Hackers finally unlock man’s $3,000,000 Bitcoin wallet after he forgot password for 11 years

Hackers finally unlock man’s $3,000,000 Bitcoin wallet after he forgot password for 11 years

If there was ever more of a lesson to write down your passwords somewhere safe…

A Bitcoin wallet worth $3 million took 11 years to be hacked into after the owner forgot his password.

You think it’s a joyful day when you find a ten dollar bill in an old bag you haven’t used in years, but imagine this guy’s joy after getting access to $3 million-worth of Bitcoin after being locked out of his wallet for a whopping 11 years.

An anonymous owner got in touch with electrical engineer Joe Grand – who goes by the handle ‘Kingpin’ online – to hack into an encrypted file holding 43.6 BTC.

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