"Researchers Unlock $3M Crypto Wallet After 11 Years"

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"Researchers Unlock $3M Crypto Wallet After 11 Years"
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Researchers Joe Grand and Bruno successfully recovered access to a $3 million cryptocurrency wallet by exploiting a flaw in the RoboForm password manager's pseudo-random number generator used in 2013. The flaw tied password generation to the computer's date and time, allowing them to predict the password. This recovery highlights potential vulnerabilities in passwords generated by older versions of RoboForm, which were fixed in 2015.

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