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Unciphered's hackers have developed a secret IronKey password-cracking technique. They believe that in a vault in a Swiss bank, an IronKey that's just as vulnerable to this cracking technique holds the keys to 7,002 bitcoins, worth close to $235 million at current exchange rates. The only problem: Stefan Thomas doesn't seem to want their help.
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They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird
Stefan Thomas lost the password to an encrypted USB drive holding 7,002 bitcoins. One team of hackers believes they can unlock it—if they can get Thomas to let them.
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They Cracked the Code To a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird.
Unciphered, a Seattle-based startup, claims to have cracked the seemingly unbreakable encryption of IronKey S200, a decade-old USB thumb drive. By exploiting an undisclosed vulnerability in the device, the company says it can bypass the drive's feature that erases its contents after 10 incorrect pas...
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