FBI Obtained Private Keys…How??
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[**https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/united-states-files-civil-action-return-150-million-embezzled-funds-sony-fbi-tracks**](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/united-states-files-civil-action-return-150-million-embezzled-funds-sony-fbi-tracks)
“The FBI’s technical expertise was able to trace the money to the subject’s crypto wallet and seize those funds.”
Apparantly, the suspect had moved the funds to a cold wallet. According to my understanding of how cold wallets and private keys work there’s only a couple of ways I can think of that would enable the FBI to aquire the keys:
1. The suspect was coerced into giving over the seed
2. They had physical access to the hardware wallet and brute forced the pin or were given the pin by the suspect
Does anyone have any other ideas or knowledge about how the FBI would have been able to obtain the private key in this situation?
Cryptocurrency
