DEFI : Flash loans natural arena for manipulation? ETH in trouble?

This article maintains that ETH was STOLEN.

No it wasn't.... The system was manipulated for profit. That is NOT the same as hacking, it was using the system within the bounds of programmed possibilities.

https://dailyhodl.com/2020/02/27/crypto-insider-says-flash-loans-threaten-defi-as-hackers-steal-nearly-1-million-in-ethereum-eth/