Die australische Polizei beschlagnahmt Kryptowährungen im Wert von 6,4 Millionen US-Dollar, nachdem sie die Wallet-Seed-Phrase „entschlüsselt“ hat

tldr; The Australian Federal Police seized $6.4 million in cryptocurrency by identifying the seed phrase of a crypto account linked to the creator of Ghost, an app used for illegal activities. This operation highlights the AFP’s technical expertise in tackling criminal groups. The seizure is part of Operation Kraken, targeting organized crime associated with the Ghost app, resulting in 46 arrests and the prevention of over 200 kilograms of illicit drugs entering Australia. The AFP emphasizes its commitment to confiscating illegal profits, regardless of their form.

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well, one just can’t determine the seed phase, what happened here was the bad actor left sufficient clues for them to discover the seed phrase, or a translated seed phrase they wrote down using a stupid code (such as the BIP39 numbers for the word.

for example, i have included two seed word numbers in a content rich excel/word files, and have created six such files – i would like to think my system is rather clever but I suppose if a few determined people really focused on the task, they might figure it out.