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Cryptocurrency detective ZachXBT disclosed on social media that his account, along with a few others, has been subpoenaed by a court demanding a wide array of personal information. 
Cryptocurrency detective ZachXBT said on social media that his X account and a few others were subpoenaed by a court, seeking more information about them “for an unclear reason.” 
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 It seems that my account and a few others were subpoenaed for overly broad info for an unclear reason. I do appreciate that X policy is to notify you of this if it happens. <a href="https://t.co/MNML5LMiUX" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/MNML5LMiUX</a>— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href="https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1715761012673065444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 21, 2023</a>
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In a post on Oct. 21, the blockchain sleuth attached two screenshots. One describes the information required by a court, which X was obliged to produce. The second one was X’s notice about the legal request. 
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Although the reason behind the subpoena remains unclear, the required information includes names, billing records, IP addresses, phone numbers, text detailed records, records of session times, and so on. 
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 “It seems that my account and a few others were subpoenaed for overly broad info for an unclear reason.” <cite>ZachXBT</cite>
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Although the scope of the required information is vast, ZachXBT suggested “it does not necessarily mean” X can provide all of this, <a href="https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1715764383341539373?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">given</a> that “the request was overly broad and unrelated to my account.” 
Some X users <a href="https://x.com/ctoLarsson/status/1715792089055674650?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">supposed</a> that ZachXBT might eventually be called to testify in court as a witness, to which the blockchain detective <a href="https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1715792425279484205?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">responded</a> he “would decline to help” given the method used to approach him. 
In mid-June 2023, non-fungible token (NFT) trader Jeffrey Huang (also known as MachiBigBrother) <a href="https://crypto.news/machi-big-brother-files-lawsuit-against-on-chain-sleuth-zachxbt/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sued</a> the blockchain sleuth over an investigation published in June 2022. 
During the inquiry, ZachXBT alleged the trader stole 22,000 <a href="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/">ETH</a> from a now-closed project Formosa Financial. However, in August 2023 Huang <a href="https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1691116363891552256?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">withdrew</a> his defamation suit after the sleuth softened his accusations. 
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Blockchain detective ZachXBT faces subpoena for broad range of data

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