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11 Years Later Hackers Finally Unlock Man’s Bitcoin Wallet After He Forgot The Password
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11 Years Later Hackers Finally Unlock Man’s Bitcoin Wallet After He Forgot The Password

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An anonymous Bitcoin owner successfully unlocked a wallet containing $3 million after being locked out for 11 years. The owner, who had used a random password generator to protect his 43.6 Bitcoins, lost the password due to his own security measures. Paranoid about potential hackers, he had saved the password in an encrypted file but

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Man Is Suing His City For Not Letting Him Dig For His Botcoin Hard Drive He Accidentally Threw Away
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Man Is Suing His City For Not Letting Him Dig For His Botcoin Hard Drive He Accidentally Threw Away

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James Howells, a 39-year-old from the UK, is suing Newport City Council for $650 million after they refused to allow him to excavate a landfill where he believes his lost hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin is located. The hard drive, which he accidentally threw away in 2013 during an office clear-out, now holds an estimated

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Hackers Finally Open $3 Million Bitcoin Wallet 11 Years After Owner Forgot Password
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Hackers Finally Open $3 Million Bitcoin Wallet 11 Years After Owner Forgot Password

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A group of hackers has successfully unlocked a $3 million Bitcoin wallet after the owner, known only as Michael, forgot his password for 11 years. Michael initially contacted electrical engineer Joe Grand, also known as “Kingpin,” in 2022 to help access an encrypted file containing 43.6 BTC, which was worth about $5,300 in 2013. He

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