Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr claims he lost almost all of his BTC to a hack

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Luke Dashjr, one of the original Bitcoin core developers, claimed to have suffered the loss of almost all of his BTC due to a hack that occurred before the New Year, as reported by Cointelegraph.

According to Cointelegraph, via a January 1, 2023 Twitter post, Dashjr said the alleged hackers had gained access to his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) key. Apparently, Dashjr revealed a wallet address that some of his BTC was directed to, but did not reveal the amount of BTC stolen.

Based on information from Cointelegraph, the wallet addresses queried showed four transactions between 2:08 p.m. and 2:16 p.m. UTC on December 31, 2022, totaling 216.93 BTC – worth $3.6 million at the time of the transaction. current valuation. The development is believed to have caught the attention of Changpeng CZ Zhao, CEO of Binance, who offered his condolences and support to Dashjr.

Sorry to see you lose so much. Informed our security team to monitor. If it comes to us, we’ll freeze it. If there is anything else we can help you with, please let us know. We deal with them often and have relationships with law enforcement agencies (LE) around the world,” Zhao said.

Additionally, Cointelegraph noted that in a Reddit thread from January 1, 2023, a user called SatStandard suggested that Dashjr had not paid much attention to the November 17, 2022 security breach and then recommended the Bitcoin developer to do not separate the different activities. . Apparently others pointed out that there was no hacking at all, while stating that someone had stumbled upon the seed phrase somehow.

(With information from Cointelegraph)

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