This guy has only two trials left to access his Bitcoin worth $243,000,000đ
Thomas holds 7,002 Bitcoins in an IronKey USB, bad News is , he has forgotten the password, and right now he has only two password attempts.
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In 2011, Stefan Thomas lost the password to an IronKey S200, an encrypted USB drive holding 7,002 bitcoins.
IronKeys are designed to permanently erase their contents if someone tries ten incorrect password guesses, and Thomas has already tried eight wrong ones.
Over the years, the crypto industry has seen many stories of users buying thousands of Bitcoins over a decade ago, when it was worth merely $10-$13, only to lose access to their wallet today when the leading cryptocurrency is worth 3,000 times more.
The story of Stefan Thomas, a Swiss crypto entrepreneur, follows a similar plot but has come across a rather surprising turning point.
Thomas holds 7,002 Bitcoins in an IronKey USB, which is a portable USB storage with secured encryption.
These assets are worth more than $243 million today.
However in a rather unfortunate scenario, Thomas has lost his password and only has two password attempts left before the USB drive erases the Bitcoin wallet keys.
The only one that can help Thomas is Unciphered, a hacker group that has developed a technique to crack the passwords of IronKey S200 devices.
The only problem is that Thomas doesnât want their help.
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