Tag: Unciphered

The Weird Saga Around Cracking Military Grade Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin!

Crypto tamir - October 29, 2023

Unciphered, a startup specializing in cryptocurrency recovery, claims to have discovered a method to unlock an encrypted hard drive with $235 million in bitcoin, which has been inaccessible for 12 years. However, the owner of the drive isn't interested in their solution. Wired reported that the Seattle-based firm, after eight months of intensive research, successfully unlocked the military grade IronKey USB drive.

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