Forgot a crucial PIN code? Expert hacker digs out millions of dollars in lost money
If you forget your PIN code for your bank account, you can still get in.
If you forget your PIN code for the wallet holding your cryptocurrency, you may be out of luck, your money gone forever.
"People trust their memory way more than they should," said Joe Grand, a hardware hacker with a long history of famous hacking work.
But that faulty human memory is now giving Grand a new passion and even a new business --- breaking into cryptocurrency wallets for owners who can't remember the crucial bit of info that stands between them and their crypto cash.
The journey is filled with tooth-gnashing and revelation (thank you to Grand for sharing his video with Ampere News).
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Story originally published on June 15, 2022.
See print version here at Ampyx News (formerly known as Ampere News).
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