The CEO of a crypto recovery firm that claims to hold the secret to recovering more than $230 million in locked bitcoin says the company is still hoping to persuade its reluctant owner to accept its offer.The Crypto in question is...
The CEO of a crypto recovery firm that claims to hold the secret to recovering more than $230 million in locked bitcoin says the company is still hoping to persuade its reluctant owner to accept its offer.
The drive’s owner, Swiss crypto entrepreneur Stefan Thomas, has reportedly used up eight of these attempts. However, despite Seattle-based Unciphered saying it has cracked drives similar to this one in mere hours, Thomas has turned down its offer of help due to him already having a number of ‘handshake deals’ with other specialists.
“We’ve done a great deal of work to crack the IronKey, and even more so to make the attack replicable and safe,” said Michaud. “So, when Stefan didn’t match our enthusiasm it was a disappointment. We’re still hopeful he’ll come around. We’re excited to help him.”
According to Michaud, after nearly eight months of research, his company is incredibly confident that it can crack the drive. He also believes that it’s not too late for Thomas to change his mind about who he wants to retrieve his locked fortune.
“Stefan hasn’t hired anybody yet. He has two ‘handshake deals’ with two teams – both of which we’ve been in touch with – and there has been little or no work done.
“He should trust us because we’ve cracked multiple IronKeys.”
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“We’re a team of advanced cryptographers, mathematicians, data science and cybersecurity professionals, and our business is getting people back into their devices – which requires being able to crack a range of different drives.”
Protos also reached out to Stefan to discover more about his current ‘handshake deals’ and to find out if he has any plans to work with Unciphered in the future. However, we were told that “in order to protect the safety and privacy of everyone involved in the recovery effort, I am unable to comment publicly until after the recovery is done.”