Luke Dashjr, Bitcoin core developer and Original Gangster (OG) recently stated that his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) key was “compromised” and a significant amount of his BTC was stolen.
Dahjr’ PGP compromised
The BTC hack happened on New Year’s eve. Dashjr posted on his official Twitter account noting that hackers illegally obtained his PGP key. PGP is a common security procedure that uses the public key system in which every individual user has a unique encryption key known publicly along with a private key only known by the user.
PSA: My PGP key is compromised, and at least many of my bitcoins stolen. I have no idea how. Help please. #Bitcoin
— @LukeDashjr@BitcoinHackers.org on Mastodon (@LukeDashjr) January 1, 2023
In a long Twitter thread, Luke shared his wallet address a few hours ago, confirming the BTC hack. However, the exact numbers aren’t disclosed yet. He showed his bottled rage in another tweet: “Not going to spend time thinking on that unless the thief offers
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