Blockchain Bandit moves $172M ETH after 2 years of dormancy: ZachXBT
The notorious hacker accumulated 51,000 Ether mostly by guessing weak private keys from 2016 to 2018.
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The notorious hacker accumulated 51,000 Ether mostly by guessing weak private keys from 2016 to 2018.
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This ethereum story adds another data point to the current market tape and is useful when read alongside nearby source coverage.
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