A BBC article of this was posted last week.
Oh noes, my pixels have been stolen!
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:51, archived)

It's not just pixels, it's hours/days/weeks/months spent getting said pixels.
200bn ISK would take one player about 2 years to get by 'normal' means in EVE.. or you could just steal it in the blink of an eye and be on the news sites.
( Jenk Neptune is a pedant and now I can't fit my sig in, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 11:58, archived)

I'm amazed at how long all the news sites took to pick it up
It was first reported last October and it wasn't just one player's currency. But then again, if you are going to give money to another player for them to keep safe, you have got to expect this might happen.
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 12:16, archived)

It maybe just pixals, but it still ovbously has a value.
If you lost your hard drive and all your backups, essenchaly you'ld just be loosing your pixals, but if you've got your life's work on there (or even just your last X amount of years hobbying), then it's more than that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 12:07, archived)

I don't really know what the consequence of losing this sort of pixel is in the game,
but surely if you're going to play any game, you've got to accept that there's a risk of not winning all the time, otherwise why bother?
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 12:09, archived)

although if you play a game that includes theft as part of the experience
you can't really complain if someone steals from you
( well, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 12:13, archived)