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Claude helps man recover $400,000 in BTC 11 years after he got high and forgot password
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this post was submitted on 15 May 2026
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Apparently an old file had his previous password in plaintext... The AI just searched through a ton of files and found it, I guess.
The llm found the file that was encrypted with an older password that the guy could remember. The llm didnt decrypt anything or find a vulnrability, it just found an older fill the guy could unlock and he gained access to his bitcoin wallet that way.