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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by TedDoesntTalk on Thursday November 05, 2020 @01:47PM (#25000757)
You're assuming there actually is an Individual X. It is possible he was fabricated in order to hide that the Feds indeed did gain the password for the wallet.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by nullc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:15PM (#25001025)
If they did, they lied to the court.

"On November 3, 2020, Individual X signed a Consent and Agreement to Forfeiture with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California. In that agreement, Individual X, consented to the forfeiture of the Defendant Property to the United States government."

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by monkpit on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:17PM (#25002693)
I don’t think that would exactly be the first time for that to happen.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by aarong11 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @03:34PM (#25001691)
Nothing there about "Individual X" being Ross Ulbritcht
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by nullc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:46PM (#25003380)
It wouldn't have been. They claim "Individual X" robbed silk road. My understanding based on the documents from Ross' arrest is that X exploited a bug in the site to get the user list then extorted the operator.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by ilikecode on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:08PM (#25000960)
Maybe it took 8 years to crack the password?
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by TedDoesntTalk on Thursday November 05, 2020 @03:49PM (#25001809)
Exactly. And there’s no reason to announce to the world that such cracking can be done when you can invent Individual X.
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