It absolutely was a malicious act and I have my own theories as to who were behind it, but it's safe to say that many vested interests in the central banking systems and those who stand to be fucked by btc adoption were clearly looking for a way to hit it hard. And they tried. But hasn't worked. You realize as of right now, we're at $103 and that's over 400% up from last year?We are going to win this thing, but the battle will not be an easy ride. They will hit the weakest point again - the infrastructure. The exchange (MT Gox) simply can not handle the volume and traffic of NORMAL btc happenings, let alone the onslaught by the anti-btc players. Something HAS to be done on that end of it. Gox needs to understand that a lot depends on it being able to tackle any attempts at manipulation