So apparently the FBI or other US agency hacked this guy and drained his wallets...

yellow_lead · 2025-10-15T05:05:41 1760504741

It may not be a hack, but a warrant like 'Hey Google, give us access to this guy's Gmail.'

ozgrakkurt · 2025-10-15T05:18:42 1760505522

You can’t get a warrant for a bitcoin wallet right?

111111101101 · 2025-10-15T14:54:17 1760540057

A surprising number of 'sophisticated' criminals backup their seed phrase to the cloud.

yellow_lead · 2025-10-15T12:28:35 1760531315

The article mentions seed phrases being saved by the owner. What if he saved them online?

mv · 2025-10-15T05:40:36 1760506836

https://xkcd.com/538/

yreg · 2025-10-15T08:02:26 1760515346

They did not physically catch the owners apparently.

fruitworks · 2025-10-15T06:32:28 1760509948

What happens if it doesn't work?

netsharc · 2025-10-15T07:27:17 1760513237

If it was a last resort and it didn't work, then we wouldn't be in this thread...

otikik · 2025-10-15T07:37:41 1760513861

You move to the screwdriver

0xOsprey · 2025-10-15T06:32:11 1760509931

Taylor is on to something here: https://x.com/tayvano_/status/1978273602719158448

tl;dr: Someone cracked these weak entropy wallets 3+ years before anyone else and kept it secret

Whether that was the USG or another entity has yet to be revealed

adamors · 2025-10-15T07:00:59 1760511659

Please use xcancel: https://xcancel.com/tayvano_/status/1978273602719158448 when linking to X since a lot of us don't have accounts or just don't want to log in.

vpShane · 2025-10-15T22:08:45 1760566125

403 Forbidden, VPN

stef25 · 2025-10-15T08:36:58 1760517418

After having read the thread it's not clear to me where the "3 years" comes from ?

EDIT and were the keys cracked, or were the passphrases obtained ? It's mentioned elsewhere that he had them written down. Which would be a much easier "hack"

hshdhdhehd · 2025-10-15T07:44:58 1760514298

Risky move, since it is easy to move the funds to a new address at any time.