PANews reported on October 14 that on-chain detective ZachXBT published a post on platform X pointing out that the wallet addresses corresponding to the approximately 127,000 Bitcoins (about 14 billion USD) announced today by the U.S. government for seizure had been identified two years ago in a security research report (Milky Sad Report) as having private key vulnerability risks. ZachXBT stated that these addresses are now claimed by the U.S. government to be “under its takeover and custody,” raising concerns about how they were obtained.
When a user asked “Is it possible to transfer to a safer Wallet?”, ZachXBT responded: “Not likely, it seems more like someone is helping the US government to 'hack' it back.” This statement suggests that the related BTC may not have been obtained through regular judicial means.
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ZachXBT: 127,000 BTC that the US government has seized may partially originate from Private Key vulnerability addresses.
PANews reported on October 14 that on-chain detective ZachXBT published a post on platform X pointing out that the wallet addresses corresponding to the approximately 127,000 Bitcoins (about 14 billion USD) announced today by the U.S. government for seizure had been identified two years ago in a security research report (Milky Sad Report) as having private key vulnerability risks. ZachXBT stated that these addresses are now claimed by the U.S. government to be “under its takeover and custody,” raising concerns about how they were obtained. When a user asked “Is it possible to transfer to a safer Wallet?”, ZachXBT responded: “Not likely, it seems more like someone is helping the US government to 'hack' it back.” This statement suggests that the related BTC may not have been obtained through regular judicial means.