🇺🇸 The FBI may already have identified the hacker behind the first wave of the Coldcard hack.
The July 30 attack would have allowed the theft of $1,082.65 BTC during the first wave, by exploiting a serious weakness in the seed generation of certain Coldcard devices. In total, the different waves would have affected thousands of addresses.
But the hacker made a mistake: they used a paid account with a major blockchain services provider to query the addresses before moving the BTC. The provider’s logs match with remarkable accuracy the timing and sequence of the hacker’s operations. This information has since been shared with authorities.
A lead that could allow investigators to trace directly back to his identity.
The July 30 attack would have allowed the theft of $1,082.65 BTC during the first wave, by exploiting a serious weakness in the seed generation of certain Coldcard devices. In total, the different waves would have affected thousands of addresses.
But the hacker made a mistake: they used a paid account with a major blockchain services provider to query the addresses before moving the BTC. The provider’s logs match with remarkable accuracy the timing and sequence of the hacker’s operations. This information has since been shared with authorities.
A lead that could allow investigators to trace directly back to his identity.