How Was the USB Password Containing Bitcoin Worth 7.5 Billion TL Cracked?

To ensure the security of digital assets We use various methods but Sometimes these methods can backfire. This is exactly what happened to Stefan Thomas!

Thomas is worth millions of dollars He lost the password of his USB stick containing Bitcoin and this put him in a difficult situation.

It all started with a hacker’s message.

Stefan Thomas, He had lost the password to an encrypted USB drive containing 7,002 Bitcoins. In late September, a hacker who asked to be called Tom Smith sent Thomas a meaningless message saying “query voltage again”.

The message appears on Thomas’ IronKey S200. They managed to crack the password of the USB memory stick. It was proof.

Smith and the Unciphered team, They had developed a secret method to decrypt Thomas’ USB stick.

IronKey memories fail after 10 wrong guesses Designed to permanently delete contents However, the Unciphered team managed to bypass this security measure and crack the password.

So how did the process work?

Unciphered team, Thomas To improve the ability to crack USB memory It worked for about eight months.

In this process To find IronKey vulnerabilities They scanned the USB memory stick and used various methods to decipher the cryptographic structures inside.

The team teamed up with some of IronKey’s manufacturer. Realized it left security holes and they started to decipher the code using these vulnerabilities.

Sensitive using laser cutting tool and chemical solutions They managed to open the chip carrying cryptographic secrets inside the USB memory.

What happened as a result?

The Unciphered team has successfully completed all the steps required to crack the password of Thomas’ USB drive. However Thomas didn’t want to accept help.

Another He made a deal with two password cracking teams. Thomas politely declined the Unciphered team’s offer.

However, Thomas’s wealth earned in other projects and his indifference to this situation may be the reason why Bitcoins remain unencrypted. may cause it to remain inaccessible forever. As a result, the fate of Bitcoins worth 7.5 billion lira is still uncertain.

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