Summary
- Two hackers successfully cracked a long-forgotten password of a digital wallet, leading to the recovery of $2 million worth of Bitcoin.
- Joe Grand, along with another hacker named Bruno, discovered a flaw in the password generation process used by the RoboForm program.
- They were able to exploit this flaw to finally crack the 20-character password, allowing the wallet owner, Michael, to access his long-lost Bitcoin fortune.
- Siber Systems, the company behind RoboForm, claims to have fixed the flaw in 2015, but concerns remain about the security of older passwords generated using the program.