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Dec 21, 2024

Hacker breaks into crypto wallet and recovers $2,000,000 in ‘high-stakes’ hack

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode

One hacker has managed to recover over $2,000,000 for a man who forgot the password to his crypto wallet by breaking into the physical device in a ‘high-stakes’ hacking attempt.

Even in its infancy cryptocurrency was worth a lot of money, and it’s surprisingly easy to lose it all with one simple mistake.

Horror stories of people accidentally throwing away hard drives with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin are more than enough to scare anyone away, and this particular video shows how close of a call it can be to recover otherwise simple information.

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