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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by itopaloglu83 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @07:01AM (#45590611)
It’s probably a computer hack of some sort that led to accessing the wallet password etc.

I bet somebody wrote down their password, too scared of what would happen to them if they were to forget it.

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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by reactordev on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @08:24AM (#45591313)
Nah, you know he had his wallet backed up to his My Documents folder as json…
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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by qwertytyyuu on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @10:05AM (#45592783)
not a sticky note on the desktop?
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Re:DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam bas... by jonbiggums22 on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @10:18AM (#45592975)
I assume by wrote down you mean they saved it in a file somewhere. Amusing to think it would have been safe from that kind of hack if they'd written it on a post it node and stuck it on the bottom of their keyboard.
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