not a con artist and he's doing a fantastic job so far.
My Conclusion:
A very capable Hacker wanted to let us know, that he thinks that Aggy suxx. Well, ok, Message received and thanks for returning the funds.
RE: Good News, Bad News, Good News: A hack, P2P, and a white/gray hat