Story of a guy who came out ahead by losing the password to his Bitcoin wallet, then taking years to find a hacker to crack the code long after the crypto went up in value.

How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet
Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune.
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