Hackers crack a $15,000,000 Bitcoin wallet, YOINK? #Shorts

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Hackers cracked a $15,000,000 Bitcoin wallet with a 69 character password in 2015 and did not steal the money. The wallet used a method called a Brainwallet that creates the private key from a password or phrase. The victim, unfortunately, used a semi-common phrase, "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" to store their 250 Bitcoin. The hackers could have stolen the money, but they didn't. They wanted to help the owner but had no way to inform them the wallet was at risk. Until our hackers came up with an idea, they generated their own vanity wallet address, that's a wallet where you can have a short word at the beginning. They used the word, YOINK and transferred a small amount of bitcoin out and back in. The owner saw their transaction, freaked out, checked the address where their money went, and saw the word YOINK, then promptly moved his money to a safer place. A 15 million dollar mistake where hackers saved the day. Subscribe and hack on.

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Update from Ryan Castellucci - "Moving the coins didn't work. I tracked the transactions funding the wallet to Deepbit and got the admin to send the user my contact info."

THAT IS AMAZING! After the first attempt didn't work, they went above and beyond. Freaking awesome!

AlexChaveriat
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That was a story with heart! People always associate hacking as "evil" but this story shows that they can do good too. Enjoyed the story!

Abrpatel
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Quick and awesome story, love your energy! keep it up 😊

_CryptoCat
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I’m sorry but the hackers deserve a tip! 😂 I would have taken it ALL!!

curiousmind
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that is a lot of money now but it probably was a lot less money when the hack was also hopefully the owner of said bitcoins finds this and can make their own nice comment...

shadow_absorber
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Correct me if I'm wrong
This type of hacker is a Grey Hat Hacker

Arab_Guy_GT
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To stab my friend in the back you couldn’t pay if you could

Npurpose
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Is there a way I can get in touch with these hackers

Because I may have a lead on a scammers bit coin wallet

zuke
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Is doesn't matter how long the password is

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