How was the forgotten password of the USB stick containing 7.5 billion lira of Bitcoin cracked? We explain it to you in all the details!
Would you like to know how #StefanThomas lost the password of your USB stick containing 7,002 Bitcoins and how hackers managed to crack this password?
We use various methods to ensure the security of digital assets, but sometimes these methods can backfire. This is exactly what happened to Stefan Thomas!
Thomas lost the password to his USB stick containing millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin, which put him in a difficult situation.
Stefan Thomas had lost the password to an encrypted USB drive containing 7002 #Bitcoins. In late September, a hacker who wanted to call himself Tom Smith sent Thomas a meaningless message saying "check voltage again."
The message was proof that they had managed to crack the password for the#USBdevice on Thomas' IronKey S200 model.
Smith and the Unciphered team had developed a secret method to decrypt Thomas' USB drive.
IronKey memories were designed to permanently erase their contents after 10 wrong guesses, but the Unciphered team was able to bypass this security measure and crack the password.
The Unciphered team worked for almost eight months to develop the ability to decrypt Thomas' USB drive.
In the process, they scanned the USB stick to find IronKey vulnerabilities and used various methods to decrypt the cryptographic structures inside.
The team realized that the IronKey manufacturer had left some security vulnerabilities and they began to crack the password using these vulnerabilities.
Using a precision laser cutting tool and chemical solutions, they were able to open the chip that holds the cryptographic secrets inside the USB flash drive.
The Unciphered team has successfully completed all the necessary steps to decrypt Thomas's USB flash drive password. But Thomas did not want to accept the help.
Thomas, who had already made deals with two other excellent teams, politely declined the Unciphered team's offer.
