Engineer hacks Trezor wallet, recovers $2M in 'lost' crypto
Hacker helps Trezor One owner who forgot his wallet passcode and seed phrase to recover cryptocurrency funds valued over $2 million. A computer engineer and hardware hacker has revealed how he managed to crack a Trezor One hardware wallet containing more than $2 million in funds.Joe Grand — who is based in Portland also known by his hacker alias “Kingpin" — uploaded a Youtube video explaining how he pulled off the ingenious hack.After deciding to cash out an original investment of roughly $50,000 in Theta in 2018, Dan Reich, a NYC based entrepreneur, and his friend, realized that they had....
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