Again, the security issues are with the exchanges. As long as a person is in control of the private keys no one else can spend the bitcoins.
Let me compare bitcoin with a credit card. When you pay for something with a credit card you are essentially giving the business your private password...
First of all, don't take investment advice from random people on the internet...
My personal thoughts on bitcoin is that it has huge potential when it comes to commerce, sending money across borders and micro payments. That being said, there is still a lot of infighting within the community...
Bitcoin itself was not hacked, nor has it ever been. The exchange Bitfinex was hacked, similar to what happened with Mt. Gox a few years ago. The lesson here, as always, is never trust an exchange with more bitcoins than you are willing to lose.
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